Head of Internal Audit

The role

The Head of Internal Audit will build a best-in-class internal audit function and serve as the strategic architect of the risk management framework. This person will lead the internal audit function to ensure financial, operational, and IT controls are robust.

What you will do

• Lead the execution of the annual audit plan across corporate shared services.
• Oversee all phases of the audit lifecycle including risk assessment, planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up.
• Guide teams delivering assurance and advisory engagements.
• Review and approve audit planning, testing, and documentation.
• Assess enterprise and business risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Partner with leaders to develop action plans and drive closure of audit findings.
• Oversee external audit assist testing and remediation support.
• Provide ongoing audit and risk advisory guidance.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Coach, mentor, and develop audit leaders and team members.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of accounting and/or audit experience.
• Proven track record of leading complex audit engagements from planning through closure.
• Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks and internal audit methodologies.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships across functions and influence change through audit insights.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort delivering complex or difficult messages to senior leaders.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
• Drug and alcohol program participation is required.

Nice to have

• CPA, CIA, or similar professional certification.
• Public accounting experience (Big 4 or similar).
• Experience leading assurance and advisory work at the enterprise level.
• Proven experience managing and developing other managers.
• Ability to translate technical risk into clear, actionable business guidance.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. The company uses an energy-first approach to solve power bottlenecks for AI compute.