Director, Internal Audit

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The Director, Internal Audit, is responsible for leading and executing a risk-based financial and operational audit strategy across assigned business areas, ensuring alignment with enterprise risks and strategic priorities, regulatory requirements, and Internal Audit standards. This role provides strategic oversight of audit execution, drives continuous improvement in audit quality and methodology, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

The Director is accountable for delivering high impact assurance and advisory engagements, developing talent, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal control processes.

Key Responsibilities

Audit Strategy and Planning

Lead the development and execution of the annual audit plan, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk priorities

Partner with Internal Audit leadership to evolve audit coverage

Leverage data analytics and technology to enhance audit effectiveness

Evaluate the significance of audit findings, review findings, recommendations and corrective action with appropriate levels of management and executives

Audit Execution and Quality

Oversee end to end audit execution

Ensure quality and consistency of audit deliverables and internal documentation

Drive clear articulation of risks and remediation plans

Stakeholder Engagement

Serve as liaison with senior management

Align on findings and remediation

Influence business leaders through actionable insights

Risk and Control Leadership

Identify emerging risks

Drive risk based audit methodology

Provide advisory on control design and governance

Team Leadership and Talent Development

Lead and develop audit teams

Foster high performance culture

Drive accountability for achieving key performance metrics, while advancing AI enabled insights and broader technology transformation initiatives

Reporting and Communication

Oversee the preparation and quality of audit reports delivered to leadership and the Audit Committee

Provide updates to various governance forums

Maintain Internal Audit policy manual

Communicate complex topics effectively

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Advance degree preferred

10 plus years of relevant experience

Prior people leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

CPA, CIA, or CISA

Big 4 or large corporate internal audit experience

Integrated audit experience

Executive stakeholder exposure

Critical Skills

Risk based auditing expertise

Leadership and team development

Executive communication

Relationship building

Analytical problem solving

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

4 year degree required

Master’s degree a plus

Certifications

CPA, CIA, CISA or related certifications preferred

Physical Requirements

General office demands

Must have the ability to travel up to 25% of the time

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson,

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$137,400 - $229,000

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