Senior Audit Analytics & Automation Leader

Senior Audit Analytics & Automation Leader

Location: Chicago, IL or Greater Cincinnati Area

Compensation: Competitive executive-level package expected to include low-to-mid $200Ks base compensation plus annual and long-term incentive opportunity.

You could be just the right applicant for this job Read all associated information and make sure to apply.

We are seeking a senior audit leader to help modernize a large, complex audit function through advanced analytics, automation, and practical AI adoption. This is not a traditional audit maintenance role. It is a high-visibility opportunity to shape how a large enterprise audit team uses data, AI-enabled tools, automation, and continuous monitoring to improve risk coverage and audit effectiveness.

The Opportunity

You will help build the roadmap, workflows, tools, and team capabilities needed to move Internal Audit into a more data-driven, AI-enabled model.

You will be expected to:

• Build and execute the audit analytics and AI roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to automate audit planning, testing, reporting, and issue follow-up.
• Develop dashboards, reusable analytics, automated testing, and continuous-monitoring approaches.
• Partner with audit, finance, data, technology, and enterprise AI stakeholders.
• Strengthen audit team capabilities in working with data, applying advanced analytics, leveraging automation, and adopting AI effectively and responsibly.
• Guide and mentor audit professionals while establishing a trusted internal resource for advanced analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities.

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years across internal audit, external audit, audit analytics, risk, finance transformation, data analytics, or related disciplines.
• Big Four or national public accounting foundation strongly preferred.
• Strong audit, risk, controls, SOX, compliance, or finance-process credibility
• Meaningful experience using analytics, automation, AI, or emerging technology to improve audit, risk, finance, compliance, or controls processes.
• Experience with tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Power Automate, Copilot, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, or similar platforms.
• Exposure to generative AI, LLMs, intelligent automation, machine learning, or AI-enabled workflow transformation.
• Skilled at translating complex technical information into clear, actionable insights for executive audiences.

Education

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, data science, computer science, information systems, or a related discipline is expected. Professional credentials in accounting, audit, information systems, or data and technology disciplines are highly valued.

Who This Is Not For

• Candidates seeking a fully remote leadership position.
• Candidates whose background is purely traditional audit with limited analytics, automation, or technology exposure.
• Candidates whose background is purely technical/data science with no audit, risk, controls, finance, or compliance foundation.

Why This Role

• Shape a major enterprise audit transformation.
• Build practical AI, automation, analytics, and continuous-monitoring capability.
• Partner with senior leaders across audit, finance, data, and technology.
• Lead a team and help upskill the broader audit organization.
• Competitive executive-level compensation and long-term career upside.

About Blue Signal:

Blue Signal is an award-winning, executive search firm specializing in various specialties. xhyhwjd Our recruiters have a proven track record of placing top-tier talent across industry verticals, with deep expertise in numerous professional services. Learn more at /46Gs4yS