Senior Principal, Internal Audit Excellence and Accountability

We are on the lookout for a Senior Principal, Internal Audit Excellence and Accountability to join the Internal Audit team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. 

Reporting directly to the Global Head of Internal Audit | Chief Audit Executive (CAE), you will play a pivotal leadership role in strengthening governance, accountability, and internal control discipline across all business areas. You will be expected to bring presence, confidence, and credibility — ensuring that audit insights translate into measurable improvements, that management actions are delivered on time, and that the function’s strategic influence continues to expand across the enterprise. This role requires a combination of deep internal audit expertise, sound business judgment, and the ability to influence, challenge, and engage effectively with senior executives across a complex global organization.

• Lead and elevate the internal audit program across finance, operations, technology, and compliance, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, strategic objectives, and regulatory expectations.

• Represent Internal Audit as a credible and influential partner to senior management, capable of engaging in executive-level dialogue, challenging decisions constructively, and influencing outcomes through evidence-based insights.

• Ensure timely remediation of audit findings, maintaining robust follow-up and escalation protocols to drive accountability and transparency at all levels of the organization.

• Enhance communication and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that audit messages are clear, persuasive, and tailored to senior audiences, including the Audit Committee and Board.

• Promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring that audit recommendations result in sustainable operational and control enhancements.

• Drive team development and succession planning, strengthening leadership capability and fostering an environment that encourages assertiveness, professional growth, and independent thinking.

• Uphold the highest standards of audit quality, documentation, and reporting, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with professional standards.

• Leverage technology and analytics to enhance audit effectiveness, coverage, and efficiency.

• Collaborate with the CAE and other senior leaders to refine the long-term internal audit strategy, expanding the function’s role as a trusted advisor and strategic enabler