Director of Internal Audit

at  SaskTel

DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT

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Location: Regina, SK
Number of Positions: 1
Salary: $145,486 0 $193,981 (Based on education & experience)
Type of Position: Permanent Full Time
Closing Date: 02/10/2025
SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan with over $1.3 billion in annual revenue, approximately 1.4 million customer connections, and a workforce of approximately 3,300 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). SaskTel offers a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. At SaskTel, we think big by being innovative and courageous, we make a difference through our commitment to the customers and communities we serve, and we aim to bring simplicity and agility to our experiences.
We’re looking for a Director of Internal Audit to lead a seven-person, professional and diverse, internal audit team in fulfilling its mandate. SaskTel’s purpose statement, “We enrich everyday life. We empower people, organizations, and communities to reach their full potential,” will resonate with the ideal candidate.
Reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors and administratively to the President and CEO, the Director of Internal Audit is accountable to provide independent, risk-based assurance, advice and insights to the Board of Directors and SaskTel senior leadership. This position develops and executes an internal audit strategy and a risk-based internal audit program aligned with SaskTel’s strategic goals, oversees internal audit operations to enhance corporate governance, risk management, control processes, decision making, and oversight, and plays a key role in the whistleblower process.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 10 years business experience with a preference for experience in the telecommunications industry in progressive leadership roles and a minimum of 10 years internal auditing experience with a proven ability to direct complex and diverse audit-related engagements and provide strategic advice and recommendations to senior management. You will have experience reporting to Boards of Directors and Board subcommittees. You will also hold a degree in administration/commerce, accounting, finance or a related field, a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation, and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or other internal audit related certification, such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
As the ideal candidate, you will have high ethical standards, integrity and professionalism and proven success in promoting an ethics-based culture. You will have comprehensive knowledge of auditing practices, methodologies and principles and high proficiency with internal controls and frameworks. Effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential, including building and maintaining stakeholder relationships and conveying audit findings, risks, and recommendations to diverse audiences. You will lead a strategically focused and diversely skilled team of internal audit professionals and you’re able to apply risk management fundamentals and identify implications of emerging risks. Your exceptional analytical aptitude will support management in enhancing control environments and risk mitigation strategies. Experience with and understanding of corporate and IT governance, IT general controls, IT audit practices, legal and regulatory requirements and fraud risk management are crucial. This leader will possess a strategic mindset with proven competency in risk orientation, stakeholder management, team leadership, organizational awareness.
This is an excellent opportunity for an innovative, courageous professional leader with a strong internal auditing background.

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