
Internal Audit/SOX - Director
Houston, TXJob$155–410K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Internal Audit/SOX Director leads client work assessing governance, risk management, and internal control design. The role sets strategic direction, shapes engagements, supports business development, and mentors future leaders within PwC’s Advisory practice. The Director oversees multiple workstreams and brings internal audit and internal controls over financial reporting experience to client teams, while developing solutions involving risk technology, AI, and evolving delivery models.
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The Opportunity
As an Internal Audit/SOX Director you will lead internal audit and controls work that helps clients assess governance, risk management, and internal control design across diverse business environments. As a Director you will set strategic direction, lead business development efforts, and shape client engagements while mentoring future leaders and driving decisions that support growth, quality, integrity, and inclusion within our Advisory practice. In this role at PwC, you will oversee multiple workstreams, bring internal audit and internal controls over financial reporting experience to client teams, and help develop solutions that use risk technology, AI, and delivery models to address changing business needs.
Responsibilities
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Leading internal audit and SOX engagements across control assessment, testing, and reporting activities
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Directing client conversations on governance, risk, and internal control design across varied operating models
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Developing internal audit plans that address control gaps, compliance requirements, and business process improvement opportunities
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Overseeing the use of audit methodologies, risk analysis, and data analytics to evaluate financial and operational controls
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Advising on internal controls over financial reporting, issue management, and remediation tracking for complex environments
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Guiding the adoption of AI-enabled audit tools, digital tooling, and automation to modernize delivery approaches
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Reviewing work products and findings to validate accuracy, consistency, and alignment with professional and technical standards
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Building client trust through executive-level relationship management, business development support, and cross-functional coordination
What You Must Have
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At least a Bachelor's degree
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At least 9 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
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Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Analytics/Data Science, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Financial Mathematics/Quantitative Finance, Health Administration/Public Health, Law/Legal Studies, Mathematics/Statistics
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At least one of the following: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification(s)
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Demonstrating director-level internal audit and SOX leadership across client engagements
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Driving internal controls, governance, and risk management improvements
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Developing thought leadership and innovative control solutions
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Balancing strategic direction with detail-oriented execution
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Coaching leaders and cultivating talent across teams
The salary range for this position is: $155,000 - $410,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
How this job compares
Set against the 628 open Internal Audit jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$155–410K/yr
- Texas median$124–180K/yr28 salary ranges
- US median$109–168K/yr377 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $283K, is 80% above the Texas median midpoint ($157K) — in the top quarter of Internal Audit salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Internal Audit jobs in Texas and 628 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- JPMorgan Chase7 open
- PwC (this employer)7 open
- Capital One4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Internal Audit postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 469 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 334 of the 628 open Internal Audit jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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