The Principal, Global Regulatory & Licensing Audit will be a critical leader responsible for overseeing Intuit Inc.'s worldwide regulatory, licensing, and international site location audit portfolio. This role requires a strong background in global compliance, or regulatory affairs, coupled with exceptional people leadership and vendor management skills. The successful candidate will drive audit strategies to validate Intuit’s compliance with local licensing requirements across all locations, and manage the strategic relationship and work overseen by Intuit’s Head of Audit for Ireland, which is outsourced to Deloitte Ireland.

Responsibilities:

Global Regulatory & Licensing Audit Management (Core)

Audit Strategy: Responsible for developing and overseeing the entire regulatory and licensing strategy for the Internal Audit team. Understand new regulations and coordinate internal stakeholders to determine implications on the audit landscape. Develop and execute complex and high-risk regulatory and licensing audits (e.g., specific state/provincial tax authority audits, financial services licensing reviews).

Documentation and Evidence: Coordinate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Legal, Product, Finance) to gather, review, and organize necessary documentation and evidence required for audits.

External Audit Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact and lead for coordinating all activities, data requests, and response submissions during external regulator and bank audits, ensuring alignment with Intuit's Compliance team

Risk Assessment: Proactively identify potential compliance gaps and risks related to new regulations or evolving business activities (including product expansion and cross-border transactions) for future audit projects.

International Location Audit & Vendor Management:

International Location Audits: Oversee the coordination and management of all international location audits, acting as the primary point of contact between local finance teams, external auditors, and Intuit’s corporate compliance function.

Deloitte Ireland Relationship: Serve as the primary relationship manager for the outsourced Head of Audit function (Deloitte Ireland). This includes:

Reviewing the scope, objectives, and SLAs for audit engagements.

Reviewing work products, managing performance, and ensuring timely delivery of audit report

Facilitating knowledge transfer and maintaining alignment between Intuit’s Internal Audit methodology and Deloitte's execution.

Internal Controls and Process Excellence

Risk Reporting: Provide clear, concise, and regular reporting on the status of licensing, key audit risks, and emerging regulatory issues to executive leadership and relevant governance committees.

Remediation Management: Own the end-to-end remediation process for all regulatory/licensing internal audit findings. This includes tracking all corrective actions from identification through to validation and final closure, ensuring timely execution by responsible owners and documenting outcomes.

Team Leadership and Development:

Team Management:

Provide clear direction, coaching, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities.

Delegate audit preparation tasks, data gathering, and initial documentation review to the team.

Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and results-oriented team culture.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

Cross-Functional Partnership: Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with leaders in Legal, Government Affairs, Finance, Engineering, and Product teams

Team Leadership (if applicable): Mentor and develop a high-performing team (or function) of professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, integrity, and proactive risk management.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is:

Bay Area California $ 177,000- 239,500
Southern California $ 157,000- 212,000

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, a related field. MBA or JD is a plus.

Experience: 12+ years of experience in a compliance, audit, or regulatory management role, with at least 3-5 years focused specifically on licensing compliance (e.g., Money Transmitter, Consumer Lending) and managing regulatory audits, preferably within a technology or Fin Tech company.

Technical Skills: Deep understanding of the regulatory landscape for technology platforms, financial services, and/or tax preparation (e.g., BSA/AML, state lending laws, tax preparer regulations).

Leadership: Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects, influence senior stakeholders, and present findings clearly to executive audiences.

Must be able to work at least 3 days a week out of our San Diego or Mountain View office.

Preferred Skills

Experience with global licensing requirements (outside of the US).

Familiarity with GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) software tools.

Professional certification (e.g., CAMS, CRCM, CPA, or equivalent).

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is:

Bay Area California $ 177,000- 239,500
Southern California $ 157,000- 212,000