SVP, Chief Audit Executive at NAC Voya Services Company — Hartford, CT
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🔷 Senior Vice President, Chief Audit Executive (CAE)
📍 Location: New York, NY | Windsor, CT | Boston, MA | Atlanta, GA ✈️ Travel: Periodic domestic travel required
The Senior Vice President, Chief Audit Executive (CAE) plays a pivotal role in delivering on that mission—serving as the enterprise’s independent assurance leader and a trusted advisor to the Board and executive leadership.
The Opportunity
The SVP, Chief Audit Executive will lead Internal Audit and Financial Controls & Reporting (FCR) with enterprise accountability for ensuring confidence in:
- The integrity of financial reporting
- The effectiveness of internal controls (ICFR & SOX)
- Regulatory compliance across a complex, highly regulated environment
- The strength of governance and enterprise risk management
This is a highly visible leadership role, directly supporting the Audit Committee and executive team with objective, forward-looking insights that protect Voya’s reputation, financial integrity, and long-term success.
What You’ll Do
Enterprise Audit & Controls Leadership
- Lead Voya’s enterprise-wide Internal Audit and FCR functions, delivering coordinated, risk-based assurance across financial, operational, and regulatory domains
- Oversee the design, execution, and continuous improvement of ICFR, SOX, and financial controls frameworks
- Drive end-to-end visibility into control effectiveness, systemic risks, and remediation outcomes
Board & Executive Engagement
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Audit Committee and executive leadership, delivering clear, credible perspectives on risk, controls, and governance
- Translate audit findings into forward-looking insights that inform business decisions and enterprise strategy
- Partner closely with external auditors and regulators, ensuring confidence in governance and audit processes
Risk, Governance & Compliance Integration
- Provide independent assurance over financial reporting integrity and control effectiveness, while maintaining clear separation from control ownership
- Partner across Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Legal to align audit coverage with enterprise priorities
- Monitor and challenge management on the timely and effective remediation of audit findings
Modernization & Continuous Improvement
- Advance the audit function through automation, data analytics, and continuous controls monitoring
- Strengthen reporting and insights to be more proactive, risk-aware, and decision-oriented
- Identify opportunities to simplify, streamline, and enhance control environments across the enterprise
Talent & Leadership
- Build and lead a high-performing Internal Audit and FCR organization with strong technical depth and enterprise mindset
- Establish clear governance, decision rights, and operating models that balance independence with execution excellence
Your Impact in the First Year
You will:
- Establish credibility and trust with the Audit Committee, CFO, and executive leadership
- Deliver a risk-based audit and controls plan aligned to strategy and regulatory expectations
- Strengthen SOX and ICFR effectiveness, sustainability, and governance
- Enhance audit reporting to provide forward-looking, decision-useful insights
- Drive measurable progress in analytics, automation, and continuous monitoring
- Ensure timely remediation of high-risk issues with strong accountability and transparency
What We’re Looking For
- Executive leadership experience in Internal Audit, Financial Controls, and SOX within a complex, regulated environment (financial services preferred)
- Deep expertise in ICFR, financial reporting risk, regulatory frameworks, and enterprise risk management
- Proven ability to engage and influence Audit Committees, regulators, and senior executives
- Track record of modernizing audit functions through data, automation, and continuous monitoring
- Strong leadership presence and the ability to build and develop high-performing teams
- Bachelor’s degree required; CPA, CIA, or advanced degree strongly preferred
Why This Role Matters
This is more than an audit leadership position—it is a critical enterprise role at the center of trust, transparency, and governance.
You will help shape how Voya:
- Navigates risk in a dynamic regulatory environment
- Strengthens financial integrity and control effectiveness
- Builds confidence with regulators, shareholders, and employees
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Compensation Pay Disclosure:
$259,800 - $324,744 USD
Be Well. Stay Well.
What We Offer
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
- Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
- Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year
Critical Skills
- Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
- Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
- Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.
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