Internal audit job description: template and real figures
A template for hiring an internal audit, with what employers in today’s 112 open postings for this work ask for and offer. Copy it, fill in the brackets, then post the job free.
- Open postings today
- 112
- Experience asked, median
- 5 years
- Postings that state pay
- 38%
- Median advertised pay
- $176K
- Open to remote work
- 21%
Internal Auditor [Company] · [City, or Remote and the countries it is open to] · [Full-time] About us [Two sentences: what the company does, for whom, and one number that shows where it is now.] About the role Our Internal Auditor checks that a company’s numbers and controls can be trusted. You will report to [manager’s title] and work with [team]. What you will do - [The most important result of the first year, with a number] - Risk assessment: [what this means in your team] - Control testing: [what this means in your team] - Audit reports: [what this means in your team] - SOX: [what this means in your team] - [One more duty that is specific to this job] What we are looking for - [5]+ years of experience as an internal audit - Experience with SQL - Experience with Agile - Experience with Tableau - [One or two must-haves that are specific to this job] Pay and benefits - Pay range: $[lowest] – $[highest] a year, [plus equity or bonus if any] - Parental leave - Equity - Home office stipend - [Paid time off, health cover and the rest of your benefits] How to apply [What to send, the interview steps and how long they take. Name the date you will reply by.]
What today’s internal audit postings say
| Experience asked | Median 5 years; the middle half ask 4–7 years (70 postings name a number) |
|---|---|
| Pay advertised | $135K – $222K for the middle half; median $176K (38 postings with a yearly US-dollar range) |
| Skills named most | SQL (18%), Agile (8%), Tableau (7%) |
| Benefits named most | Parental leave (21%), Equity (9%), Home office stipend (7%) |
| Most common level | Senior (31% of postings) |
| Titles employers use | Senior Internal Auditor, Senior Management, Platform & Infrastructure Audit, Internal Auditor, Internal Audit - Manager, Internal Audit Manager, Head of Internal Audit |
Counted from the 112 open postings for this work on Nov 14, 2026, read from employers’ own careers pages. Recounted on every update.
Questions about hiring an internal audit
- What should an internal audit job description include?
- What the person will achieve in the first year, the duties, the must-have experience, the pay range and how the hiring steps work. For this work, today’s postings name SQL, Agile, Tableau most often.
- Should an internal audit job posting show the salary?
- Yes, if you can: 38% of today’s 112 open internal audit postings here do. A range filters out people who would turn the offer down, and several US states and EU countries now require it.
- How many years of experience should I ask for?
- The median in today’s internal audit postings is 5 years. Ask for what the work needs: every extra year you require shrinks the pool of applicants.
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