Director of Internal Audit

Job Summary

The Director of Internal Audit is responsible for ensuring an effective internal audit function is in place, while focusing on adding value and improving the institutional operations, risk management, control and governance processes.

The Director of Internal Audit is independent of management and reports directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for HomeTrust Bancshares and HomeTrust Bank (the “Corporation”).

Oversight responsibilities include providing stakeholders with risk-based, independent, objective, and reliable assurance advice and insight to assist the Corporation in accomplishing its strategic goals and objectives.

The position has authority to review all areas of the Corporation, as specified in the Internal Audit Charter.  The position will maintain positive and effective relationships with external auditors and examiners and establish adequate audit activities that provide reasonable assurance the Corporation complies with SEC and federal and state banking laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


* Provide independent assurance services by:
+ Developing internal audit strategies, budgets, goals, objectives, policies, procedures, plans, and schedules to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls.
+ Providing effective monitoring of the integrity and effectiveness of the Corporation’s accounting and financial reporting processes and systems of internal control.
+ Identifying areas of potential financial and operational risk within the organization.
+ Reviewing and assessing the Corporation’s risk management processes.
+ Outsourcing internal audit work to reputable, experienced, and independent third parties when specialized expertise is necessary.
+ Managing the timely accomplishment of the audit plan.
+ Providing verbal and/or written communications of audit findings and recommendations to improve internal control and governance processes.
+ Conducting follow-up audits to monitor management’s interventions and actions.
+ Managing the Corporation’s whistleblower software, training and related processes.



* Communicate the status of internal audit activities by:
+ Presenting and discussing audit findings and recommendations with management while maintaining independence.
+ Promptly communicating significant risks or concerns to the Chief Risk Officer and the Audit Committee Chairperson.
+ Preparing Audit Committee materials and meeting agendas in coordination with the Audit Committee chairperson.
+ Loading Audit Committee materials to the Audit Committee portal in advance of scheduled meetings.
+ Presenting at each Audit Committee meeting.



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