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BNY · 2 weeks ago

Sr. Director, Digital Assets Audit

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$136K/yr - $300K/yr

BNY is a leading global financial services company that influences nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. They are seeking a Director of Digital Assets Audit to define and execute audit strategies, lead a team of specialists, and provide assurance over digital asset programs while enhancing control environments.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Define and execute the audit strategy for Digital Asset and tokenization programs, aligning with Global Internal Audit standards and delivering clear, actionable reporting to senior stakeholders and the Audit Committee

Lead and develop a high-performing team of specialists, driving risk-based audits on control design and operating effectiveness—covering wallet security, blockchain integrity, system access, and change management

Provide independent assurance over third-party providers and regulatory frameworks, coordinating responses to supervisory bodies and strengthening vendor risk management for platforms

Accelerate remediation and elevate thematic issues to decision-makers, translating findings into practical solutions that enhance the control environment and enable safe scaling of digital-asset services

Qualification

Internal Audit expertiseDigital-asset domain fluencyThird-party assurance experienceData & technology literacyLeadership in audit teams

Required

Deep Internal Audit expertise in financial services, with demonstrated application of Global Internal Audit Standards and global regulatory expectations

Digital-asset domain fluency—experience auditing crypto custody, blockchain/wallet infrastructure, key management, change management, and data integrity; familiarity with threat modeling and secure-by-design reviews

Third-party/critical-vendor assurance experience for digital-asset providers and related KYT/KYVASP practices; ability to evaluate contractual mitigants and governance

Data & technology literacy for audit—comfortable with analytics tooling and control testing across cloud platforms, information security, access/entitlements, and blockchain-adjacent technologies

Leadership in the third line—proven ability to lead and develop audit teams, operate within the CAE leadership structure, and influence senior stakeholders with crisp, evidence-based reporting