VP of Internal Audit

Role Overview

Champions Funding LLC is hiring a Vice President of Internal Audit to lead the organization’s Quality Control and Internal Audit functions. This position is responsible for driving audit execution, strengthening risk management practices, and ensuring quality reviews are completed effectively across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct the Quality Control and Internal Audit teams, making sure audit plans, quality reviews, and risk-management work are carried out effectively.
• Lead and support a team of QC professionals across onshore and offshore locations, balancing workload, expectations, and productivity.
• Manage internal audit activities and coordinate both onshore and offshore audit support to ensure broad risk coverage and complete assessments.
• Build, maintain, and oversee a multi-year rotating internal audit schedule that reflects company goals, priorities, and risk findings.
• Design and run operational, financial, compliance, and QC audits using a risk-focused approach, including defining scope, testing controls, and recommending process improvements.
• Verify that quality-control reviews, fieldwork, testing, and evidence collection are accurate, complete, and sufficient to support conclusions.
• Prepare clear and influential audit reports for executive leadership and the Audit Committee, highlighting trends, findings, and next steps.
• Oversee remediation efforts to confirm that QC and audit issues are resolved properly and within the required timeline.
• Support regulatory compliance efforts and help meet investor, agency, and other regulatory obligations.
• Handle special investigations, ad hoc reviews, and quality assessments as assigned by management or the Audit Committee.
• Serve as a point of contact during regulatory examinations and work with external auditors, investors, and third-party review teams when needed.
• Advise leadership on internal controls, loan quality, process enhancement, and risk-reduction opportunities.
• Review and strengthen governance, QC processes, internal controls, and operating procedures within Non-QM wholesale mortgage operations.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in auditing, quality control, compliance, or finance, including leadership exposure in financial services, mortgage lending, or wholesale mortgage operations; 10+ years is preferred for a VP-level role.
• Strong working knowledge of Non-QM mortgage products, wholesale lending workflows, QC expectations, and relevant regulatory standards.
• Demonstrated success managing QC and/or Internal Audit teams, including teams spread across onshore and offshore locations.
• Hands-on experience with risk assessments, audit scoping, control testing, remediation tracking, and presenting outcomes to senior executives.
• Preferred familiarity with compliance reviews, regulatory examinations, and financial services regulations such as TILA/TRID, RESPA, UDAAP, and AML.
• Excellent leadership ability, along with strong communication, numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

This position is based in Gilbert, Arizona and is a full-time onsite role. The role focuses on Non-QM wholesale mortgage operations and includes coordination with internal teams as well as external stakeholders such as auditors, investors, agencies, and regulators.

Work Scope

The successful candidate will be expected to provide strategic oversight, strengthen governance and control frameworks, and ensure that audit and quality-control findings are addressed thoroughly.