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Head of Internal Audit
3 years ago
About Skillz:
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.
The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $68 billion in 2019 to $150 billion in 2025.
As the first publicly-traded mobile esports platform, Skillz has pioneered the future of the gaming industry. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month.
Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.
Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50, one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.
What We’re Looking For:
We are seeking a seasoned Head of Internal Audit to build and lead the internal audit team. The Head of Internal audit will be responsible for building strong relationships throughout Skillz while providing consultation on risks, governance, and internal controls to senior leadership and the audit committee.
What You Will Do :
- Manage and execute audits, including identifying and analyzing risks, planning and prioritizing the audit work, conducting interviews, observing operations, documenting and analyzing procedures and controls, completing audit tests at times, preparing and reviewing appropriate work papers, developing audit recommendations, socializing identified issues with appropriate management, and preparing audit reports
- Responsible for ensuring the team completes the company’s SOX testing on behalf of management within deadlines working closely with the Company's 3rd party SOX advisory firm
- Collaborate to develop and implement an audit plan that includes an assessment of all relevant risk factors
- Along with the Company's 3rd party SOX advisory firm develop the Company's Internal Audit strategy and roadmap
- Recruiting, screening, hiring, developing, and mentoring audit team. Share information among the Internal Audit group, transferring knowledge and providing instruction and guidance as appropriate. Foster and maintain a healthy, collaborative team environment and strong group morale
Your Skillz:
- Bachelor or higher degree in accounting or finance
- 15 years of experience, including 5+ years of public accounting in the technology (or interactive media) industry
- CPA, or equivalent qualification
- Proven record of leading and growing a high performing internal audit team at a public tech (or interactive media) company
- Written, verbal skills, and experience appropriate to executive and board level reporting and presentation
Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance .
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