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Open Chief Audit Executive roles (4)

Chief Audit Officer

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
On-site · Dallas, TX · Full-time
$160k to $220k Audit Posted Jun 13, 2026

Head of Internal Audit

Crusoe
On-site · Denver, Colorado · Full-time
Featured Audit Posted Jun 25, 2026

Chief Audit Officer

Dallas Area Rapid Transit
On-site · Headquarters · Full-time
$142k to $234k Featured Audit CISA CIA Posted Jun 13, 2026

Chief Audit Officer

Mercury
Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York · Remote · Full-time
Featured Audit Posted Jun 13, 2026

About the Chief Audit Executive role

The Chief Audit Executive runs internal audit, the independent function that tells the board whether the controls actually work. The role reports to the audit committee, owns the audit plan, and is the one voice in the building specifically built to be skeptical. It is a senior, stable seat across every regulated sector, and the bench it draws from feeds the CRO and CCO chairs.

Compliance Officer paystats as of Q2 2026

BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.

Sources: BLS, 2024 median

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