Vice President, Internal Audit

Job Description

Hi, We’re AppFolio.

We’re innovators, changemakers, and collaborators. We’re more than just a software company — we’re a cloud-based powerhouse that creates products to make our customers’ lives easier. We’re revolutionizing the way people do business, and we want your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your passion to help us keep on innovating.

We love where we work, and you can, too.

What You’ll Do

As Vice President, Internal Audit your role will be to provide independent and objective assurance, advice, and insight on AppFolio’s internal controls, compliance, governance, and risk management programs to enable a long-term safe and sustainable business. In this role, your work will include:

Developing and implementing a three year Internal Audit strategy aligned with our risk philosophy as we grow as a company.

Deliver audit programs (Compliance, Operational and SOX 404) that are tailored to AppFolio, effective in mitigating key risks and aligned with our long term goals.

Build and retain a diverse, high performing Audit team with the right mix of internal and external experts.

What We’re Looking For

• Strategic Thinking. Able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Determines opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends.
• Communication & Presentation Skills. Speaks and writes clearly, concisely and articulately. Provide clear communication regarding our strategy (what we are doing, and why).
• Decision-Making. Clearly articulates decision-making processes. Separates decisions from outcomes; can give examples of good decisions with bad outcomes and vice versa. Determines the best decision through the comprehensive analysis of facts, choices, and probabilities.
• Analytical Skills. Able to structure and process quantitative and qualitative data, draw insightful conclusions and tell a compelling story. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
• Business Acumen. Understands how our business works, knowledgeable in current and future practices, policies, trends and relevant technology. Grasps complexities and connections among problems or issues, able to prioritize elements that will most drive AppFolio success.
• Discretion & Confidentiality. Ability to exercise discretion, judgment, tact and poise in handling highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Intelligence. Learns quickly. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
• High standards. Keep standards high and be able to make tough decisions as necessary.
• Creativity and Innovation. Generates new and innovative approaches to problems and brings other’s creative ideas forward.
• Consulting/Influencing. Highly curious and ability to influence leaders without rules.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in finance, economics, accounting, business management, or information systems preferred
• Current CPA, CIA, or CISA required
• Experience working with technology/software companies with a compliance environment is preferred
• Previous Public Company experience leading an internal audit function with reporting out directly to the Audit Committee
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across the business
• Ability to work in complex systems in an agile environment
• Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills, including ability to summarize complex issues succinctly for a wide range of constituents
• Strong understanding of internal audit standards, SOX, ITGC, PCAOB auditing standards, and COSO
• Proficient in business processes and IT general controls (including application and infrastructure controls), and how they intersect with financial transactions
• Thorough knowledge of enterprise risk management concepts and leading practices.

Our Story

AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF) was founded in 2006 with the mission to revolutionize vertical industry businesses by providing great software and service. Our easy-to-use, cloud-based software helps our customers more effectively market, manage, and grow their businesses. Our software solutions exist in the real estate vertical, including AppFolio Property Manager and AppFolio Investment Management

To find out more about what AppFolio has to offer, check out appfolioinc.com/careers.