Manager - Internal Audit

Job Information
Job Title: Manager - Internal Audit 
Job Requisition ID: 78356
Ministry: Children and Family Services
Location: Edmonton/Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Ongoing
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: February 20, 2026
Classification: Manager Zone 2
Salary: ​$3,806.80 to $5,122.39 bi-weekly ($99,357 - $133,694/year)

The Ministry of Children and Family Services funds programs and services to support vulnerable children, youth, families and individuals to live safely and succeed in Alberta. This includes providing services and resources to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect, and effectively address harm that has placed them in need of intervention. Mentoring and support services are available to youth transitioning into healthy, productive adults. The ministry also invests in community-based groups that support prevention and early intervention services such as Family Resource Networks, youth emergency shelters as well as programs that raise awareness and help respond to family violence, sexual violence and abuse.

To learn more about our Ministry's work, please visit:

The Ministry of Children and Family Services is seeking a Manager, Internal Audit to lead a team of professional auditors in the performance of risk-based audits of Ministry programs and third-party service providers.

Reporting to the Director, Internal Audit plays a critical role in supporting the Ministry Executive Team and the Senior Financial Officer (SFO) by providing independent, objective assurance and consulting services. The function ensures that financial systems, risk management processes, and internal controls are effective, reliable, and aligned with applicable legislation, policies, and procedures. This includes assessing the accuracy and integrity of financial and performance information and promoting sound stewardship of public funds. The Manager, Internal Audit is a newly created position supporting the Director, Internal Audit in delivering comprehensive audit services across the Ministry of Children and Family Services.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversee all phases of operational audits, including planning, fieldwork, reporting and follow-up. Review and approve audit objectives, scopes and procedures to ensure alignment with audit goals.
• Ensure that final audit reports clearly communicate findings, criteria, recommendations and management responses.
• Manage a team of professional auditors located across multiple offices, ensuring workload balance and clear expectations.
• Promote team collaboration, consistency in audit methodologies and knowledge sharing through regular team meetings and post-audit reviews.
• Liaise with external oversight bodies, including the Office of the Auditor General, Corporate Internal Audit Services and external auditors, to coordinate audit fieldwork and avoid duplication.
• Participate in internal committees, working groups and audit planning discussions to maintain situational awareness and audit readiness.
• Review and approve all working papers, documentation and audit evidence to ensure audit substantiation and quality.
• Maintain audit records, manage budget forecasts for the unit and oversee administrative functions such as procurement, accommodation and records management.
• Support compliance with relevant legislation, Treasury Board directives and internal audit frameworks.

For a copy of the full job description for this position, please visit this link.

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: 

System Thinking – Takes a long-term view towards organization's objectives and how to achieve them, takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities, anticipates outcomes and potential impacts, seeks stakeholder perspectives, works towards actions and plans aligned with APS values and works with others to identify areas for collaboration.

Agility – Identifies and manages required change and the associated risks, identifies alternative approaches and supports others to do the same, proactively explains impact of changes, anticipates and mitigates emotions of others, anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals and makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.

Creative Problem Solving – Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues, engages perspective to seek root causes, finds ways to improve complex systems, employs resources from other areas to solve problems and engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.

Develop Self and Others – Plans according to career goals and regular development, aligns personal goals with career goals, leverages strengths; attempts stretch goals, provides feedback and openly discusses team performance and values team diversity, and supports personal development.

Develop Networks – Leverages relationships to build input and perspective, looks broadly to engage stakeholders, open to perspectives towards long-term goals, actively seeks input into change initiatives and maintains stakeholder relationships.

Required:

• A University graduation in Business supplemented by four years related experience.
• Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

Assets:

• Professional accounting designation - Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) or certification in internal audit is an asset.
• Ability to lead and support a geographically dispersed professional team through organizational change, shifting priorities, and fiscal restraint, while maintaining high performance and engagement.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop creative, practical solutions that enhance operational efficiency and strengthen internal controls.
• Experience in planning, executing and reporting on results of operational audits.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships across all levels of the ministry and with external stakeholders, ensuring credibility and success of internal audit services.
• Supervisory experience is an asset.

Equivalencies may be considered.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to

A cover letter must accompany your application describing how your experience aligns with the behavioral competencies of the role you are applying for. This cover letter may be used to assess your communication abilities.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. As well, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. For example, January 15, June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary. This competition may be used to fill future roles at the same or lower classifications.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening. All costs associated with the recruitment process including documentation fees and travel expenses are the candidate's responsibility. If documentation is requested from an applicant, out-of-province applicants can obtain the documents requested from the province they reside in.

What we offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service – 
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) –
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information –
• Professional learning and development –
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool –
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Leadership and mentorship programs

How To Apply
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.
In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. For example, January June 2009 (part-time). This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Applicants are encouraged to present their information clearly and thoroughly, using a format that best conveys their experience.
It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) ) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information ).
It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

Closing Statement
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
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