Director, Internal Audit

Director, Internal Audit About Forged Fiber At Forged Fiber, our mission is bold but simple: deliver fast, reliable, future-proof connectivity that builds the foundation for everything online. As we execute, we believe the right way to do something is the only way. This foundation guides how the company builds, operates, and maintains a state-of-the-art open-access fiber network platform that empowers millions. Forged Fiber is about more than building a network. It is about people. Every role matters. Every contribution counts. Together, employees create impact through teamwork, trust, and a shared commitment to excellence. The Role Position Summary The Internal Audit Director is the senior leader responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously advancing Forged Fiber 37's independent, risk-based internal audit function. The Director owns the internal audit strategy, enterprise risk assessment, multi-year audit roadmap, and annual audit plan, and provides objective assurance and advisory insight regarding the effectiveness of governance, risk management, internal controls, financial reporting, and operational performance across the organization. This role serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership and works across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Engineering, Network Operations, Human Resources, Legal, Information Technology, and other business functions to anticipate risk, influence control design, and improve enterprise performance. The Director is expected to communicate effectively with senior executives and applicable governance or committee stakeholders, exercise sound judgment on complex and sensitive matters, and build a scalable audit function suited to a growing, private equity-backed fiber infrastructure company. The role provides leadership over financial, operational, compliance, technology, and strategic audits, with particular focus on procurement, vendor management, capital deployment, revenue assurance, treasury, contract lifecycle management, network assets, financial reporting, and major business transformation initiatives. Work Location: 1200 17th Street Denver, CO Key Responsibilities Internal Audit Leadership Define and execute the vision, charter, strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap for Forged Fiber 37's internal audit function. Lead the enterprise-wide risk assessment and translate strategic, financial, operational, technology, regulatory, and fraud risks into a dynamic, risk-based annual audit plan. Obtain executive and applicable committee approval of the audit plan, budget, staffing model, and material changes in audit priorities. Maintain the independence, organizational authority, and unrestricted access necessary for internal audit to fulfill its mandate. Oversee the full portfolio of assurance, advisory, investigation, and remediation activities, ensuring work is appropriately scoped, risk-focused, timely, and supported by sufficient evidence. Provide clear, concise reporting to executive leadership and applicable governance or committee stakeholders on significant risks, control deficiencies, root causes, management actions, and overdue remediation. Escalate material control failures, suspected misconduct, fraud indicators, or unacceptable risk exposure promptly and objectively. Establish and maintain audit policies, methodologies, risk-rating criteria, documentation standards, reporting protocols, and a quality assurance and improvement program aligned with applicable professional standards. Coordinate with external auditors, lenders, sponsors, consultants, Legal, Compliance, and other assurance providers to improve coverage, reduce duplication, and support audit readiness. Track remediation commitments across the enterprise, challenge management's risk-acceptance decisions when warranted, and validate that corrective actions are sustainable and effective. Procure-to-Pay & Vendor Management Audit Evaluate controls over procurement, purchase order compl…

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