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Internal Auditor resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what internal auditors actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most internal auditors should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Internal auditor experienced in planning risk-based audit programs and testing controls across finance and operational processes. Comfortable investigating irregularities, tracing root causes and reporting findings clearly to management and audit committees. Works well with process owners to get remediation actually closed out, not just logged.
Key skills
- Auditing and assurance
- Risk and internal controls
- Regulatory compliance
- Process improvement
- Advanced Excel for control testing and analysis
- GRC platforms
- Data analytics tools for audit sampling and testing
- Stakeholder management
- Written communication for audit reporting
Experience: example bullet points
- Planned risk-based internal audit programs, prioritising business units and processes with the highest control risk
- Tested internal controls across finance and operational processes, identifying gaps before they became reportable issues
- Investigated irregularities and control breakdowns, tracing root causes and recommending corrective action to process owners
- Reported audit findings to management and audit committees, translating technical control issues into plain-language risk statements
- Tracked remediation of audit findings, following up with process owners until agreed actions were closed out
Education
Bachelor degree in accounting, commerce or business is the most common entry point, often followed by CA ANZ, CPA Australia or IIA Australia's Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation; some auditors enter via a diploma or advanced diploma and build professional certification alongside on-the-job experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- CA ANZ
- CPA Australia
- IIA Australia
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- risk-based internal audit
- internal controls testing
- audit committee reporting
- remediation tracking
- GRC platform
- ASIC
- APRA
- ASX Corporate Governance Council Principles
- ISO 31000
- three lines of defence
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.