Full-Time
Internal Audit Director
Internal Audit
Nordstrom
10,001+ employees
Upscale retail department store chain
Compensation Overview
$200k - $320k/yr
Seattle, WA, USA
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- Have led or materially shaped an enterprise Internal Audit function in a complex organization, with sustained focus on long-term value, strong governance, and sound judgment.
- Bring 15+ years of progressive experience across Internal Audit, risk, or advisory environments, including senior leadership roles with responsibility for setting strategy, prioritizing risk, and influencing executive stakeholders.
- Have deep experience auditing technology-enabled processes, including ERP environments, data platforms, and increasingly automated or AI-influenced workflows, and understand how controls must evolve as business models and technology change.
- Have successfully advanced audit execution models, moving from point-in-time, sample-based testing toward more continuous, analytics-driven, and risk-responsive assurance.
- Have operated credibly in retail or consumer facing environments, with demonstrated impact protecting inventory integrity, margins, and operational execution across stores, supply chain, and digital channels.
- Bring strong technology, cybersecurity, identity, and third-party risk assurance experience, particularly in cloud-based and highly interconnected ecosystems.
- Are comfortable leading in a private company context, where strong financial controls support long-term resilience, disciplined risk-taking, and protection of enterprise value.
- Have experience developing and leading senior audit managers and directors, building teams known for judgment, independence, and enterprise-level thinking.
- Bring a combination of in-house leadership and internal audit or advisory experience, with professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, or CISA strongly preferred.
- Set and execute a modern Internal Audit strategy that reflects Nordstrom’s long‑term ownership model, enterprise risks, and operational complexity.
- Translate evolving risks into clear audit priorities, ensuring coverage stays relevant as business models, technology, and controls change.
- Lead audits across core retail, supply chain, digital, and technology-enabled processes, with increasing use of analytics and continuous monitoring.
- Partner with senior leadership to surface early signals on control breakdowns, emerging risks, and margin-eroding issues before they impact customers or the business.
- Expand governance and audit oversight of AI-enabled, automated, and data-driven decisioning as these capabilities scale across the enterprise.
- Strengthen technology, cybersecurity, identity, and third‑party risk assurance in close collaboration with Technology and Security leaders.
- Develop, coach, and retain a high‑performing Internal Audit leadership team, building capabilities in judgment, analytics, and enterprise influence.
- Communicate clearly with executive leadership and the Audit Committee, delivering concise, actionable insight rather than compliance‑oriented reporting.
- Professional certifications such as Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, or Certified Information Systems Auditor strongly preferred
Nordstrom operates a fashion retail business with both brick-and-mortar stores and online shopping, selling clothing, shoes, accessories, and related services. Customers can browse products in stores or on Nordstrom’s website, and their shopping experience is supported by services such as alterations and personal styling. The company emphasizes strong customer service, team development, and a culture that rewards hard work and loyalty. It differentiates itself through a focus on employee growth and leadership opportunities, community involvement through Nordstrom Cares, and environmental responsibility. Nordstrom’s goal is to provide high-quality fashion and reliable service while empowering employees, supporting communities, and maintaining a trusted shopping experience for customers.
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10,001+
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Total Funding
$16M
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- New off-price Nordstrom Rack in Huntsville expands Alabama market presence.
- Vera Bradley launch attracts younger consumers through curated designer handbags.
- Samantha Siu's US entry adds luxury jewelry to the department store mix.
What critics are saying
- Full-line store closures will erode core revenue and shrink brand footprint within 12 months.
- Weak market position versus Macy's and Kohl's forces pricing pressure and margin compression in 12 months.
- Cannibalization by aggressive Nordstrom Rack expansion dilutes premium brand perception within 18 months.
What makes Nordstrom unique
- Experiential Jewel Box stores with live demos target families and boost engagement.
- Exclusive limited capsules like Jack Victor's 250-unit launch enhance prestige.
- Strategic FAO Schwarz partnership drives year-round toy sales and family visits.
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Chrome Hearts sues Nordstrom over cross motifs, testing luxury streetwear's trademark limits. The Los Angeles brand's lawsuit alleges Nordstrom sold jewelry bearing trademarked cross designs, raising questions about where inspiration ends and infringement begins. By J.P. Larsen Sources · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · 4 Jun 2026 The cross motif Chrome Hearts claims Nordstrom copied has defined the brand since 1988. Image: Chrome Hearts Chrome Hearts has filed a lawsuit against Nordstrom in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging trademark infringement and counterfeiting. The legal action, filed June 4, centers on Nordstrom's sale of jewelry bearing cross motifs that Chrome Hearts claims are protected by its registered trademarks. The cross has been a defining element of Chrome Hearts' visual identity since the brand's founding in 1988. Richard Stark and John Bowman built the label's early reputation on leather goods and silver jewelry, with gothic cross designs becoming synonymous with the brand's aesthetic. Over nearly four decades, those motifs have moved from motorcycle culture to celebrity wardrobes to a secondary market where vintage Chrome Hearts pieces command prices that rival Swiss watches. The lawsuit does not name specific Nordstrom products, but the legal filing alleges the retailer sold items that consumers would reasonably associate with Chrome Hearts. This is the crux of trademark law in fashion: not whether two designs look similar, but whether consumers would be confused about their origin. Chrome Hearts is arguing that Nordstrom's cross jewelry created exactly that confusion. Nordstrom has not publicly responded to the suit. The retailer operates in a space where it sources from thousands of vendors, many of whom produce jewelry that draws on common visual vocabularies. Crosses are not inherently ownable. Gothic aesthetics are not proprietary. What Chrome Hearts owns is a specific execution and, more importantly, decades of consumer association between that execution and its brand. The case arrives at a moment when streetwear-adjacent luxury brands are testing the boundaries of trademark protection. Supreme has pursued legal action against imitators. Stüssy has defended its interlocking S. The question these cases collectively raise is where the line falls between protecting a brand's identity and claiming ownership of visual language that predates the brand itself. Chrome Hearts' cross is not the Christian cross, but it is not entirely separate from it either. The brand's genius has been to take a symbol with centuries of cultural weight and make it feel proprietary through craft, context, and price. The lawsuit against Nordstrom is, in part, a test of whether that feeling holds legal force. The case is in its early stages. Discovery will likely reveal which specific products Chrome Hearts objects to and how Nordstrom sourced them. For now, the filing serves as a marker: Chrome Hearts is watching the market, and it is willing to litigate. Sources · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · 4 Jun 2026 The Quellan Index · 13 Jun 2026 · 07:00 CET Published by Quellan
Nordstrom Rack to open new location in Canton, Mich. SEATTLE, April 14, 2026 - Seattle-based fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc. announced plans to open a new Nordstrom Rack in Canton, Mich. in fall 2026. "We look forward to being a part of the Canton community and serving our customers with an amazing offering of great brands at great prices," said Gemma Lionello, president of Nordstrom Rack. "We're excited to grow our footprint in the Detroit market and introduce new customers to the Nordstrom experience." Lionello added that in this location "customers will be able to take advantage of our convenient services such as online order pick up from both Nordstrom.com and NordstromRack.com, and they can make returns easily." The 35,000-square-foot store will be located at New Towne Center, a popular shopping center that includes Sally Beauty, GNC and Nothing Bundt Cakes. New Towne Center is owned and managed by Acadia Realty and is located off of Ford and Sheldon Road. Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc. and offers customers up to 70% off on-trend apparel, accessories, beauty products, home decor and shoes from many of the top brands sold at Nordstrom stores as well as core services like online order pickup for Nordstrom.com and NordstromRack.com, easy returns and alterations at select stores. Nordstrom Rack is the largest source of new customers to Nordstrom. This new location expands the company's physical footprint and economic impact in Michigan. It currently operates two Nordstrom stores and five Nordstrom Rack stores in the state, generating more than 750 jobs statewide. About Nordstrom At Nordstrom, Inc., Nordstrom Rack exist to help its customers feel good and look their best. Since starting as a shoe store in 1901, how to best serve customers has been at the center of every decision Nordstrom Rack make. This heritage of service is the foundation Nordstrom Rack is building on as Nordstrom Rack provide convenience and true connection for its customers. Its interconnected model enables Nordstrom Rack to serve customers when, where and how they want to shop - whether that's in-store at nearly 400 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local and Nordstrom Rack locations or digitally through its Nordstrom and Rack apps and websites. Through it all, Nordstrom Rack remain committed to leaving it better than Nordstrom Rack found it. MEDIA CONTACT: Gianna Giacomino Nordstrom, Inc.
Former Saks store on Union Square might become a Nordstrom. San Francisco's downtown mall may be dead, and Union Square may remain beleaguered and full of vacant storefronts, but that seems poised to change in the not-too-distant future. Several well known retailers have reportedly been on the hunt for new space in and around Union Square, as the SF Business Times has it via real estate sources. Those include Nordstrom, whose closure announcement at the former Westfield Mall started all the dominoes falling for that property, which officially shut all the lights off in February. Nordstrom, which had a 35-year presence in that Market Street mall, may have its sights on the former Saks Fifth Avenue location at Powell and Post streets, which was abandoned by Saks last year. Last fall, Nordstrom revived its San Francisco presence via a small boutique on Fillmore Street in Pacific Heights, which is mainly just a customer-service counter taking returns, offering order pickups, and clothing alterations. Also potentially seeking new space that's not in a mall is Bloomingdale's, according to the Business Times. A representative for Bloomingdale's would not confirm that they have any specific plans to move back to Union Square, but they said, "San Francisco remains an important market for Bloomingdale's, and we continually evaluate opportunities that support our long-term growth strategy." Nationally, Bloomingdale's has been faring better on a store by store basis than parent brand Macy's. And it remains unclear what will be the fate of Macy's flagship store on Union Square - Sfist learned in November that the company had partnered with local developer TMG Partners to explore the future development of the 600,000-square-foot store property, which could include some continued presence for the store. And, somewhat suprisingly, Barnes & Noble has reportedly been sniffing around Union Square for new space as well. While the bookstore chain has mostly been known for closing locations around the country in the last decade, they appear to be in some sort of expansion phase again. A new Barnes & Noble is coming to a former Party City space in Cupertino this fall, as Sfist learned last week, and the company still has almost a dozen stores around the Bay Area, including in malls in Emeryville and Corte Madera. The last SF location of Barnes & Noble, at Fisherman's Wharf, closed in 2010. And they are closing their location at San Bruno's Tanforan Mall next month, per the Business Times. In other Union Square retail news, Chanel will be opening a new multi-level store in the former Williams-Sonoma this year, Zara has a new flagship opening across the street from the former Saks, John Varvatos and Bang & Olufsen are both returning to the neighborhood, and Super Duper will be opening a burger outpost in the middle of Union Square Park. And down on Market Street, the massive former Old Navy will be coming alive again as Uniqlo returns to the area as well, later this year.
New Nordstrom Rack store coming to busy South Texas shopping center. Luxury retailer will bring designer brands at up to 70% off to shoppers. By Dina Arévalo, South Texas Reporter April 7, 2026 It's official, luxury retailer, Nordstrom, will be opening a Nordstrom Rack store in deep South Texas as soon as this fall. Keep Watching Massive H-E-B project hits new heights in surging college town, San Marcos, Texas Watch More The "off-price" store - which offers clearance and out-of-season merchandise for as much as 70% off retail prices - will open in a thriving McAllen shopping center in the Rio Grande Valley. The company announced the store opening, which MySA reported on in December 2025, in a news release on Thursday, April 2. Article continues below this ad "We look forward to being a part of the McAllen community and serving our customers with an amazing offering of great brands at great prices," Nordstrom Rack President Gemma Lioncello said. "We're excited to grow our footprint in the McAllen market and introduce new customers to the Nordstrom experience." The store will be located between a Target and HomeGoods store in the Las Tiendas Shopping Center, a bustling retail plaza that fronts the Interstate 2 corridor (also called Expressway 83) in south McAllen. The 30,561-square-foot space has previously been home to a number of furniture stores, including a Sears Outlet store, an American Freight: Appliance - Furniture - Mattress store, and an Overstock Furniture & Mattress that recently went out of business. More For You Las Tiendas is owned by an El Paso-based company, Cielo Paso Las Tiendas, and is operated by an El Paso-based commercial real estate management company called MIMCO LLC. Article continues below this ad "Ownership is thrilled to welcome Nordstrom Rack to the tenant roster at Las Tiendas," MIMCO President Scott Walker said. "McAllen is a dynamic and growing retail market, and the addition of Nordstrom Rack further establishes Las Tiendas as a leading shopping destination along Expressway 83." Want more MySA? Make My San Antonio a Preferred Source on Google to see more of My San Antonio when you search. The McAllen Nordstrom Rack will allow Valley customers to access the luxury retailer's iconic "on-trend apparel," accessories, shoes, beauty products and home decor for up to 70% off retail price. But shoppers will also be able to pick up online orders placed at Nordstrom.com and NordstromRack.com and return online purchases at the McAllen store, company officials said. The McAllen store will be the company's 28th Nordstrom Rack location in Texas. The company also operates seven Nordstrom stores and employs 3,600 people across the Lone Star State. April 7, 2026 South Texas Reporter Dina Arévalo has been a journalist in the Rio Grande Valley since 2004 and is a graduate from Baylor University. She was previously with The Monitor in McAllen covering Hidalgo County governments and KRGV as a weekend technical director and associate producer.
Skilled sewers in demand as tailors and dressmakers age out, in photos. * By EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ and ANDRES KUDACKI - Associated Press * Apr 6, 2026 Updated 38 mins ago * 0 NEW YORK (AP) - Across the U.S., the number of tailors, dressmakers and custom sewing specialists is declining, even as demand for their work is growing. Industry experts say younger shoppers are turning to these professionals to tailor ready-made clothing, refresh thrifted pieces and get more longevity out of their wardrobes. Kil Bae, a longtime tailor in New York, notes that the rise of weight-loss medications such as Zepbound and Wegovy has led more people to seek alterations as their bodies change. At the same time, the pool of skilled workers is shrinking as experienced sewers retire. In response, the Fashion Institute of Technology has partnered with Nordstrom to create a training program aimed at addressing the shortage. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.