Audit Manager - IT Risk Management

Responsibilities:

• Executes audit strategy for the sound application of risk-based auditing by defining audit scope and audit programs, and drafting audit reports leveraging automation and innovative methods in a timely and high-quality manner.
• Acts as Auditor-in-Charge (AIC) by overseeing audit testing and ensuring it is executed in a timely manner and conforms with quality standards, audit policies, and procedures. Provides day-to-day mentoring and guidance and fosters an inclusive work environment.
• Maintains business partner relationships, primarily with line management, to develop business knowledge. Assesses impacts to business processes, controls, and strategies to provide recommendations on severity ratings and escalate broad themes or trends accordingly based on existing business knowledge.
• Exercises sound knowledge of product, business, and technical expertise to effectively challenge management to improve the control environment.
• Perform audits and issue validations of technology systems and data.
• Responsible for conducting relevant technology testing (e.g., key automated business controls), IT general controls, data management controls, and other IT controls as indicated in COBIT.
• Leverage available data and analytical tools during the planning, fieldwork, and reporting phases of audit delivery.
• Communicate the results of audit projects to management (written reports/oral presentations). Establish and build working relationships with internal and external management.
• Effective influence skills to communicating findings. This individual must be an articulate and effective communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong interpersonal skills for interfacing with all levels of internal and external audit and management.
• Ability to juggle multiple work efforts and to quickly change direction.
• Exercises intellectual curiosity and judgment to effectively influence and challenge management to improve the control environment and drive continuous improvements on audit.

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Audit Planning
• Internal Audit Review
• Issue Management
• Risk Management
• Business Acumen
• Coaching
• Project Management
• Relationship Building
• Written Communications
• Attention to Detail
• Automation
• Critical Thinking
• Technical Documentation

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent work experience; Audit, Risk or Compliance experience in large financial institution (minimum of 8 years).
• Displays intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and ability to connect the dots across business and technology risks and controls.
• Sound organizational, analytical, communication skills, and work paper documentation.
• Proactive, takes initiative to solve problems, resourceful, and self-driven.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge and proficiency in testing data quality controls (e.g., completeness, accuracy, and timeliness) and performing data traceability using tools and techniques, such as SQL, Alteryx, Python, etc.
• Knowledge of enterprise data management policies and standards, regulatory requirement interpretation, and regulatory reporting processes (e.g., NFRR, FRR)
• Knowledge of enterprise application and change management policies and standards
• Experience with Third Party Risk