Audit Supervisor jobs at Bank Of America in United Kingdom, London

Job Description:

Job Title: Audit Supervisor

Corporate Title: Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Executes audit strategy for the sound application of risk-based auditing by defining audit scope and audit programs, and leverages automation and innovative methods in a timely and high quality manner
• Exercises sound knowledge of product, business, and technical expertise to effectively challenge management to improve the control environment
• Assesses impacts to business processes, controls, and strategies to provide recommendations on severity ratings
• Provides input on draft audit reports and shares audit results with business leaders
• Supports the development of peers and teams through on-the-job-training and fosters an inclusive work environment
• Establishes business partner relationships, primarily with line management, to develop business knowledge
• Uses innovative tools to complete audit activities more efficiently (e.g., testing)
• Serve as auditor in charge leading audit engagements
• Conduct issue validation for both internal and regulatory issues

Required Qualifications:

• Strong Internal/External Audit experience
• AML and/or Economic Sanctions experience/ knowledge
• Bachelors Degree

Desired Qualifications:

• Certified Anti Money Laundering (CAMs) certification
• Certified Internal Audit (CIA) certification

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Role Overview:

As an Audit Manager, you will lead and deliver risk-based audits with a primary focus on GBAM Finance and broader CFO processes. You will be responsible for producing high-quality audit work, identifying control gaps, and influencing management to strengthen the control environment. A key part of your role involves participation in the GBAM Finance Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls testing program, which includes managing the testing of over 200 controls and maintaining effective communication with external auditors.

Responsibilities:

• Develop audit plans for GBAM Finance
• Participate in the annual GBAM Finance Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls testing program
• Lead the planning and execution global and regional audits including risk identification, process documentation and control evaluation.
• Evaluate compliance with US/UK GAAP, IFRS and enterprise standards.
• Conduct root-cause analysis on issues.
• Draft high quality audit reports and present findings to senior stakeholders.
• Prepare clear, concise audit documentation and presentations summarising audit scope, testing strategies.
• Identify opportunities to incorporate automation into audit testing processes.
• Effectively manage multiple workstreams and adapt quickly to shifting priorities.
• Supervise and mentor more junior members of the GBAM Finance audit team, supporting their development and performance.
• Facilitate regular meetings and maintain strong working relationships with GBAM Finance and external auditors.

Required skills:

• Strong experience in finance, preferably product control, with prior audit experience preferable
• Strong working knowledge of US/UK GAAP and IFRS accounting standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced level).
• Familiarity with audit project management tools and data analytics platforms such as Alteryx or SQL (preferred).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams.
• Team-oriented with a proactive, solution-focused mindset and strong risk awareness.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings clearly to senior stakeholders.​

Required Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Bachelor or Masters degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline is preferred.

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Department Overview

The TD Securities Europe and Asia regional audit team, based in London and Dublin, is responsible for performing operational audits within TD Securities in Europe/Asia Pacific, whilst also supporting the broader TDS Audit team globally as required.

CUSTOMER

• Conduct audit work based on established audit plans and execute the audit in accordance with established standards ensuring completion
• Develop/contribute to the audit planning process for specific audits, ensuring appropriate programs and risk assessments are completed accordingly.
• Manage the ongoing audit communications process with the client during and subsequent to the audit.
• Present objective and independent audit opinion on the adequacy of internal controls in accordance with established professional audit standards, including presentation of findings and recommendations to client and audit management.
• Execute follow-up of findings raised from regulatory and internal divisional audits in accordance with firm policy.
• Provide subject matter expertise and/or input to audit projects/initiatives as a representative for area of specialization.
• Lead/support the audit engagement and risk assessment process to identify key risks and identify opportunities where controls are missing or are inadequate to mitigate these risks.

SHAREHOLDER

• Adhere to internal policies / procedures, enterprise frameworks and methodologies and applicable regulatory guidelines, contribute to the review of internal processes and activities and assist in identifying control weaknesses/failures, potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for own business area.
• May develop and provide complex reporting, analysis, and assessments at the functional or enterprise level.
• Prioritize and manage own workload to deliver quality results and meet assigned timelines.
• Keep current on emerging trends / developments and grow knowledge of the business, analytical tools and techniques and apply them where appropriate.
• Develop and deliver audit findings, presentations / communications to management or broader audience.
• Contribute to the analysis, due diligence, and implementation of initiatives within defined area ofresponsibility.

EMPLOYEE / TEAM

• Continuously enhance knowledge / expertise in own area Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
• Establish effective relationships across multiple businesses.
• Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units.
• Work to achieve individual goals and support other team members in the achievement of team goals and divisional objectives.

BREADTH & DEPTH

• Work as an audit subject matter expert and may coach and educate others.
• Oversee and/or independently perform audits from end to end.
• May lead moderately complex audits and have responsibility for completion of the audit.
• Undertake and complete a variety of projects and initiatives, may include the integration of cross functional processes within own area of expertise.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Generally, reports to an Audit Group Manager or Senior Audit Group Manager role

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Undergraduate degree or relevant professional certifications, accounting designations, or equivalent
• Internal audit experience essential, although consideration will also be given to candidates with other relevant/exceptional experience.
• Relevant knowledge/experience of Capital Markets.
• Financial accounting designation (CA, CPA) or other relevant qualification, i.e., MBA, CFA;
• Degree educated.
• Relevant regulatory knowledge.
• Analytical skills in assessing risk, issues and critical thinking/challenging the status quo.
• Effective time management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written).
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work independently and in teams, and to manage competing priorities.
• Participate in/actively support departmental initiatives.
• Demonstrate TD leadership core values.

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Required Skills

This role is for the Global Markets coverage area and we expect that candidates have either audited a Sales and Trading function or acquired experience in a first or have experience from a second line function associated with Sales and Trading (i.e.: sales, trading, market risk management, product control or GM specific compliance) and have skills that could be transferrable to auditing (project management, external audit experience, risk and control focus role) if they have no prior audit experience.

Within the GM area this role is to fill a gap relating to our coverage of GM supervision and trade surveillance. As such we’d want candidates who are familiar with the concept of market conduct risk and with the types of market abuse that are associated with delinquent sales and trading behaviour. Experience of remediation or auditing one of the many FX Consent Orders that financial services firms have had to manage would be an advantage.

• Strong experience in Audit, Risk, Business Control, Compliance, Finance, or other relevant experience
• Ability to plan, execute and evaluate audit test plans within a risk-based audit methodology.
• Ability to successfully communicate to influence management and lead change in both strategic and tactical initiatives.
• Self-starter, desire to learn able to teach others, positive attitude, exhibits flexibility and intellectual curiosity.
• Strong analytical skills. Ability to analyze large amounts of data and turn it into usable information.
• Ability to work in a very detailed manner as well as to look broadly across a population and develop connections and themes identifying risk and concerns.
• Ability to juggle multiple work efforts and to quickly change direction, as needed.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to converse with management on all levels.
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience
• Has knowledge of financial instruments and financial risk management principles, including exposure to Global Markets products

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Subject matter expertise of Economic Sanctions related risks and a solid business understanding of financial services industry, especially those associated with correspondent banking, corporate banking, treasury management and capital markets conducting sanctions reviews.
• Plan, perform, and lead Economic Sanctions audits at the enterprise level as well as other diverse lines of business and specialty areas.
• Subject matter expertise in US financial crime regulations including OFAC, and EU, UK Sanctions regulations.
• Perform audit reviews related to Sanctions and other compliance operational work including sanctions screening and alert disposition.
• Support the execution of Sanctions audits as well as regulatory and partner exams by creating presentation materials and providing timely responses to inquiries.
• Manage staff during audit engagements and provide feedback on work performed.
• Design and perform compliance audit procedures, including identifying and defining issues, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and documenting processes.
• 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.
• Perform AML/Sanctions risk assessments of business activities, potential risks exposures, and materiality of loss.
• Demonstrates experience in managing integrated internal audit and assurance delivery.
• Effective influence skills in 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.
• 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.
• 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 intellectual curiosity and judgment to effectively influence and challenge management to improve the control environment and drive continuous improvements on audit.
• Oversees a team of associates and 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.
• Exercises sound knowledge of product, business, and technical expertise to effectively challenge management to improve the control environment.

Required Skills:

• Strong audit experience in areas related to Sanctions and risk management programs and regulations, banking regulations, local standards, and internal policies.
• Experience conducting Sanctions audits, Risk Management audits, Compliance audits or a combination.
• Experience leading audits and performing in the role of auditor-in-charge
• Excellent project management, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills; strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Exceptional analytical and critical thinking abilities; Able to develop and convey a point of view.
• Professionalism, dependability, integrity and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude. Able to thrive in a dynamic team environment.
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to multitask and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines. Individual with desire to learn and teach others, high energy, positive attitude.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• CIA, CAMS, sanctions certifications are preferred.

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Department Overview:

The TD Securities Europe and Asia regional audit team, based in London and Dublin, is responsible for performing operational audits within TDSecuritiesin Europe/Asia Pacific, whilst also supporting the broader TDS Audit team globally as required.

Job Description Summary:

Provide specialized in-depth subject matter expertise and is responsible for contributing to the planning, risk assessment and/or execution of audits and/or related processes. May act as a specialized resource on audits, based on subject matter expertise. Lead and/or provide supervisory oversight to complex audits and ensure completion.

Customer:

• Contribute to the strategic direction of the audit function and play a key role in the development and implementation of programs
• Plan, lead / manage and/or oversee audit activities requiring alignment across multiple areas, and ensure audits are executed and completed in accordance with established standards and within prescribed parameters
• Oversee/lead audits and/or execute the follow-up of findings arising from internal audits and regulatory reviews in accordance with policy
• Oversee/lead the ongoing audit communications and/or the reporting process with the client, senior management and external auditors for specific and/or overall Audit area
• Provide direction and/or input to complex, wide ranging audit initiatives as a subject matter expert and where necessary participate in identifying, designing and testing solutions and supporting the implementation
• Lead / manage the integrated implementation of policies / processes / procedures / changes across multiple functional areas
• Act as the audit lead or audit advisor to management and respective teams for area of specialization. Report on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior management
• Facilitate key discussions and provide thought leadership to executive audience

Shareholder:

• Adhere to internal policies / procedures, enterprise frameworks and methodologies and applicable regulatory guidelines, contribute to the review of internal processes and activities and assist in identifying control weaknesses/failures, potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for their business area
• Actively manage relationships with business lines/ corporate and/or control functions and ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts to the Bank
• Assess / identify key issues and escalate to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders where required
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes and sound infrastructure in alignment with risk appetite
• Participate in cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situations

Employee/Team:

• Provides thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for own area of expertise
• Encourage a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency
• Work effectively as a team, supporting other members of the team in achieving business objectives and providing client services
• Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
• Contribute to the overall performance management process by providing coaching and input into team members' assessment on assigned audits

Breadth & Depth:

• Work autonomously and accountable for acting as a lead within a specialized audit practice area and may provide work direction to others
• Provide seasoned specialized knowledge, advice and/or guidance to various stakeholders and team members
• May lead and/or provide supervisory oversight to complex audits and ensure completion.
• Advanced knowledge of external competition, industry and/or market trends in relation to own function / business
• Scope of role may have enterprise impact
• Undertake and complete a variety of complex audit projects and initiatives requiring specialist knowledge and/or the integration of cross functional processes within own area of expertise
• May oversee and/or independently perform concurrent multiple audits and related tasks from end to end
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion
• Generally reports to a Senior Audit Group Manager or executive role

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.