Job Responsibilities
- Lead and participate on audit engagements, from planning to reporting, and produce quality deliverables to both department and professional standards, while ensuring audits are completed timely and within budget
- Partner with stakeholders, business management, other control groups (i.e. risk management, compliance, fraud prevention), external auditors, and regulators, establishing strong working relationships while maintaining independence
- Finalize and communicate audit findings and use judgment to provide an overall opinion on the control environment by developing recommendations to strengthen internal controls
- Implement and execute an effective program of continuous auditing for assigned areas, including monitoring of key metrics to identify control issues and adverse trends
- Effectively manage teams where required, performing timely review of work performed and providing honest and constructive feedback
- Stay up-to-date with evolving industry/regulatory changes impacting the business and participate in appropriate control forums
- Demonstrate and maintain technical competency, staying up to date with evolving regulatory and industry developments
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 7+ years of internal or external auditing experience, or relevant business experience
- Bachelor's degree (or relevant financial services experience)
- Solid understanding of internal control concepts, with the ability to evaluate and determine the adequacy of controls by considering business and technology risks in an integrated manner
- Experience with internal audit methodology and applying concepts in audit delivery and execution
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; adept at presenting complex and sensitive issues to senior management
- Competent interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to establish credibility and build partnerships with senior business and control partners
- Excellent analytical skills, particularly in regard to assessing the probability and impact of an internal control weakness
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Exposure to Global Securitized Products & Public Finance regulatory compliance and related processes
- CPA, CIA, CISA, CFA, CFIRS, and/or Advanced Degree in Finance or Accounting