Director – Project Audit

Director – Project Audit

Requirements

• Typically 9+ years of relevant audit experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Professional designations or business designation such as CIA, PMP, CISA.
• Seasoned expert with extensive banking or financial services industry knowledge.
• Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.
• Verbal & written communication skills – Expert.
• Analytical and problem solving skills – Expert.
• Influence skills – Expert.
• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration – Expert.
• Able to manage ambiguity.
• Data driven decision making – Expert.

Responsibilities

• Provides independent assurance on the quality and effectiveness of internal control, risk management, and governance systems and processes.
• Reports on audits to provide clear, concise and memorable insights on issues and potential issues to assist management in fulfilling mandates.
• Ensures that all audits for which the role is responsible are conducted effectively and efficiently to the high standards set out by the Corporate Audit, outcomes of which are confirmed through the Audit’s Quality Assurance Program and/or regulatory examination results.
• Leads change management programs of varying scope and type, including readiness assessments, planning, stakeholder management, execution, evaluation and sustainment of initiatives.
• Collaborates across BMO to develop communications strategies and ensure consistency of messaging, in order to positively influence or change behaviour.
• Acts as trusted resource providing advice to executive leaders of business/group on risk, governance and internal controls.
• Identifies control deficiencies and provides a fair and balanced assessment of their magnitude.
• Maintains working knowledge of the industry, regulatory, broad economic environment, and internal environment, as to the development of new strategies and plans, opportunities and risk, to obtain an understanding of the control environment.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.