Senior Manager – Audit Practices-Audit Universe Management and Reporting

Senior Manager – Audit Practices-Audit Universe Management and Reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
• At least 7 years of experience in auditing, risk management, data analytics, project management, or a combination
• At least 2 years of experience in people management

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and overall department maintenance of the audit universe and audit plan including monitoring progress of plan completion and facilitating validation of the completeness of audit coverage considerations across the enterprise.
• Provide day-to-day operational management around the audit universe and audit plan identification and governance, methodology and tooling and serve as the operational contact for department and regulatory inquiries, consultations and questions.
• Proactively monitor the audit universe and audit plan for changing risks and maintain awareness of changes to the internal and external business environment that may warrant updates in coverage approach.
• Interpret business and audit priorities, anticipate issues and obstacles, and apply to scope of role. Leverage knowledge and skills, providing the broader department with insight into areas of risks including demand vs. capacity constraints.
• Facilitate department wide audit universe and audit plan activities including universe completeness aligned to enterprise operations, quarterly dynamic planning and holistic annual planning as well as associated training.
• Coordinate and facilitate the department’s quarterly dynamic and annual planning meetings, aggregate content relevant to stakeholders that helps drive awareness of delivery progress, trends and changes to the internal and external business environment to help Audit teams make informed dynamic audit plan and risk based decisions.
• Partner with a cross-functional team of auditors, AuditHQ associates, product managers, tech engineers, and design professionals to investigate, build and implement new processes, technologies and innovation to advance audit plan management and governance and drive continued simplicity, automation and efficiency.
• Develop and measure Internal Audit key performance metrics in alignment with professional standards, regulatory requirements and expectations of the Audit Committee and senior management. Facilitate aggregation of key performance metric results for senior management and Audit Committee reporting.
• Leverage systems, data and analytical tools to execute tasks and perform analysis with a focus on data quality and integrity. Assist team in developing visualizations of data for management and Audit Committee reporting.
• Assist with maintenance of the AuditBoard system in support of users (project creation, hierarchy updates, deployment, configuration updates, etc.) and help drive forward functionality enhancements to address stakeholder needs.
• Establish and maintain good client relations within and outside the department.
• Effectively review and compile information and management reports into concise audit communications and presentations with clarity on key insights and actions. Communicate (e.g. verbally and written) the results of audit processes and projects and complex results and implications to various stakeholders.
• Manage timely and quality delivery of multiple tasks, including regulatory requests, recurring deliverables, presentations, management reporting, special assignments, and administrative activities. Self-prioritize and independently drive deliverables to completion, successfully navigating across teams and departments. Demonstrate the ability to successfully meet deadlines.
• Supervise and coordinate work assignments amongst team members. Provide timely feedback, on-the-job training, and coaching to audit staff and direct reports.
• The Senior Manager will be responsible for maintaining all organizational and professional ethical standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• 4+ years of experience in people management
• 3+ years of experience in financial services
• 1+ years of experience performing industry research or data analysis in support of internal auditing
• Proficient in MS Office or Google Suite