Vice President of Internal Audit

Title: VP of Internal Audit

Office Status: 3x a week in NYC

Salary: $145,000-175,000

One of the world's largest bank's is looking for a Vice President to join the Internal Audit team. This position will be responsible for supporting audit results and reports as well as reviewing and providing feedback to the audit work to ensure it meets the expectations of our USAO function.

Responsibility:

• Directly perform all phases of the internal audit process, including control testing and documentation in accordance with established standards, as outlined in the current Internal Audit Policies and Procedures. Assess the state of governance, risk management and internal control (GRC) processes to identify internal control gaps or weaknesses related to key business risks.
• Direct other U.S. Audit Office (USAO) team members to perform audit work. Review and provide feedback to junior auditors to ensure the collective business audit work meets the expectations of our USAO function.
• Draft audit findings, actively and promptly discuss them with management, and provide the final product to Auditor-in-Charge (AIC) or Senior Vice President for incorporation into final audit report. When presenting internal control gaps or weaknesses identified in the course of the audit activities to management, advise management on the adequacy, sufficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the corrective actions.
• Demonstrate positive influence on management to advance the internal control environment for the Business through credible challenge and the identification, reporting and tracking of high impact risk issues that align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements and expectations for the areas of expertise. Therefore, an understanding of relevant regulatory expectations is essential to execute the audit engagements. As relevant, contribute with the Third Line of Defense’s assessment of management’s plans to respond to regulatory issues and inquiries.
• Effectively manage partner relationships to a mutually accountable, productive, encouraging and trusted level. Training other members of the Internal Audit in areas of expertise, including internal control best practices and other duties as assigned by the manager.
• Adhere to the Internal Audit methodology in place. Minimize Quality Assurance (QA) comments, and address QA findings promptly. Act as a leader and role model to assist USAO management to implement process improvements stemming from QA reviews.
• Based on changes in the business work environment, job responsibilities can change, and additional functions and tasks may be added or removed accordingly. Additionally, this position will perform other duties as required, and participate in special projects as deemed necessary and appropriate by Management.

Qualifications:

• Relevant audit work experience in the financial industry and related markets. Corporate Functions (Risk, Treasury, Finance, Human Resources) experience preferred.
• Active professional certification(s) in public accounting or internal auditing a plus.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and writing, with attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and other Office products.