Audit Consultant - Cybersecurity

THIS ROLE WILL BE ONSITE 4 DAYS/WEEK (1 DAY REMOTE) BASED OUT OF: BUFFALO NY, WILMINGTON DE, BRIDGEPORT CT, or ISELIN NJ. MUST BE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OR WILLING TO RELOCATE.

• We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced candidate to join our team in the role of Audit Consultant focused on the Technology Infrastructure and Operations space. This senior level individual contributor role is crucial in leading and executing complex technology audits across M&T’s diverse product and platform ecosystem across the areas of Technology Engineering, Operations, Governance, Risk Management, and Architecture.
  
  You will play a key role in providing assurance over M&T’s technology risks, cloud and colocation environments, and emerging technologies such as AI. This role requires a strong understanding of technology risk management and internal controls. You will be responsible for leading teams, managing stakeholder relationships, and driving impactful audit results.

• Stay abreast of best practices, industry developments, and changing or emerging risks and consult with the audit teams to ensure their coverage as appropriate in assigned audits.
• Participate in the execution of audit procedures, particularly those which are highly visible and complex in nature, in a risk-focused manner while maintaining independence and adhering to department and professional industry standards.
• Analyze audit findings, particularly those that require complex judgment or sophisticated analytical thought, and propose creative and pragmatic solutions to the audit team for consideration in the final audit report.
• Drive audit teams in the planning and execution of validation procedures for Internal Audit and Regulatory issues that require subject matter expertise.
• Organize and complete work within established budgets and time frames with minimal direction from audit management.
• Incorporate the use of data analytics throughout all phases of the audit process.
• Inform and clearly demonstrate support for the department’s strategic objectives.

• Possess strong management and interpersonal skills, make sound decisions independently, exhibiting initiative and intuitive thinking.
• Proactively communicate with senior management members of the audit team and line of business senior and executive regarding the status of audits and potential issues identified.
• Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders and audit team members.
• Demonstrates strong judgment, political astuteness, and sensitivity to cultural commitment.

• Coach and mentor junior audit team members through knowledge sharing, tailoring the approach based upon their skills and experience.

• Adhere to applicable compliance/operational risk controls in accordance with Company or regulatory standards and policies.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators, as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

• This role operates independently within a matrix reporting environment and is responsible for the timely delivery of high quality, value-added audit reports for a variety of high-risk technology areas, including ITIL service delivery disciplines, API governance, mainframe platform technology, cloud computing (Azure, etc.), Dev Ops CI/CD pipelines, software defined infrastructure management, and emerging technologies such as AI/ML, while meeting the requirements of the Audit Committee, regulatory expectations, and professional auditing standards.
• This position directly communicates with Senior, Middle and Line Management and External Auditors. Builds strong partnerships with business stakeholders and other audit team members.
• This role also requires periodic interaction with external regulatory agencies.

• May provide coaching opportunities for certain audit professionals…