Audit Project Manager Generalist - Professional Practices

Corporate Audit Services (CAS) Audit Project Manager Generalist

The Corporate Audit Services (CAS) Audit Project Manager Generalist is primarily responsible for dynamically planning and conducting audit engagements across audit teams. This lead auditor helps influence engagement scope with support from the primary audit manager, performs internal audit procedures, and prepares audit reports.

• Supervising audit staff in the completion of assigned audit engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely. Supervision includes:
  • Assessing work performed by staff by providing coaching notes that are relevant to the scope, accuracy, and completeness of work performed.
  • Performing sufficient reviews to ensure work contains relevant facts to support audit scope and conclusions and adheres to internal audit policies and procedures.
  • Reviewing issues to ensure potential exposures and significance are included, root causes are identified, and operationally effective and cost‑effective actions to address those causes are developed into appropriate recommendations.
  • Completing or assisting managers in planning audit engagements, including identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks and critical controls; interviewing auditees; determining audit scope; evaluating control design adequacy; and developing audit programs that provide sufficient guidance for testing control performance effectiveness and making evaluations that effectively achieve audit objectives.
  • Assisting managers in reporting and wrap‑up phases of assigned audits, including appropriate disposition of issues and drafting audit reports.
  • Monitoring progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule, making necessary adjustments and promptly completing work paper reviews to ensure all issues are identified and dispositioned prior to report draft issuance.
  • Providing on‑the‑job training for staff, covering business knowledge of products, services, and delivery systems; company policies and procedures; applicable laws and regulations; and formal/informal control frameworks.
  • Collaborating across the three lines of defense regarding business processes, risks, and controls by coordinating audit activities with other internal audit subject‑matter teams (Information Technology, Anti‑Money Laundering, Compliance, Risk Management, Treasury, etc.) to ensure appropriate and efficient coverage of the business products, services, and processes, and managing the team’s workload to assist other audit teams when resources are needed for higher‑risk areas.
  • Proactively managing assignments to ensure smooth handoffs between teams and consistent, efficient use of time and resources year‑round.
• Performing other duties as requested by management.

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Typically more than six years of applicable experience.

• Prior experience with a Big Four accounting firm, consulting firm, or professional services environment is highly preferred.
• Thrives in dynamic settings by adjusting to various leadership methods and building strong partnerships across teams.
• Considerable knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact the assigned line of business.
• Considerable understanding of the business line’s operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls.
• Considerable knowledge of Risk/Compliance/Audit competencies and ability to hold others accountable on individual projects.
• Strong process facilitation, project management, and analytical skills for complex processes.
• Business acumen and credibility to help business line(s) proactively identify and address changing workforce needs.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Applicable professional certifications preferred.
• This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer‑funded retirement plan
• Paid…