Audit Resource Planning Manager

Overview

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Job Description

The Corporate Audit Services (CAS) Audit Resource Planning Manager supports internal audit leadership, in managing CAS-wide resource planning, and designing and implementing a new Audit Generalist Resource Pool, a group of dynamic, highly skilled audit project managers and senior auditors to be deployed across CAS to fill short-term internal resource gaps.

Managing resource planning includes exploring and implementing innovative technology / AI solutions to more timely and effectively schedule and monitor resource utilization; support more proactive, forward-looking resource supply/demand analysis; enable faster response time to redeploy resources, lessening the impact/disruption of unplanned changes to the audit plan throughout the year; and enable cross-training opportunities across CAS.

The Audit Resource Planning Manager is also responsible for managing the Audit Generalist Team, including goal setting, ongoing performance feedback, training, and utilization; which will include close collaboration with the various leaders the generalists have been assisting.

• Support the Senior Audit Manager – Audit, Financial, and Resource Planning in building and maintaining the CAS Audit Staffing Plan.

• Develop and maintain a CAS staffing tool for efficient resource management. Manage CAS workload requests to assist other audit teams when resources are needed for areas of higher risk.

• Collaborate across all CAS teams to efficiently deploy generalists to assist CAS management in the completion of audit engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely.

• Performance management of the CAS Generalist Team.

• Prepare and review board, committee, and other stakeholder reporting for completeness, consistency with other internal audit materials, and accuracy of the most up-to-date information, not limited to information internal audit is reporting.

• Interact regularly with business line and risk management leaders, regulators, and external subject matter experts.

• Manage, motivate, and develop assigned personnel in accordance with U.S. Bank Human Resources policies and internal audit policies and procedures. These duties include active participation in recruiting activities; establishing and managing development plans for assigned personnel; and providing quarterly performance feedback and annual performance evaluations for assigned personnel. Also includes addressing performance problems promptly.

• Perform other duties as requested by management.

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

• Typically more than eight years of applicable experience

• Ability to build and continuously improve working relationships with internal audit peers, business line leaders, and partners (risk and compliance).

• Ability to independently address unique and complex competing priorities.

• Thorough understanding of The Institute of Internal Auditors Global Internal Audit Standards and the common definition of internal controls.

• Advanced Financial Services Industry knowledge (e.g., Credit, Models, Regulatory Compliance, Lending, Operations, Trust, Treasury, Merchant Acquiring, Credit Cards [consumer and corporate], etc.).

• Strong soft skills capable of managing direct reports in alignment with CAS and U.S. Bank policy requirements, including support of staff growth and development.

• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Strong process facilitation, project management, and analytical skills for complex processes.

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