Senior Financial Risk Mgmt & Accounting Auditor

Pen Fed is hiring a (Hybrid) Senior Financial Risk Mgmt & Accounting Auditor at our Tysons, Virginia location. The Senior Financial Risk Mgmt & Accounting Auditor, is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of assigned internal audits. This position works closely with senior management to identify and evaluate key business risks and recommend actions to mitigate risks while improving and maturing processes.

The Senior Auditor acts as a subject matter expert, builds relationships with business department leaders, and collaborates with Internal Audit staff. This position may lead a team on less complex audits, complete audits independently or work within a team of Auditors on more complex audits.

An equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Accounting, or a related field required.
• Minimum six (6) years’ experience in auditing in the financial services industry or financial regulatory environment required, including in topics such as capital planning and stress testing, interest rate risk management, liquidity risk management, model risk management, concentration risk management, CECL and other accounting topics, financial and regulatory reporting, payment systems controls, and financial statement auditing.
• Knowledgeable with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Knowledge of accounting and finance-related regulatory requirements, industry standards, and procedures and controls.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present sensitive and complex findings to business management and influence change.
• Proven ability to lead audits start to finish independently.
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects at the same time.

• Plan, lead and execute high-quality, timely, independent, and objective audits or portions of complex audits as assigned. Areas of audit responsibility may include capital planning and stress testing, interest rate risk management, liquidity risk management, model risk management, concentration risk management, CECL and other accounting topics, financial and regulatory reporting, payment systems controls, and financial statement audit oversight.

• Facilitate and perform the entire audit process, or portions of audits as assigned, from planning to reporting with efficiency and autonomy.

• Ensure completion of multiple ongoing audits by prioritizing tasks, delegating, monitoring progress, and anticipating and resolving conflicts and dependencies.

• Analyze processes and assess the level of compliance with applicable procedures, adequacy of controls, efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and accuracy of reported information.

• Execute and/or lead multiple areas of complex test work during audit activities. Document key risks, controls, audit test procedures, test results, and audit conclusions.

• Prepare professional audit reports on observations identified in the course of audit work and collaborate with management to ensure understanding and develop effective remediation plans.

• Ensure audit work follows professional and departmental standards with emphasis on the sufficiency and appropriateness of audit evidence.

• Proactively identify control weaknesses and opportunities for improvement and provide recommendations for remediation.

• Actively support follow-up on audit recommendations to ensure the actions taken remediate the reported conditions.

• Assist with identifying innovative approaches to assessing risk in Pen Fed operations and accomplishing essential audit tests including the use of data analytics.

• Develop internal, business leader relationships to understand key initiatives within Pen Fed.

• Maintain knowledge and serve as a functional expert on risk assessment and internal control in a credit union environment.

• Assist with maintaining the department’s professional relationship with senior leadership, external auditors, NCUA, and other regulators.

This position will not supervise employees.