Lead Internal Auditor - Third-Party Risk; Remote

Description

The Internal Auditor job family performs risk-based internal audit work to evaluate financial, operational, and compliance processes; assess risks; test internal controls; and communicate results that support effective risk management and sound governance. Team members partner with business units to understand processes, identify control strengths and gaps, document audit work, and contribute to practical recommendations that improve processes and mitigate risk.

Across the job family, scope, complexity, independence, and leadership responsibilities increase by level, with more senior roles taking on broader audit planning, oversight of complex engagements, mentoring, and support for departmental initiatives, including the bank’s FDICIA program.

Description

The Internal Auditor job family performs risk-based internal audit work to evaluate financial, operational, and compliance processes; assess risks; test internal controls; and communicate results that support effective risk management and sound governance. Team members partner with business units to understand processes, identify control strengths and gaps, document audit work, and contribute to practical recommendations that improve processes and mitigate risk.

Across the job family, scope, complexity, independence, and leadership responsibilities increase by level, with more senior roles taking on broader audit planning, oversight of complex engagements, mentoring, and support for departmental initiatives, including the bank’s FDICIA program.

Lead Internal Auditor - Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Focus

This role will primarily support audits related to Third Party Risk Management - including Fintech focus, oversight, ongoing monitoring, and regulatory compliance associated with third-party relationships.

• Form?relationships, build trust, and partner with audit clients and audit team members?
• Collaborate with audit clients and audit team members to share knowledge?
• Employ thought leadership via a growth mindset approach?
• Be inquisitive and curious to gain knowledge of the business function, processes, and systems?
• Seek out industry trends and information to proactively?identify?emerging enterprise risks?
• Stay?apprised?of company strategy and changes throughout the organization?
• Respectfully and thoughtfully challenge and fearlessly ask why?
• Understand and apply risk assessment?methodology?and risk management techniques?
• Identify?and analyze business processes, key risks, and critical controls?
• Prepare or update planning and risk assessment documentation?
• Develop and update risk-based audit programs?
• Conduct process?walk-throughs and review or develop process documentation?
• Evaluate control design adequacy in meeting established objectives?
• Perform, or supervise audit team members in, the testing of control effectiveness?
• Use?appropriate sampling?and control testing techniques?
• Identify?and assess the relevancy of?possible observations, including root cause analysis?
• Document work performed to support audit scope and conclusions?
• Collaborate with audit clients to?identify?process improvements and solutions for risk mitigation?
• Draft clear, concise, and actionable audit reports; professionally communicate audit results, verbally and in writing?
• Conduct work?in accordance with?the Standards?
• Perform follow up, including?an appropriate level?of validation testing, on the state of outstanding audit observations?
• Conduct FDICIA internal control testing and?assists?with program documentation and reporting

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Typically, 8 to 10 years of internal audit, external audit, risk, compliance, or related experience
• Advanced knowledge of audit standards, audit methodology, risk management techniques, and internal control frameworks
• Able to independently lead audits of moderate to high complexity, supervise testing, and manage multiple priorities and timelines
• Experience with Third Party Risk Management programs/Fintech Focus
• Vendor management and due diligence reviews
• Regulatory guidance related to third-party…