Audit Operations & Governance, AVP

Who we are looking for

Our company, a leading player in the financial services industry, is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Vice President (AVP), Corporate Audit Operations. This role is responsible for ensuring the effective issuance of audit deliverables to stakeholders, maintaining the audit production plan, and managing comprehensive month‑end reporting. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, a solid understanding of audit processes, and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

This role can be performed in a hybrid model (4 days onsite, 1 day remote) out of Boston or Quincy office.

As a member of State Street Corporation’s Audit Division, you will be part of a team where collaboration is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is valued. We offer flexible schedules, continuous training, global exposure, and multiple opportunities for personal and professional growth. Our team of 400+ professionals is responsible for providing independent, objective assurance and advisory services designed to add value, minimize risk, and improve the overall control environment of State Street Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Our auditors interact and communicate regularly with executive management and have tremendous insight into all parts of the company’s daily operations.

Within Corporate Audit, the AVP, Audit Operations plays a critical governance and oversight role. You will serve as the central point of coordination for audit plan execution, deliverable quality, regulatory expectations, and operational reporting across a global audit function. This position ensures that our audit plan runs with precision, transparency, and discipline, enabling our auditors, senior leaders, and regulators to rely on accurate, timely, and well‑governed information.

You will partner closely with Audit Managers, senior stakeholders, and cross‑functional leaders to strengthen how we plan, track, report, and communicate audit activity. This role is essential to maintaining the integrity of our audit universe, supporting risk‑based planning, and ensuring that audit deliverables meet the highest standards of quality and consistency.

• Own the governance and quality control process for all audit deliverables, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with Corporate Audit methodology and regulatory expectations.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and oversight of the audit production plan, ensuring alignment with the annual audit plan, risk priorities, and resource availability.
• Monitor audit progress and performance metrics, identifying bottlenecks, emerging risks, and operational gaps; recommend and implement process improvements to enhance execution efficiency.
• Manage the audit universe and coverage data, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and ongoing quality assurance to support audit plan development.
• Enhance audit operations processes, leveraging data, automation, and audit management systems to strengthen transparency, control, and workflow efficiency.
• Partner with Audit Directors and Audit Managers to support risk‑based planning, forecast coverage, and audit plan governance.
• Champion operational excellence, ensuring Corporate Audit maintains strong documentation standards, reporting discipline, and adherence to methodology.

• 7+ years of internal audit, audit operations, and/or public accounting experience within the financial services industry, with a strong understanding of risk‑based auditing practices.
• Experience maintaining audit production plans and related governance reporting, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment with departmental objectives.
• Experience overseeing audit universe data and coverage information, including ongoing maintenance, quality assurance, and support for audit planning activities.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and improve operational processes, identifying efficiencies, strengthening controls, and implementing sustainable process enhancements.
• Strong analytical and data management skills, including…