IT Audit Senior Manager

The Senior Manager, Technology Infrastructure, reporting to the Director, Internal Audit Technology Infrastructure, will provide independent, objective assurance over the design and operation of RBC's IT risk management practices, governance processes and the system of internal controls. You will facilitate audit execution relating to IT Infrastructure and Service Management. This includes leading and executing audit activities with an IT audit scope where there is an impact to RBC and its Legal Entities.

You will also provide support in responding to external auditors and regulators to meet the evolving demands of the regulatory environment and heightened expectations of Internal Audit. This includes the coordination of IT related regulatory continuous monitoring, coordination of IA responses to regulatory examinations, and the verification of IT regulatory issues.

The Senior Manager, Technology Infrastructure, reporting to the Director, Internal Audit Technology Infrastructure, will provide independent, objective assurance over the design and operation of RBC's IT risk management practices, governance processes and the system of internal controls. You will facilitate audit execution relating to IT Infrastructure and Service Management. This includes leading and executing audit activities with an IT audit scope where there is an impact to RBC and its Legal Entities.

You will also provide support in responding to external auditors and regulators to meet the evolving demands of the regulatory environment and heightened expectations of Internal Audit. This includes the coordination of IT related regulatory continuous monitoring, coordination of IA responses to regulatory examinations, and the verification of IT regulatory issues.

• Plan, lead and execute on the annual Audit Plan for RBC Infrastructure & Service Management audit universe, ensuring that audits conform to local and global regulatory and internal audit requirements.
• Supervise and implement the execution of the audit plan and ensure effective audit practices for traditional and continuous audits. Collaborate with broader Global RBC and CUSO IT teams and departments to achieve the plan (where needed).
• Make recommendations to clients on control deficiencies and follow up to ensure significant deficiencies are corrected. Assist business management to develop appropriate action plans to address identified deficiencies, and ensure corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner to effectively address the issues.
• Plan and execute complex and confidential/special audit projects enterprise wide as requested by senior management of the Bank.
• Communicate trends in risk and control issues to senior management on the results of ongoing reviews of the businesses that are key relationships, or any other business as requested.
• Provide support for RBC IT and regulatory requests, responses and meetings.
• Build, direct, counsel, and instruct staff assigned to an engagement and review audit plan, findings and reports for sufficient scope and for accuracy.
• Develop capability of team use of analytic tools to widen scope of assurance.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years banking / audit experience within Information Technology, with IT service management and IT risk management audit experience, including in-depth knowledge of Service Management (ITIL) and IT Operations (Technology Lifecycle Management, Service & Asset Management, Backup and Recovery, Telecommunications, etc.), Cloud Technologies (IaaS, PaaS), Web & Application Hosting, Microsoft Azure, and AWS.
• Minimum 5 years of business experience in a financial institution…