Audit Expert-Americas Compliance

Key Responsibilities

Are you a sharp evaluator of risk? Can you investigate complex situations and propose solutions? We're looking for someone like that who can:

• lead or conduct reviews and audits of specific business areas, provide practical, innovative and value-added solutions to issues identified
• drive or work as a team member on reviews and audits, including thematic and front-to-back
• analyze and assess risks and barriers to delivery assumed by both the business and support functions
• identify and evaluate the effectiveness of controls designed to address those risks
• prepare reports of audit findings for UBS senior management, monitor the results, risk profile and developments across Financial Crime Prevention and provide input for planning sessions
• successfully collaborate with peers in and across audit teams
• Builds-up and continuously maintains sufficient knowledge of organizational and governance structure, of products and processes, of legal and regulatory requirements, as well as developing professional skills and experience, to allow for an effective and professional mandate execution.

Full Time

335608

New York, Weehawken

Are you a sharp evaluator of risk? Can you investigate complex situations and propose solutions? We're looking for someone like that who can:

• lead or conduct reviews and audits of specific business areas, provide practical, innovative and value-added solutions to issues identified
• drive or work as a team member on reviews and audits, including thematic and front-to-back
• analyze and assess risks and barriers to delivery assumed by both the business and support functions
• identify and evaluate the effectiveness of controls designed to address those risks
• prepare reports of audit findings for UBS senior management, monitor the results, risk profile and developments across Financial Crime Prevention and provide input for planning sessions
• successfully collaborate with peers in and across audit teams
• Builds-up and continuously maintains sufficient knowledge of organizational and governance structure, of products and processes, of legal and regulatory requirements, as well as developing professional skills and experience, to allow for an effective and professional mandate execution.

You will be working in the Americas Compliance, Operational Risk Control (CORC) audit team in Group Internal Audit. The team is focused on risk assessing and auditing second line of defense processes and the control environment related to compliance and non-financial risk topics. GIA is an independent function that supports UBS in achieving its strategic, operational, financial and compliance objectives. We do this by assessing key processes as well as governance, risk management and the control environment within all business divisions and Group Functions globally.

We are independent in our work and report directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee. We are a talent powerhouse that attracts and develop the best people by driving career growth in and outside the department. Our team is responsible for auditing the Global Financial Crime Prevention team, assessing the risks and controls to prevent and detect financial crime across the firm.

• ideally 5+ years within internal audit, or compliance testing areas within the financial services industry. This experience could have been gained at a consulting firm, regulator, or in an Internal Audit function.
• strong analytical skills and ability to identify key risks within a variety of transaction processes and critically challenge information
• solid experience in an internal controls, business risk or audit function within the financial services industry covering compliance, regulatory, financial crime, conduct and operational risks
• ability to quickly understand complex processes and challenge the status quo, identifying risks and inadequacies in processes
• willingness to keep up with industry, regulatory developments and learn new concepts and methods
• strong communication and networking skills to work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels

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