POSITION SUMMARY
The Audit Senior Director reports to the Vice President and Assistant General Auditor, Financial Reporting. Responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to:
- Taking a key leadership role in the development, implementation, and coordination of audits for Internal Audit’s Financial Reporting team.
- Ensuring compliance with Internal Audit’s policies and procedures, including compliance with the Internal Audit Division's quality assurance program.
- Directing efforts required to report the status of audits to senior management, the Board, the independent auditor and regulator.
- Leading status meetings with key stakeholders, including, for example, Enterprise Risk Management, Finance, the independent auditor, and other members of Internal Audit.
- Supporting other Internal Audit activities, as appropriate.
- Performing the second level review of work papers, ensuring that all appropriate test work is performed and documented in accordance with Internal Audit policies and procedures.
- Generally serving as a key decision maker on most issues, such as ratings of findings, method of testing, etc., and presenting decisions to the officer as needed.
- Establishing performance standards for jobs in the department and evaluating performance.
- Maintaining a network of resources to promote free flow of information within the department and across business lines.
- Coordinating with other Internal Audit teams.
- Serving as a source of knowledge for others within the team and company, likely possessing the highest level of expertise within Internal Audit on certain technical areas.
- Responsible for the review and approval of audit approach, as well as key audit documents, such as brainstorming materials, entrance packages, risk control matrices, sample selections, and audit reports.
- Responsible for administrative tasks such as managing work to deadlines, recruiting, leading team meetings, resource allocation, and monitoring budgets.
- Managing requests from various other business units.
- Leading accountingrelated investigations.
- Oversee 5 to 20 people on a project basis and 1 to10 people on an administrative basis.
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: ONLY CANDIDATES WITH THE BELOW EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED.
- Minimum of 12 plus years of previous experience in public accounting and/or internal audit; other relevant experience may be considered
- CPA professional certification
- Experience with Sarbanes Oxley 404 compliance
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting or related field
- Extensive audit and SOX 404 experience with Big Four Accounting Firm and/or large corporate internal audit function
- Financial services industry experience.
- Knowledge of IT risk frameworks, such as COBIT.
- Experience in dealing with accounting related fraud
- Ability to identify and oversee execution of education / training needs and strategies
- Oversee the team’s audit plan execution from developing the annual plan to completion of the plan with some involvement in the daytoday oversight
- Able to work independently and consult with Officer when guidance is required
- Should be able to fill in for their Officer when they are out on leave
- Experience establishing performance standards for all jobs in the department, and evaluating departmental performance
- A network of resources to promote free flow of information within the department and across business lines
Base Salary: $170K plus DOE
Excellent Benefits
ONLY CANDIDATES THAT HAVE THE BELOW EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONTACTED:
- Big 4 and Financial Services combination
- CPA certification (current)
- Prior management experience
- At least 12 years of relevant experience
- Sarbanes Oxley 404 compliance
