Audit Project Manager - Operational Risk Management

Primary Responsibilities

• Supervising audit staff in the completion of audit engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely.
• Supervision includes:
• Assessing work performed by staff by providing coaching notes that are relevant to the scope, accuracy and completeness of work performed.
• Performing sufficient reviews to ensure work contains relevant facts to support audit scope and conclusions and adhere to internal audit policies and procedures.
• Reviewing issues to ensure potential exposures and significance are included, root causes are identified, and operationally effective and cost-effective actions to address those causes are developed into appropriate recommendations.
• Completing planning for assisting managers in planning audit engagements. Includes identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks and critical controls; interviewing auditees; determining audit scope; evaluating control design adequacy; and developing audit programs which provide sufficient guidance for testing control performance effectiveness and making evaluations which effectively achieve audit objectives.
• Assisting the managers in reporting and wrap-up phases of audits. Includes appropriate disposition of issues and drafting audit reports which include issues.
• Making necessary adjustments and promptly completing work paper reviews on a timely basis to ensure all issues are identified and dispositioned prior to report draft issuance.
• Providing on-the-job training for staff. Includes business knowledge of products, services, and delivery systems; company policies and procedures; applicable laws and regulations; and formal/informal control frameworks.
• Collaborating across the three lines of defense regarding business processes, risks, and controls. Coordinating audit activities by integrating other internal audit subject matter teams (Information Technology, Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance, Risk Management, Treasury, etc.) to ensure appropriate and efficient coverage of the business products, services and processes.
• Managing the team’s workload to assist other audit teams when resources are needed for areas of higher risk.
• Performing other duties as requested by management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically more than 8 years of experience in internal auditing, public accounting or other relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Proven adaptability to changing priorities
• Able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously
• Relevant Financial Service Industry knowledge (e.g., Credit, Models, Regulatory Compliance, Lending, Operations, Trust, Treasury, Merchant Acquiring, Credit Cards [consumer and corporate], etc.)
• Thorough understanding of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Standards and the common definition of internal controls
• CIA, CPA, CRCM, or other relevant professional designation or advanced degree

Location

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
• Adoption assistance