Senior Analyst, GBM Audit COO Office

About the role

The Office of the GBM Audit COO supports the Senior Vice President of GBM&T Audit in the administration, coordination, and facilitation of the GBM&T Audit strategy and coordinates strategic projects, such as annual planning, risk assessment, reporting, recruiting and training. Its mandate is to provide a global approach to effective audit coverage and planning, reporting on key audit activities and results, facilitating the growth of the GBM&T Audit Function, and coordination with global audit teams.

Responsibilities

• Support management reporting responsibilities, including reporting for ongoing operational audit activities, audit results and issues, and key performance indicators, including developing reporting materials, charts/graphs, and related commentary.
• Analyze and report on historical audit results, audit issue themes, audit staff training shortfalls, audit focus priorities, and emerging risks to the Bank.
• Supporting the GBM&T Audit COO Director and Senior Manager in the administration, coordination, and facilitation of the GBM&T Audit strategy and strategic projects for a portfolio of Business Line and Corporate & Support functions.
• Create annual planning visuals within PowerBI to facilitate audit planning and resource balancing.
• Assisting with the oversight of the strategic development of GBM&T Audit coverage to support an effective global audit strategy by assisting with the execution of special projects.
• Supporting the oversight and reporting of GBM&T Audit hiring initiatives, including weekly tracking of open and filled roles and management of organizational charts for GBM&T Audit Functions.
• Cooking with global Audit teams, Audit Professional Practices, and Data Analytics to enhance reporting capabilities.
• Maintaining a thorough understanding of the GBM&T Audit Function audit universe, key areas of risk to the Bank, and the Bank’s various banking activities and Business Lines.
• Understanding how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Building strong relationships and frequently communicate with GBM&T Audit Teams, including staff and VP-level stakeholders, in the U.S. and Toronto.
• Maintaining effective communication with stakeholders including appropriate handling of conflicts and issue resolution.
• Maintaining a high performance environment and contributing to an inclusive work environment.

Requirements

3+ years of relevant experience in the financial services industry, preferably in an Audit function.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), and an ability to create pivot tables, visual data charts and tables, and analyze large datasets. Understanding of Tableau and/or PowerBI is a plus.

The incumbent must be an effective team member with the ability to contribute to business and strategic planning. The incumbent must be resourceful, a self-starter, possessing a high degree of flexibility, creative thinking and confidence to carry out innovative solutions. Well-developed judgment, management, decision-making and problem-solving skills are required in order to effectively deal with a rapidly changing, complex business environment.

The incumbent must possess expert time management skills in order to manage multi-functional accountabilities through prioritization, delegation, motivation, conflict resolution and the promotion of ideas.

The incumbent must be able to use analytical and problem solving skills to compile, cleanse, and report data in a meaningful way, and to investigate data inconsistencies and gaps in analysis.

Excellent written communication skills are essential for local and global engagement with Senior and Executive Audit Management. In addition, the incumbent should be skilled at verbal presentation, of a caliber suitable for direct exposure to executive management.

Ability to execute multiple projects at any given time.

Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).