Senior Internal Audit Associate - Issue Validations Team

Job Responsibilities

• Apply a risk and control mindset while planning, executing and documenting issue validations in accordance with department standards
• Collaborate with other Audit teams (e.g., LOB Audit, Data Analytics, Technology) to ensure comprehensive coverage of the current control environment
• Exercise sound judgment to provide an overall opinion on the control environment through developing recommendations to strengthen internal controls
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, furthering a culture of engagement while adding value
• Finalize audit findings and present validation results to senior management in a clear and concise manner
• Stay current with evolving regulatory, industry and market events impacting the firm and its control environment
• Promote a business climate and culture that encourages integrity, respect, excellence and innovation
• Identify opportunities to apply AI-enabled tools, prompt engineering, and data analytics and drive adoption of those approaches across the audit lifecycle to enhance audit quality, efficiency and risk coverage

Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
• 5+ years of internal or external auditing experience, or relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of internal risk and control concepts
• Experience understanding internal audit methodology and applying concepts to audit work
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex and sensitive issues to senior management
• Adaptable to evolving business priorities and effective at multitasking in a dynamic environment
• Advanced in Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel)
• Experience with using data analytics and large language models, as well as champion a culture of innovation

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills

• Advanced Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
• CPA, CIA or similar designation
• Experience with internal audit in financial services
• Strong data analytics skills, such as experience with Alteryx or Tableau
• Experience utilizing AI-enabled productivity tools and data analytics techniques to improve audit quality, efficiency, and risk coverage