**This position can sit in additional locations across Texas, Arizona, Florida & North Carolina**
**Relocation is available for this position**
Responsibilities:
- Shape business and client decisions across the organization concerning efficient internal controls and risk mitigation strategies spanning the entire enterprise, while challenging management to adopt suitable policies, procedures, and controls to address risks effectively.
- Supervises the allocation of tasks and resources within audit engagements, recognizing the diverse expertise and experience levels of staff, especially in specialized or cross-functional areas.
- Independently conducts and oversees continuous monitoring, advisory activities, special reviews, and investigations.
- Ensures that assigned audit engagements adhere to corporate and industry standards, conducted objectively, professionally, and within set timeframes.
- Finalizes the engagement risk assessment, control matrix, and audit scope for approval by Audit Executive Leadership.
- Proactively identifies control deficiencies and suggests improvements, issuing related audit reports and recommendations for corrective actions.
- Reviews and approves audit work papers for quality assurance, suggesting updates to the entity's risk assessment based on audit findings.
- Guides team members on audit planning, testing methodologies, and conclusions, fostering critical thinking skills.
- Cultivates and strengthens client relationships throughout the organization, contributing to strategic objective alignment.
- Communicates effectively with clients, delivering both risk-based assessments and challenging messages, potentially engaging with regulators and executive leadership.
- Provides recommendations to audit leadership regarding staffing assignments and offers guidance to team members.
- Coaches and supports other auditors to ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of audit engagement outcomes, possibly conducting end-of-engagement evaluations.
- Contributes to the development of the internal audit universe and risk profiles for audit entities, updating risk assessment information as needed.
- Participates in formulating the annual Audit plan for assigned areas, ensuring comprehensive coverage of risks and emerging threats, and assists in plan execution.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business or related area of study such as Finance or Accounting
- 8+ years of audit, financial, banking, insurance, or related business experience
- Internal/External Audit experience in a complex operational/regulatory environment
- Strong audit methodology with proven experience managing full life-cycle audits
- Exceptional understanding risks & internal controls
- Indirect/Direct management experience
- Operational Risk Management framework and/or Fraud Risk experience
- Professional certifications such as CFE and/or CIA highly desired
