IT Support

• Manage the Internal Audit Department and act as the “third line of defense,” reporting directly to the Board Audit and Compliance Committee.
• Execute the internal audit program covering traditional bank, national products, wealth management, and IT activities.
• Lead the audit team; develop teamwork, open communication, mentorship, training, evaluation, and motivation of staff.
• Assess risk across the corporation and develop the annual audit schedule for Supervisor and the Audit Committee; complete organizational risk assessment usable with Compliance and ERM.
• Recommend enhancements to the audit program and perform audit fieldwork with oversight of all audit elements.
• Evaluate soundness, adequacy, effectiveness, and application of accounting, financial, regulatory compliance, and operational controls; determine compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Review activity of second line of defense departments (compliance, quality control, ERM) to ensure proper checks and balances.
• Oversee and complete FDICIA testing, coordinate with external auditors, maintain FDICIA control documentation and test results.
• Communicate findings with senior management and issue reports with conclusions and recommendations to appropriate management levels.
• Coordinate meeting schedule for the Audit & Compliance Committee and assist or conduct presentations to management, Audit Committee, or Board of Directors.
• Work with business units to monitor and follow up on audit issues and ensure corrective action; participate in committee proceedings and evaluations of new policies, procedures, systems, and products.
• Maintain current knowledge of auditing, banking, regulatory compliance, technology, and FDICIA; work closely with external auditors and examiners and assist in regulatory examination preparation.
• Act in accordance with FBT policies and employee handbook and participate in required compliance training.

Audit Manager

Internal Audit Specialist