Senior Audit Manager

SouthState Bank

Senior Audit Manager leading audits of the company’s risk management, operations, and compliance functions at SouthState. Managing audit teams and overseeing audit processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $116,153 - $185,543 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading audits of the company’s risk management, operations, and compliance functions.
Overseeing and directing performance of work for and interaction with external auditors particularly on SOX and other annual audit testing for reliance.
Providing guidance to other non-IT audit Managers and assisting in interface with regulators as needed.
Overseeing the planning, execution, and reporting of the audits in their assigned risk areas including leading multiple audits simultaneously utilizing the support of audit supervisors and staff in a team-based environment.
Providing primary input to the risk assessment and audit planning process.
Building strong relationships with key management, addressing their most critical risk and control issues in a measurable way, and adding value as a key source of internal control and risk management best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

An undergraduate degree in Accounting or a related business discipline is required.
Graduate education such as Masters in Accounting or Business Administration is considered a plus.
An active professional certification in at least one area (e.g., CIA, CPA, CBA, CISA, CFSA, CTA, etc.) is required.
Minimum 10 years of financial services auditing experience including at least 3 years in a managerial capacity.
Strong knowledge of products, issues, risks, and the regulatory environment related to financial services, including experience with payments-related risks and controls.
Strong knowledge of management/internal control best practices.
Proven experience managing audit teams.
Excellent communication skills with proven experience building strong relationships with senior and middle management.
Proven experience performing risk assessments and developing audit plans.
Strong technical, accounting, business, and auditing background with substantial experience gained in the banking industry.
Working knowledge of information technology (IT) auditing and ability to apply those concepts to assigned areas of responsibility, through collaboration with the IT audit team.
Public accounting experience is considered a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veterans.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial services auditingrisk assessmentaudit planninginternal control best practicesIT auditingmanagement auditingcompliance auditingSOX compliancepayments-related risksaccounting

Soft Skills

communication skillsrelationship buildingteam managementleadershipproblem-solvingcollaborationorganizational skillscritical thinkinginterpersonal skillsguidance

Certifications

CIACPACBACISACFSACTA