USAA

Senior Audit Manager – Professional Practices, Audit Planning and Methodology

USAA

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Charlotte • North Carolina • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $143,320 - $273,930 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Manage audit engagements, varying in complexity, and often participates in complex, cross-functional risk-based assurance and advisory engagements driving quality of audit work.
  • May lead engagements as Auditor-In-Charge (AIC).
  • Maintains knowledge of financial services regulations and effectively responds and interacts with regulators.
  • Provides oversight to multiple audit engagements and participates in review of engagement planning, fieldwork and reporting.
  • Manages strategic initiatives and assists with the development and implementation of a risk-based audit plan.
  • Analyzes issues, establish collaborative client relationships, and proactively work with client management to assess risk and improve internal controls.
  • Adheres to the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards) and Code of Ethics.
  • Influences business and clients across the enterprise regarding effective internal controls and mitigating risks across the full Enterprise taxonomy.
  • Manages audit engagement-related efforts and assignments of staff with varying degrees of expertise and experience when conducting engagements.
  • Independently prepares, reviews, and leads continuous monitoring and advisory activities, special reviews and investigations.
  • Ensures assigned audit engagements are completed objectively, professionally, timely and in accordance with corporate and industry audit standards.
  • Approves the engagement risk and control matrix and scope of the audit for final review and approval by Audit Leadership.
  • Proactively identifies control weaknesses and opportunities for improvement in the current operating environment providing recommendations for corrective action.
  • Drafts the related audit issues and audit reports for issuance to respective client leadership conducting follow-up activities.
  • Responsible for quality of audit reviews with final signoff of work papers; proposes and/or recommends updates to the universe risk assessment of the entity based on audit results.
  • Leads team activities and provides feedback to the team on audit activities related to planning and scoping, testing and sampling methodology and testing conclusions that demonstrate critical thinking ability.
  • Builds and enhances client relationships across the organization for areas of responsibility helping to drive strategic objectives with the business.
  • Communicates effectively with business/clients to include delivering both risk-based and difficult messages.
  • Provides recommendations on staffing assignments to audit leadership and guidance to staff members.
  • Provides coaching and guidance to other auditors ensuring timeliness and quality of audit engagement deliverables.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business or relevant field such as Finance, Accounting, Business, or Information Technology.
  • Four additional years of related experience beyond minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
  • 8 years of audit, financial, insurance, banking, information technology or related business and/or leadership experience.
  • Experience performing internal audits, external audits, or applying audit, risk, or compliance acumen in a complex operational and regulatory environment.
  • Broad and comprehensive experience in Audit theory, internal audit principles with demonstrated experience in audit examining, analyzing, assessing, and drawing conclusions from audit work.
  • Demonstrated experience effectively communicating and challenging Controls with business partners and influencing business outcomes.
  • Understanding of risks and internal controls and the ability to evaluate and determine adequacy and efficiency of controls.
  • Experience in a support role, mentoring, and providing feedback to audit team members throughout the audit.
  • Experience in overseeing work with both internal and external partners in a highly collaborative environment.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking and knowledge of data analysis tools and techniques and decision-making abilities.
  • Demonstrated experience in highly dynamic environment undergoing change; ability to deal with competing priorities.
Benefits
  • comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
  • 401(k)
  • pension
  • life insurance
  • parental benefits
  • adoption assistance
  • paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
  • various wellness programs
  • career path planning and continuing education
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