Audit Manager

Citi • New York, NY

7d • $149,900 - $183,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

Citibank, N.A. seeks an Audit Manager for its New York, NY location. The role involves developing, executing, and delivering audit reports in compliance with Internal Audit and Regulatory standards. The Audit Manager will review and approve the Business Monitoring Quarterly summary, set direction, and collaborate with business teams to assess the impact on the control environment and audit approach. Key responsibilities include designing and executing audit testing procedures, such as independent validation analyses, data quality testing, and process walkthroughs, to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of finance data and analytical systems. The position requires applying advanced quantitative, statistical, and analytical techniques to audit finance data, financial models, and data transformation processes. The Audit Manager will also assist the business with change initiatives, promote integrated auditing concepts and technology adoption, and coordinate with stakeholders to assess system implementations and automation initiatives from an independent assurance perspective. Identifying and tracking key risk indicators and control metrics related to transaction processing, financial reporting accuracy, and data integrity is crucial. The role includes providing guidance and mentorship to junior auditors, assessing risk with consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding assets, and ensuring compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. The Audit Manager will independently interpret, validate, and challenge financial analytics outputs, assess model specifications and data flows, and drive adherence to Global Regulatory and Management Reporting Policy and BCBS 239 Compliance Standards. Evaluation of controls supporting ESG data aggregation and reporting is also a key function. A telecommuting/hybrid work schedule may be permitted.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business Analytics, Finance, Mathematics, Information Systems or a related field, and six (6) years of experience in the job offered or in related quantitative occupation performing risk assessment and regulatory issue validation.
• Using data analytics tools (e.g SQL, SAS, Python, R or Tableau) to support audit or risk management processes, for data reconciliation, risk data quality testing, trend analysis, and anomaly detection
• Utilizing U.S. banking regulations and internal control framework to develop audit plans, assess internal controls, evaluate risk management frameworks, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g. OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC SOX)
• Assessing reporting logic, transaction processing, and system implementation using data analytics tools and methodologies like Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR)/Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST) and Basel III regulatory report, and alignments with Basel Capital Rules requirements
• Assessing the design robustness of Business Requirement, Function Requirement, and Technology Design documents for risk reporting and transaction monitoring systems
• Performing qualitative, and quantitative analysis on effectiveness and efficiency testing, and conducting data testing using statistical and non-statistical methods
• Conducting gap analyses between policy (e.g. Basel III interpretive policies) and practice and recommending interventions and solutions for regulatory, risk and control issues (e.g. OCC and FRB MRAs).
• Master’s degree and four (4) years of experience is acceptable as an alternative.

Nice To Haves

• Wholesale Lending Operations Management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and deliver audit reports in a timely manner, in accordance with Internal Audit and Regulatory standards.
• Review and approve the Business Monitoring Quarterly summary.
• Set direction and collaborate with teams across the business and help determine impact on overall control environment and audit approach.
• Design and execute audit testing procedures, including independent validation analyses, data quality testing, and process walkthroughs, to verify the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of finance data and analytical systems.
• Apply advanced quantitative, statistical, and analytical techniques to support audit assessments of finance data, financial models, and data transformation processes across enterprise finance, risk, and regulatory reporting environments.
• Assist the business with change initiatives, while advancing integrated auditing concepts and technology adoption and coordinate with technology, finance, and risk management stakeholders to assess system implementations, automation initiatives, and large scale data transformations from an independent assurance perspective, without assuming system ownership.
• Identify, track, and assess key risk indicators and control metrics related to transaction processing, financial reporting accuracy, and data integrity.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior auditor.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Independently interpret, validate, and challenge financial analytics outputs, including data reconciliations, transformation logic, calculation methodologies, and reporting workflows supporting financial statements and regulatory submissions.
• Assess model specifications, assumptions, data sourcing practices, and end-to-end data flows to evaluate design adequacy, control effectiveness, and adherence to enterprise governance standards and design and execute audit testing procedures, including independent validation analyses, data quality testing, and process walkthroughs, to verify the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of finance data and analytical systems.
• Drive adherence to the Global Regulatory and Management Reporting Policy and BCBS 239 Compliance Standards across all relevant reports, especially Citigroup and CBNA BCBS 239 Key Reports and facilitate the standardization and rationalization of reporting infrastructure, including the utilization of a consistent foundational data layer ("Reporting DataHub"), standard regulatory reporting rules infrastructure ("Simplified Rules Authoring tool"), and a strategic reporting platform ("Insight").
• Evaluate controls supporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data aggregation and reporting to assess reliability, consistency, and readiness for internal and external reporting expectations.

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager