Audit Project Manager Generalist - Professional Practices

U.S. Bank•Minneapolis, MN

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

This job posting represents two open roles. The Corporate Audit Services (CAS) Audit Project Manager Generalist is primarily responsible for dynamically planning and conducting audit engagements across audit teams. This lead auditor helps influence engagement scope with support from primary audit manager, perform internal audit procedures, and prepare audit reports. This role will administratively roll up under professional practices but will deploy to a wide variety of audit teams, allowing for exposure to diverse business units, processes, and leadership styles. This individual may also be involved in other side projects, department initiatives, and other administrative audit activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
Typically more than six years of applicable experience
Considerable knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact their assigned line of business
Considerable understanding of the business line’s operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls
Considerable knowledge of Risk/Compliance/Audit competencies and ability to hold others accountable on individual projects
Strong process facilitation, project management, and analytical skills for complex processes
Business acumen and credibility to help business line(s) proactively identify and address changing workforce needs
Excellent presentation, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

Applicable professional certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Supervising audit staff in the completion of assigned audit engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely.
Assessing work performed by staff by providing coaching notes that are relevant to the scope, accuracy and completeness of work performed.
Performing sufficient reviews to ensure work contains relevant facts to support audit scope and conclusions and adhere to internal audit policies and procedures.
Reviewing issues to ensure potential exposures and significance are included, root causes are identified, and operationally effective and cost-effective actions to address those causes are developed into appropriate recommendations.
Completing or assisting managers in planning audit engagements.
Identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks and critical controls.
Interviewing auditees.
Determining audit scope.
Evaluating control design adequacy.
Developing audit programs which provide sufficient guidance for testing control performance effectiveness and making evaluations which effectively achieve audit objectives.
Assisting the managers in reporting and wrap-up phases of assigned audits.
Appropriate disposition of issues and drafting audit reports which include issues.
Monitoring progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule.
Making necessary adjustments and promptly completing work paper reviews on a timely basis to ensure all issues are identified and dispositioned prior to report draft issuance.
Providing on-the-job training for staff.
Collaborating across the three lines of defense regarding business processes, risks, and controls.
Coordinating audit activities by integrating other internal audit subject matter teams (Information Technology, Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance, Risk Management, Treasury, etc.) to ensure appropriate and efficient coverage of the business products, services and processes.
Managing the team’s workload to assist other audit teams when resources are needed for areas of higher risk.
Proactively managing assignments to ensure smooth handoffs between teams and consistent, efficient use of time and resources year-round.
Performing other duties as requested by management.

Benefits

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
Comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension