Senior Group Manager, Audit - Cybersecurity (ATH 1099)

TD•Toronto, ON

7d•CA$115,600 - CA$163,200•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Senior Group Manager, Audit - Cybersecurity within the Audit line of business. The position is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a standard work week of 37.5 hours. The role involves developing and implementing a holistic strategy for the audit area of expertise, overseeing and planning audit engagements to ensure adequate risk coverage, and reviewing key audit documentation. The Senior Group Manager will act as a lead audit advisor to management, reporting on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities, and recommending actions to senior management. They will also serve as a strategic audit advisor, providing counsel and guidance, leading relationships with key enterprise partners, and interfacing with leadership teams. The role requires ensuring an integrated view of activities, forecasting initiatives, coordinating prioritization, and providing functional/business level communications. Additionally, the Senior Group Manager will lead teams in developing and implementing policies, processes, and procedures across multiple audit areas.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree required.
10+ years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Deep industry, external / internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management / enterprise areas.
Facilitate key strategic audit discussions and provide thought leadership to executives.

Responsibilities

Develop, communicate and implement a holistic strategy for audit area of expertise in support of and integrated with the overall audit strategy.
Oversee / lead / manage and plan audit engagement work activities to ensure adequate risk coverage which may require alignment across multiple areas.
Review of Audit Planning Memorandum (APM), Process Risk and Control Matrix (pRCM), Findings Grid and Audit Report.
Complete L2 reviews/sign off on all audit activities (i.e. walkthroughs, test scripts, test results, grid, evidence uploads).
Act as lead audit advisor to management and respective teams for area of specialization. Report on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior management.
Act as a strategic audit advisor by providing counsel and guidance on audit issues. Lead relationships with key enterprise partners and interface with respective leadership team to effectively manage own audit area and clarify scope of accountabilities while influencing and aligning others as needed.
Ensure an integrated and aggregated view of all related activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership.
Forecast initiatives and demand, and coordinate prioritization of the portfolio/ initiatives with key stakeholders.
Provide functional / business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or leaders are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business strategies and executive management direction.
Lead the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies / processes / procedures / changes across multiple audit areas.
Ensure team adheres to internal policies / procedures, enterprise frameworks and methodologies and applicable regulatory guidelines, contribute to the review of internal processes and activities and assist in identifying potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for their business area.
Lead relationships with business lines / corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements.
Support team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts to the Bank.
Assess / identify key issues and escalate to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and audit management where required.
Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes and sound infrastructure in alignment with risk appetite.
Identify, mitigate and report on risk issues per enterprise policy / guidelines and ensure appropriate escalation processes are followed.
Lead or contribute to cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situations.
Oversee or lead the facilitation and/or implementation of own internal audit action/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues.
Responsible for management of the overall team(s) providing both leadership and guidance.
Set targets and objectives for the team, and deliver results.
Grow team expertise to align with enterprise demand and the Bank's direction; assess team skills and capabilities and continually look for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered.
Foster an environment / culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork and a high level of professionalism.
Co-ordinate necessary resources to ensure completion of Audit assignment by deadlines.
Provide coaching, development, succession, recruitment, resource management and overall team leadership for team members and provide regular input into team members’ assessment of performance and development plans.
Prioritize and manage own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines.
Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest.
Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency.
Establish effective relationships across multiple business areas.
Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units.
Support and manage teams through change.
Be a brand ambassador for Internal Audit both internally to the bank and externally.
Provide people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required.
Oversee and lead a large, significant and/or highly complex, and diverse audit team for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope.
Set operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals.
Focus on long term planning for functional area.
Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.