Sr Audit Group Manager TDS (US)

TD•New York, NY

2d•$185,000 - $210,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Audit Group Manager leads and develops a team of audit professionals and is responsible for overseeing, planning and executing audits and/or projects of varying complexity and may act as a subject matter expert in own area of expertise. The Senior Audit Group Manager is accountable to provide guidance, leadership, coaching and development to ensure operational results and professional/personal development objectives are achieved for the overall group. This role provides 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. They oversee and lead a large, significant and/or highly complex, and diverse audit team for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope. This is a People Manager role that generally manages a team greater than 5 Audit professionals/specialists. The role serves as a strategic advisor to the leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areas. The Senior Audit Group Manager facilitates key strategic audit discussions and provides thought leadership to executives. They are a highly specialized expert with in-depth knowledge to manage audits for multiple, significant complex businesses, functional areas and/or global business lines. They set operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals, focusing on long term planning for the functional area. The role requires the ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion and may participate on or lead various projects/ division initiatives as needed. Demonstrates TD leadership Core Values and recognizes team members' contributions. Possesses strong presentation skills when delivering training and presentation at the division level, industry conferences, workshops, etc.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or relevant professional certifications, accounting designations, or equivalent education required
10+ years of relevant experience
Advanced knowledge of audit standards, procedures, laws, rules and regulations
Advanced knowledge of risk management environment, standards, regulations and mitigation
Knowledge of current and emerging trends
Skilled in managing budgets and resource allocation
Skilled in mentoring, coaching and performance management
Skilled in using computer applications including MS Office
Advanced ability to lead, plan, implement and evaluate program/project activities to ensure completion of audit
Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships across teams and functions
Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently
Ability to exercise sound judgement in making decisions
Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines
Ability to establish goals and objectives that support the strategic plan
Ability to contribute to strategic direction of the audit function and provide advice to senior leadership
Ability to forecast initiatives and demand in order to develop annual strategic audit plan

Responsibilities

Provides 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
Oversees and leads a large, significant and/or highly complex, and diverse audit team for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope
Strategic advisor to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areas
Facilitates key strategic audit discussions and provides thought leadership to executives
Highly specialized expert with in-depth knowledge to manage audits for multiple, significant complex businesses, functional areas and/or global business lines
Sets operational team direction and collaborates with others to execute on common goals
Focuses on long term planning for functional area
Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion
May participates on or leads various projects/ division initiatives as needed
Demonstrates TD leadership Core Values
Recognizes team members' contributions
Strong presentation skills when delivering training and presentation at the division level, industry conferences, workshops, etc.
Develops, communicates and implements a holistic strategy for audit area of expertise in support of and integrated with the overall audit strategy
Oversees/leads/manages and plans audit engagement work activities to ensure adequate risk coverage which may require alignment across multiple areas
Contributes to the risk assessment process to develop the divisional annual plan
Acts as lead audit advisor to management and respective teams for area of specialization
Reports on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior management
Acts as a strategic audit advisor by providing counsel and guidance on audit issues; leads relationships with key enterprise partners and interfaces with respective leadership team to effectively manage own audit area and clarify scope of accountabilities while influencing and aligning others as needed
Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership
Forecasts initiatives and demand, and coordinates prioritization of the portfolio/initiatives with key stakeholders
Provides functional/business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or leaders are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business strategies and executive management direction
Leads the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies/processes/procedures/changes across multiple audit areas
Ensures team adheres to internal policies/procedures, enterprise frameworks and methodologies and applicable regulatory guidelines, contributes to the review of internal processes and activities and assists in identifying potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for their business area
Leads relationships with business lines/corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
Supports team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts to the Bank
Assesses/identifies key issues and escalates to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and audit management where required
Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes and sound infrastructure in alignment with risk appetite
Identifies, mitigates and reports on risk issues per enterprise policy/guidelines and ensures appropriate escalation processes are followed
Leads or contributes to cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations
Oversees or leads 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
Sets targets and objectives for the team, and delivers results
Grows team expertise to align with enterprise demand and the Bank's direction; assesses team skills and capabilities and continually looks for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered
Fosters an environment/culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork and a high level of professionalism
Coordinates necessary resources to ensure completion of Audit assignment by deadlines
Provides coaching, development, succession, recruitment, resource management and overall team leadership for team members and provides regular input into team members’ assessment of performance and development plans
Prioritizes and manages own workload in order to deliver quality results and meets timelines
Supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/points of interest
Identifies and recommends opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency
Establishes effective relationships across multiple business areas
Participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
Supports and manages teams through change
Be a brand ambassador for Internal Audit both internally to the bank and externally