Staff Auditor

Citizens • Johnston, RI

13h • $73,000 - $97,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Citizens is looking for a motivated, hardworking individual to join our Internal Audit team as a Staff Auditor! We're a team of more than 100 skilled professionals charged with consistently providing the Board, Audit Committee, Shareholders, and Executive Management with an independent and objective view of the effectiveness of the bank’s control environment, risk management practices, and culture. This role is a smart career move, as it offers the opportunity to learn new skills, get exposure, and advance your career. Or, you can use it to gain a strong understanding of risk and control on which you can build and expand your professional career.

As a Staff Auditor, you will deliver a defined aspect of audit engagement through operational delivery of audit work under close supervision across Citizens' various business lines, in line with methodology, standards, and procedures. You will be responsible for executing audits to ensure that bank policies, processes and procedures are being followed, internal controls and safeguards are in place, and controls are adequate, effective, sand sustainable, and efficient.

Along with other colleagues, the Staff Auditor will perform risk-based audits in the bank’s Home Mortgage business, performing audits of origination, underwriting, processing, closing, servicing, and support functions.

Requirements

• 1-5 years of work experience, preferably in mortgage lending, audit, first line risk, and/or quality assurance/quality control function
• Ability to work in a team environment, and independently when required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail and ability to follow structured methodology
• Ability to multi-task
• Experience using and analyzing data
• Strong time management skills
• Experience with MS Office suite of applications including Word and Excel
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Travel 5 – 15%

Nice To Haves

• Intermediate understanding of bank regulations and industry practices is a plus

Responsibilities

• Participate in the planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up of audits.
• Review and document business processes to ensure that controls are in place, effective, sustainable, and in compliance with bank standards and regulatory requirements.
• Perform testing to confirm control effectiveness, documenting work in Internal Audit’s system of record and verbally communicating results to Internal Audit and bank management.
• Validate that management’s corrective action to resolve Internal Audit-raised issues is effective.
• Develop and use analytical skills to evaluate data, looking for patterns, trends, and exceptions, and build effective methods of testing controls.
• Participate in other audit activities with team members, including evaluating the control environment of a business unit through innovate methods.

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• retirement benefits
• maternity/paternity leave
• flexible work arrangements
• education reimbursement
• wellness programs
• Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States.

What This Job Offers

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