Audit Project Manager - Charlotte, United States - U.S. Bank

Description

At U.S. Bank, we're on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

The Corporate Audit Services (CAS) Audit Project Manager is responsible for supporting the strategic direction, leadership, and coordination of CAS's Credit Risk Review cyclical risk-based audit plans. As an Independent Risk Review function, Credit Risk Review provides independent assessment and effective challenge of the Company's credit risk management functions, including the quality of the Bank's loan portfolios (e.g., retail, commercial, corporate, counterparty, etc.) and credit related processes (credit policies, underwriting, loan administration, credit rating assignments, problem loan management, etc.). This role supports the CAS Senior Audit Manager - Credit Risk Portfolio Reviews in providing the Audit Committee and senior management with independent assurance and advisory services designed to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes of U.S. Bancorp (USB).

The Audit Project Manager is primarily responsible for supervising staff in the completion of audit engagements with minimal supervision from managers, however there are no direct reports. The Audit Project Manager is expected to perform and monitor progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule, assess work performed by the audit engagement team, and provide coaching and on-the-job training for team members to ensure engagements are completed in conformance with internal audit policies and procedures. This individual will have skills and experiences to lead CAS related credit risk portfolio review audit activities in support of the overall Credit Risk audit plan, provide oversight of audit activities over the credit areas mentioned above, and deliver updates to senior management and key stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervising audit staff in the completion of audit engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely. Supervision includes:
• 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. Includes identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks and critical controls; interviewing auditees; determining audit scope; evaluating control design adequacy; and 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 audits. Includes appropriate disposition of issues and drafting audit reports which include issues.
• Monitoring progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule. Includes 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. Includes business knowledge of products, services, and delivery systems; company policies and procedures; applicable laws and regulations; and formal/informal control frameworks.
• 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, Capital Planning, 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.
• Performing other duties as requested by management.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Ten years of applicable experience
• Large Bank experience through risk advisory, internal audit, regulatory oversight, or credit review.
• Seven or more years of financial services credit review/credit risk management experience through: past work in credit/loan review, credit risk management, internal audit credit risk coverage, commercial loan underwriting departments at large banking institutions; regulatory agency credit review/credit risk experience; or credit review/credit risk experience at a large consulting firm.
• Strong understanding of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact credit risk management, particularly related to credit review activities.
  • Understanding of the practical application of the IIA Practice Guide on Reliance by Internal Audit on Other Assurance Providers
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical skills.
  • Proven leadership skills.
  • Proven adaptability to changing priorities.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Relevant Financial Service Industry knowledge and understanding of Safety and Soundness expectations for large commercial banks
  • Thorough understanding of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Standards and the common definition of internal controls.
  • CIA, CPA, CRC, or other relevant professional designation or advanced degree.

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Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members' whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• 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