Senior Audit Group Manager, Financial Crimes(1155)

TD Bank Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 116,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Bank Group in Toronto seeks an experienced audit leader to develop and implement a holistic audit strategy across multiple areas. You will oversee engagements, sign off on key activities, and act as a trusted advisor to management.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, risk mitigation and alignment with enterprise priorities. You will lead relationships with enterprise partners, forecast initiatives and ensure timely communication of issues, while guiding a large audit function through

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree required.
• 10+ years of relevant audit experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, communicate and implement a holistic strategy for audit area of expertise in support of the overall audit strategy.
• Oversee, lead, manage and plan audit engagement work activities to ensure adequate risk coverage across 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 (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 and risks.
• Lead relationships with key enterprise partners and interface with leadership to align scope and responsibilities.
• Ensure integrated view of activities across the function; provide escalation, recommendations and decision support to leadership.
• Forecast initiatives and coordinate prioritization with stakeholders; communicate with leaders to align on strategy.

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

page for more information.**Work Location:**Toronto, Ontario, Canada**Hours:**37.5**Line of Business:**Audit**Pay Details:**$115,600 - $163,200 CADTD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.**Job Description:****Department Overview:**Our team of trusted audit professionals interact with every part of the Bank to provide strategic guidance and independent oversight. Through due diligence, and with a strong sense of integrity, we help mitigate potential risks to our business. At the heart of audit is our specialization in all the businesses across the bank.Safeguarding the reputation of TD's good governance depends on us.We're counted on to provide recommendations to enhance operational performance, at every single level to foster meaningful process improvements and ensure adherence to internal and external regulations. We crunch the data, consult with our partners and stakeholders, and present our findings to mitigate the risks of today and around the corner and help keep our daily operations running smoothly for our customers.**CUSTOMER*** 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**SHAREHOLDER*** 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**EMPLOYEE / TEAM*** 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.**BREADTH & DEPTH*** 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* People Manager role that generally manages a team of Audit professionals / specialists* 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* Facilitate key strategic audit discussions and provide thought leadership to executives* 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* Generally, reports to an executive role**EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION*** Undergraduate degree required.* 10+ years of relevant experience**Who We Are:**TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking