Senior Audit Manager

LanceSoft; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audit team seeks a Senior Audit Manager in Toronto to oversee critical audit functions ensuring compliance in Canadian Banking. The ideal candidate boasts over 10 years of experience in Retail Banking or Audit, with strong data analytics skills. This role requires excellent communication, strategic thinking, and the capability to navigate a dynamic environment while delivering clear audit insights and recommendations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Retail Banking, Audit, or related fields.
• 2+ years’ experience with data analytics or visualization tools.
• Accounting designations or relevant working experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing audit activities for Canadian Banking.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, internal policies, and procedures.
• Assist with audits relating to automotive finance, deposits, and SOX.

Skills

Retail Banking Experience

Data Analytics

Communication Skills

Analytical Thinking

Education

University/post-secondary degree in business, finance, economics, accountancy

Tools

Alteryx

PowerBI

Python

Job description

Location Address: Hybrid - Toronto – 3x/week (Tuesdays are fixed, other days are flexible)
Contract Duration: ASAP to 12/31/2025 – approx. 4.5 months
Possibility of extension for a month or so
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week

Story Behind the Need
Business group: Audit, Retail Lending Operations - Domestic 2 - As the 3rd Line of Defence, Internal Audit provides enterprise-wide, independent, and objective assurance over the design and operations of the Bank’s internal controls, risk management and governance processes.

Project: The Senior Audit Manager assists in executing audit activities for Canadian Banking in support of the Audit Department in executing on its global mandate, ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives and all audit activities are conducted / executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.
Assist with audits relating to automotive finance, deposits, and SOX. Potential to also assist on fraud audit.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 10+ years in Retail Banking, Audit, Regulatory body, or related experience
2) Experience with at least one of these: lending (automotive in particular); deposit products; key regulations/regulatory, including SOX
3) 2+ years’ experience with data analytics or visualization tools (e.g., Alteryx, PowerBI, Python) with larger data sets

Nice-To-Have Skills:
1) Accounting designations / technical / professional qualifications, university/post-secondary degree in business, finance, economics, accountancy, or any other relevant experience (e.g., First Line testing, QAR, Audit, Compliance) would be an asset.
2) Knowledge of audit processes and methodologies is preferable.
3) Hands-on experience with underwriting, funding for reviews of files and applications to ensure policies and procedures are adhered to

Soft Skills Required:
• Proven history of presenting to large stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• A self-starter / takes initiative, deals well with ambiguity, is detail oriented.
• Highly organized, ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• Strong people skills, including relationship building with clients.
• Curiosity mindset.
• Ability to write clearly and concisely.

Education:
Accounting designations / technical / professional qualifications, university/post-secondary degree in business, finance, economics, accountancy an asset though will accept relevant working experience instead