Audit Manager - Data, Digital, and Enterprise Change

Northern Trust; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks an Audit Manager specializing in digital transformation technologies. The role encompasses strategic audits, team management, and collaboration with executive leadership to enhance operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will bring a proven track record in auditing within a complex financial environment.

Qualifications

• 6 years of auditing experience and managing a team.
• Adept in financial institution audits and ITGC processes.
• Professional certifications like CISA or PMP are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Execute audit engagements, including planning and scope development.
• Manage audit projects related to evolving technology.
• Train and develop audit team members.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Report writing

Education

College or University degree

Tools

ITGC

Application Security Testing

Cloud technologies

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The Audit Manager is responsible for the execution of audit engagements, which includes planning, developing the project’s scope, maintaining the budget and timeframes of the project to meet audit requirements, and ensuring department Standards are properly met. The role is responsible for their assigned staff's performance management process and recruiting and retention of staff for the audit team. The Audit Manager provides input to improve operational efficiency and/or to enhance the design or operating effectiveness of the internal control environment. The role provides technical expertise, with a focus on digital transformation programs, and performs supervisor related work including training new employees or those with lesser experience, reviewing work of others, and providing regular feedback and coaching to employees. The role is an integral part of the digital services team within the Audit Services team, responsible for interacting with local and global Senior and Executive management, leveraging technical expertise to evaluate risk areas and ensuring that resources are properly aligned to audit these areas.

The Audit Manager will focus on transformation projects in the digital space, at Northern Trust, including but not limited to data governance and management, Cloud, DevOps, Blockchain, Generative AI, Machine learning, and robotics/automation.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Coordinates and collaborates with the global technology audit team on the identification of risks and execution of audits part of the audit plan.
• Functions in various roles on audit engagements, including leading audits, staffing audits and providing consulting or oversight functions based on the needs of the team.
• Manages internal audit projects related to systems implementations, cross function transformational programs related to emerging and newly adopted technology at Northern Trust. In addition, the Audit Manager may be asked to assist with Information Technology General Controls (ITGC), information security/cyber, business application, and integrated business audits.
• Provides technical expertise to the Digital Services Audit Team and uses sound audit practices.
• Maintains familiarization and technical expertise with the assigned business unit(s) including organizational structure, personnel, activities and products, new product development, financial performance and risk and problem areas.
• Responsible for staying current on regulatory rules and changes within the industry.
• Interacts and partners with Senior and Executive Management to understand the risks within the business, business changes and other significant events that could significantly affect the business and/or the audit plan.
• Train larger Audit Services team on technology risks and challenges.
• Manages and performs special projects as assigned.
• Participates in meetings with business unit to discuss audit results.
• Communicates with partners at all levels, developing and presenting recommendations on operations and controls for the business unit.
• During audit engagements, assigns work to auditors, sets priorities and monitors activity.
• Conducts the performance management process for direct reports. Oversees the performance management process and ensures identification of training and development needs for the respective team members.
• Utilizes understanding of various corporate units to ensure operations, services, and systems have proper audit controls in place (i.e., design of the control environment).
• Reviews audit work including work paper documentation, findings and recommendations and the final report to ensure appropriate adherence to the Corporation’s/Department’s Policies and Standards and ensuring work is performed within established timeframes.
• Evaluates corporate management, business processes, business controls and operating practices during audits and consulting/monitoring engagements.
• Applies analytical skills to review information and determine potential control weaknesses.

Skills/Qualifications:

• A College or University degree and 6 years of auditing experience and managing a team.
• Adept auditing experience in a financial institution, or similar public accounting experience in the financial services industry.
• Solid understanding of ITGC and related processes (e.g., Configuration Management, Vendor Management).
• Understanding of Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) controls (e.g., Incident Management, Problem Management).
• Skills as needed to perform testing of application controls (e.g., Application Security Testing, Interface Controls).
• Skills as needed to perform testing of information security controls.
• Knowledge of risks related to newer technologies (e.g., Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Access Management, Kubernetes, Containers, CI/CD).
• Knowledge of financial industry standards and frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, FFIEC, GDPR).
• Knowledge of cloud environments and related technologies (e.g., Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud).
• Professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CISSP, CCAK, CCSK, CCSP, PMP).
• Strong analytical, leadership, and organizational skills are needed.
• Strong report writing and work paper documentation skills.

Working Model: Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid)

We have a balanced hybrid working model to ensure you get the flexibility you need, and the successful candidate will spend their time between working in the office and working from home.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Financial Services, Banking, and Business Consulting and Services

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