Audit Manager I

Jobtailor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Internal Audit Leader to guide large, complex audit teams and shape risk-based assurance across the enterprise. You will mentor staff, oversee risk coverage, and partner with executives to drive compliance and operational improvements.

Responsibilities include planning engagements, reviewing control matrices, delivering insights, and championing regulatory alignment while advancing the audit function's strategic agenda.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree required.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to lead large, complex audit teams.
• Knowledge of industry, external/internal environments and enterprise frameworks.
• Ability to identify trends and operational efficiencies.
• Knowledge of internal policies, frameworks, methodologies and regulatory guidelines.
• Ability to assess regulatory impacts to the Bank.
• Ability to identify, mitigate, report, and escalate risk.
• Ability to manage audit planning, reviews, sign-offs and remediation.
• Ability to manage teams, set targets, coach, recruit, and allocate resources.
• Ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships across multiple business areas.
• Ability to manage teams through change.

Responsibilities

• Hire talent, set goals, develop staff, manage performance and compensation decisions.
• Oversee and lead large, diverse audit teams.
• Advise leadership on portfolio, industry matters, and operational efficiencies.
• Facilitate strategic audit discussions and provide thought leadership to executives.
• Set operational direction and collaborate to achieve goals.
• Develop and implement holistic audit-area strategies aligned with the audit strategy.
• Plan and manage audit engagements to ensure adequate risk coverage.
• Review planning memoranda, control matrices, findings grids, and reports.
• Complete L2 reviews and sign off on audit activities with evidence uploads.
• Advise management on emerging trends, issues, opportunities, and actions.
• Lead relationships with enterprise partners to manage audit scope and accountability.
• Provide integrated views, escalations, and decision support to leadership.
• Forecast initiatives and coordinate portfolio prioritization with stakeholders.
• Lead policy, process, and change implementation across audit areas.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Lead relationships for regulatory alignment across business lines.
• Assess issues, elevate where needed, and drive remediation.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives as SME.
• Oversee internal audit action and remediation plans.
• Manage teams to deliver results and align with enterprise demand.
• Foster productivity, innovation, and process improvement.
• Coordinate resources to complete audits by deadlines.
• Provide coaching, development, succession, recruitment, and leadership.
• Manage workload, communication, relationships, and change.
• Represent Internal Audit as a brand ambassador internally and externally.

Skills

Audit leadership

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Strategic communication

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

• Hire talent, set goals, develop staff, manage employee performance and compensation decisions, promote teamwork, and handle disciplinary actions
• Oversee and lead large, significant, highly complex, and diverse audit teams
• Advise leadership on portfolio and financial management, industry matters, enterprise knowledge, emerging trends, and operational efficiencies
• Facilitate strategic audit discussions and provide thought leadership to executives
• Set operational team direction and collaborate to execute common goals
• Develop, communicate, and implement holistic audit-area strategies aligned with the overall audit strategy
• Plan, oversee, lead, and manage audit engagements to ensure adequate risk coverage
• Review Audit Planning Memoranda, Process Risk and Control Matrices, Findings Grids, and Audit Reports
• Complete L2 reviews and sign off on audit activities, including walkthroughs, test scripts, test results, grids, and evidence uploads
• Advise management and teams on audit matters, emerging trends, issues, opportunities, and recommended actions
• Lead relationships with enterprise partners and leadership teams to manage audit scope and accountabilities
• Provide integrated views, escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership
• Forecast initiatives and demand and coordinate portfolio prioritization with stakeholders
• Lead policy, process, procedure, and change implementation across audit areas
• Ensure adherence to internal policies, enterprise frameworks, methodologies, and regulatory guidelines
• Lead business-line, corporate, and control-function relationships for regulatory alignment
• Assess issues, elevate,
• Lead or contribute to cross‑functional and enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert
• Oversee internal audit action and remediation plans
• Manage overall teams, set targets, deliver results, and align team expertise with enterprise demand
• Foster productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork, and professionalism
• Coordinate resources to complete audit assignments by deadlines
• Provide coaching, development, succession, recruitment, resource management, and team leadership
• Manage workload, communication, relationships, knowledge transfer, and change
• Represent Internal Audit as a brand ambassador internally and externally

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree required
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion
• Ability to lead large, significant, highly complex, and diverse audit teams
• Knowledge of industry, external/internal, and enterprise environments
• Ability to recognize emerging trends and identify operational efficiencies and opportunities
• Knowledge of internal policies, procedures, enterprise frameworks, methodologies, and applicable regulatory guidelines
• Ability to assess regulatory requirements and their potential impacts to the Bank
• Ability to identify, mitigate, report, and escalation risk issues
• Ability to manage audit planning, reviews, sign-offs, and remediation plans
• Ability to manage teams, set targets, coach, develop, recruit, and manage resources
• Ability to prioritize workload and meet timelines
• Ability to establish effective relationships across multiple business areas
• Ability to support and manage teams through change

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex audit teams, managing audit planning and execution, and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines. Proven ability to develop strategies, foster teamwork, and drive operational efficiencies within the audit function.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Audit Team Leadership
• Regulatory Compliance
• Audit Planning and Execution
• Risk Management
• Strategic Communication

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Audit Planning
• Risk Assessment
• Regulatory Guidelines
• Audit Reporting
• Process Improvement
• Performance Management
• Resource Management
• Operational Efficiency
• Change Management
• Team Development

Soft Skills

• Teamwork
• Coaching
• Communication
• Relationship Building
• Discretion

Industry Keywords

• Internal Audit
• Enterprise Frameworks
• Operational Trends
• Audit Engagements
• Confidential Information