Director, Audit Leader, Data Analysis and Reporting Leader

BNY Mellon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon is seeking a Director, Reporting Leader for the Internal Audit team in New York. You will lead audit reporting strategy, governance, and delivery, shaping executive dashboards and insights for senior leadership.

You will standardize reporting across portfolios, drive data quality, and collaborate with risk and business stakeholders to translate complex findings into clear recommendations. A strategic, high-impact leader with strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Total 12–15 years of work experience with 5–7 years in management.
• Experience in Audit and/or Risk, Control, and Compliance preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into executive-level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, governance, and execution of audit reporting for the function.
• Oversee executive dashboards and management information on audit results and risk trends.
• Standardize reporting processes, templates, and metrics across teams.
• Partner with audit leaders, risk, and stakeholders to communicate outcomes clearly.
• Establish reporting controls, data validation, and governance routines.
• Identify themes and cross-cutting insights to inform decision-making.
• Manage and develop a team of reporting professionals.
• Champion data, automation, and visualization to improve efficiency.
• Support governance forums with timely reporting materials.
• Influence senior stakeholders with analysis and practical recommendations.

Skills

Data analysis

Executive reporting

Stakeholder comms

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

CPA

CIA

Job description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Reporting Leader to join our Internal Audit team. This role is located in New York.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead the strategy, governance, and execution of audit reporting across the function, ensuring timely, accurate, and decision-useful insights for senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Oversee the development of executive-level reporting, dashboards, and management information that clearly communicate audit results, themes, risk trends, and progress against key commitments.
• Drive consistency, quality, and standardization in audit reporting processes, templates, and metrics across teams and portfolios.
• Partner closely with audit leaders, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to translate complex audit activity and outcomes into clear, concise, and impactful reporting.
• Establish and enhance reporting controls, data validation practices, and governance routines to strengthen accuracy, transparency, and trust in audit reporting.
• Lead the identification of emerging themes, systemic issues, and cross-cutting insights from audit work, elevating meaningful observations to support informed decision-making.
• Manage and develop a team of reporting professionals, fostering strong execution, continuous improvement, and a high-performance culture.
• Champion the use of data, automation, and visualization tools to improve reporting efficiency, scalability, and stakeholder experience.
• Support planning and delivery of reporting for key governance forums, including executive, management, and committee-level materials.
• Influence senior stakeholders by providing thoughtful analysis, clear messaging, and practical recommendations based on audit insights and performance trends.
• Monitor reporting deliverables and priorities to ensure alignment with strategic objectives, regulatory expectations, and internal standards.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement while advancing innovation in reporting practices.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Possess bachelor’s degree in related focus, or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
• 12-15 years of total work experience, with 5-7 years of management experience preferred. Prior experience in a mid-to-high-level managerial role in Audit and/or Risk, Control, Compliance.
• In-depth understanding of data analysis and senior audience reporting/communication.
• Strong decision making, communication, and interpersonal skills experience.
• Additional core skill requirements include understanding the applied and interpretation of analytics results for Audit, critical thinking and problem solving.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, effective under pressure and willing to take personal responsibility/accountability.
• Proven track record in the ability to communicate well with clients while building good working relationships.
• MBA, CPA, CIA or related certification preferred.