Payments & Treasury Audit Lead - Drive Risk & Controls

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings seeks an experienced Senior Auditor to join its Payments & Treasury Audit team in New York. The role provides exposure across payments, cash management, treasury services, trade finance, and client servicing operations within a leading financial institution.

You will lead audit engagements, assess risks, evaluate controls, and collaborate with business leaders and risk teams to strengthen risk management practices. Strong data analytics exposure preferred; CPA/CIA a plus.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, or related control function within financial services.
• Experience evaluating risk and control frameworks in complex banks or financial institutions.
• Knowledge of regulations impacting banking and payments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute audit engagements across payments, treasury, and transaction banking businesses.
• Assess risks and controls related to cash management, payment processing, trade finance, and treasury operations.
• Perform audit planning, fieldwork, testing, reporting, and issue validation activities.
• Evaluate control environments and identify opportunities to strengthen risk management practices.
• Partner with business and control stakeholders to address audit findings and remediation efforts.
• Support continuous monitoring to identify emerging risks and changing conditions.
• Leverage data analytics to improve audit effectiveness.
• Contribute to audit planning, risk assessments, and broader team initiatives.

Skills

Auditing

Data analytics

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Job description

Selby Jennings seeks an experienced Senior Auditor to join its Payments & Treasury Audit team in New York. The role provides exposure across payments, cash management, treasury services, trade finance, and client servicing operations within a leading financial institution.

You will lead audit engagements, assess risks, evaluate controls, and collaborate with business leaders and risk teams to strengthen risk management practices. Strong data analytics exposure preferred; CPA/CIA a plus.