Senior Audit Group Manager (US) - Financial Crimes

TD Bank; New York (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Bank in New York seeks a Senior Audit Group Manager to lead a team of audit professionals, oversee audits, and guide risk and governance activities. The role focuses on strategic oversight, talent development, and delivering high-quality assurance across complex engagements.

This leadership position emphasizes stakeholder communication, data analytics, regulatory awareness, and continuous improvement, with opportunities for growth and staff development within a major financial institution.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree required.
• 10+ years of relevant audit experience.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.
• Ability to manage multiple audits and stakeholders.
• Proven leadership in risk and governance.

Responsibilities

• Managing multiple audits (up to two per quarter).
• Overseeing AICs and testers.
• Stakeholder communication and relationship building.
• Reviewing audit work for quality and detail.
• Engaging in non-audit activities like continuous monitoring, quarterly reporting, data analysis, and memo writing.
• Taking ownership and accountability for audit outcomes, including remediating QC/QA findings.
• Performance management, providing feedback, and escalating critical issues to executives.
• Contributing to team culture, coaching, and potentially involved in future recruiting efforts.

Skills

Communication

Coaching

Self-starter

Punctuality

Accountability

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Data analytics

AI basics

Job description

Work Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Hours

40

Pay Details

$123,880 - $201,290 USD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Line of Business: Audit Job Description

The Senior Audit Group Manager leads and develops a team of audit professionals and is responsible for overseeing, planning and executing audits and / or projects of varying complexity and may act as a subject matter expert in own area of expertise. Accountable to provide guidance, leadership, coaching and development to ensure operational results and professional / personal development objectives are achieved for the overall group.

Depth & Scope

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Oversees and leads a large, significant and/or highly complex, and diverse audit team for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope
• People Manager role that generally manages a team of Audit professionals / specialists
• Strategic advisor to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external / internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management / enterprise areas
• Facilitates key strategic audit discussions and provide thought leadership to executives
• Sets operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals
• Focuses on long term planning for functional area
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion

Education & Experience

Undergraduate degree required

10+ years of relevant experience

Desired Skills & Traits

Strong communication, ability to coach and motivate, self-starter, punctuality, "act like an owner" (accountability), attention to detail, and relationship-building skills.

Technical Skills

Advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint), data analytics, and general understanding/experience with AI (e.g., creating agents).

Certifications (Nice to Have/Encouraged)

• CIA, CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)
• CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) is highly encouraged, though not a mandatory HR requirement.
• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• Other regulatory certifications (e.g., Global Compliance Certificate).

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Managing multiple audits (up to two per quarter).
• Overseeing AICs and testers.
• Stakeholder communication and relationship building.
• Reviewing audit work for quality and detail.
• Engaging in non-audit activities like continuous monitoring, quarterly reporting, data analysis, and memo writing.
• Taking ownership and accountability for audit outcomes, including remediating QC/QA findings.
• Performance management, providing feedback, and escalating critical issues to executives.
• Contributing to team culture, coaching, and potentially involved in future recruiting efforts.

Customer Accountabilities

• Develops, communicates and implements a holistic strategy for audit area of expertise in support of and integrated with the overall audit strategy
• Oversees / leads / manages and plans audit engagement work activities to ensure adequate risk coverage which may require alignment across multiple areas
• Review of Audit Planning Memorandum (APM), Process Risk and Control Matrix (pRCM), Findings Grid and Audit Report
• Completes L2 reviews / sign off on all audit activities (i.e. walkthroughs, test scripts, test results, grid, evidence uploads)
• Acts as lead audit advisor to management and respective teams for area of specialization. Reports on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior management
• Acts as a strategic audit advisor by providing counsel and guidance on audit issues. Leads relationships with key enterprise partners and interface with respective leadership team to effectively manage own audit area and clarify scope of accountabilities while influencing and aligning others as needed
• Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership
• Forecasts initiatives and demand, and coord