Senior Lead Auditor - Remote Risk & Tech Projects

KeyBank; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

KeyBank's Internal Audit (IA) serves as the 3rd Line of Defense, providing independent assurance across governance, risk management, and internal controls. The Senior Lead Auditor will lead risk-based reviews of complex programs and projects, assessing governance, controls, and regulatory compliance throughout their lifecycle.

The role requires collaboration with business, technology, risk, compliance, and audit stakeholders to ensure effective risk mitigation while delivering strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum of 3 years of audit, risk management, technology risk, project management, or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute all phases of project risk reviews, including planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue validation activities.
• Conduct walkthroughs, and testing procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal controls.
• Review project status reporting, governance artifacts, risk registers, issue logs, and key performance indicators to assess overall project health.
• Identify, assess, and communicate project risks, control weaknesses, implementation concerns, and regulatory compliance issues.
• Draft audit findings, observations, executive summaries, and reporting deliverables for senior management and audit leadership.
• Escalate significant concerns to project leadership and monitor remediation efforts through completion.
• Coordinate integrated reviews involving multiple audit teams and subject matter experts across risk domains.
• Perform testing to evaluate adherence to enterprise project management standards, governance frameworks, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate risks and controls associated with technology-enabled transformation initiatives, and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform in an organizational culture of respect and personal accountability regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Skills

Audit risk assessment

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

KeyBank's Internal Audit (IA) serves as the 3rd Line of Defense, providing independent assurance across governance, risk management, and internal controls. The Senior Lead Auditor will lead risk-based reviews of complex programs and projects, assessing governance, controls, and regulatory compliance throughout their lifecycle.

The role requires collaboration with business, technology, risk, compliance, and audit stakeholders to ensure effective risk mitigation while delivering strategic