Sr. Audit Manager

Visa; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

FSA/HSA

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Job summary

Visa is seeking an Internal Senior Audit Manager to lead and execute audit engagements across Visa products and international markets. You will plan, scope, test, and report, coaching junior staff and communicating clearly with client management and senior leaders.

The role requires strong leadership, risk assessment, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced environment while protecting customers and the company.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 5+ years with an Advanced Degree or 2+ years with a PhD

Responsibilities

• Participate in audit risk assessment, planning and scope development.
• Lead the execution of specific areas of a project, supervising other team members.
• Act as the incharge for selected audit projects and provide day-to-day onsite support.
• Provide direction to auditors to ensure audits follow standards.
• Review audit work papers and findings.
• Prepare reports to management on internal controls and recommendations.

Skills

Audit experience

Risk management

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor degree in Business/Accounting

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

As an Internal Senior Audit Manager, you will assist in, or lead audit engagement audit engagement relate to Visa products and international market operations. You will lead all phase of the audit, including engagement planning and scoping activities, testing, reporting, while assisting more junior members of the team where appropriate. You will assist in coaching and developing team members and exhibit good judgment and accuracy in all work. You will serve as a key contact with client management, explaining the audit process and scope, keeping management apprised of audit progress and issues, and effectively delivering audit results to all levels of management. You should be comfortable working in a fast‑paced and ambiguous environment, constantly working to protect our customers and the company. Stay abreast of company business strategies, industry advances, and the risk profile of assigned business areas to ensure relevancy of audit approach. You will champion bold ideas on how to evolve and grow or audit capabilities.

Essential Functions

• Participate in audit risk assessment, planning and audit scope development as well as project execution as a critical team member on large, complex projects.
• Lead the execution of specific areas of a project, supervising other team members and providing coaching where requested.
• Act as the incharge for selected audit projects, provide day to day and onsite support to ensure quality of Audit
• Provide direction to auditors to ensure that audits are performed in accordance with department and professional standards.
• Review audit work papers.
• Review draft audit findings, and ensure issues are appropriately vetted and constructed given the circumstances.
• Provide reports to management on the effectiveness of their business unit's internal control structure along with recommendations that improve the effectiveness and or efficiency of a control or process.
• Evaluate the adequacy of management's response and the corrective action plans on all significant weaknesses noted in the reports.
• Coordinates with other risk management functions and independent public accountants to minimize duplication of effort and to ensure that issues raised as a result of their reviews are appropriately addressed.
• Maintain business relationships with appropriate levels of management to ensure that Audit is aware of changes in business activities and objectives, and a necessary Audit response is developed.
• Possess outstanding written and oral communication skills. Ideas should be expressed clearly and concisely.
• Performing as a sole contributor, teammate, and manager concurrently, while reporting into the Sr. Director, Internal Audit.
• Interact with Audit project team members in working towards Departmental goals. Demonstrate ability to resolve team conflicts and to bring the group together to enhance project results through group planning, feedback and development skills.
• Promote thought leadership for new ideas and new ways of executing projects and processes to drive continuous improvements in the delivery of internal audit services.
• Prepare performance evaluations for auditors.

This is a Hybrid position to be located in our Foster City, CA office location. Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• Preferably 7 to 10 years of experience, including 5 years internal audit experience with large or multinational financial institution, payments industry, or consulting firms, plus 5 years with big 4 or multinational public accounting firm.
• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, management information systems or related fields.
• Operations auditing, product auditing, risk management, or compliance experience.
• Experience in financial institutions and or payments is a plus.
• Relevant professional certifications e.g., CIA, CPA, CISA, or CISSP.
• Strong risk management experience, including evaluating control designing and operating effectiveness within a complex operational and regulatory environment, managing enterprise control frameworks, and prioritizing risk.

Information for US Applicants

For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $149,800.00 to $ 240,100.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job‑related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.