AVP, Audit Manager Professional Practices (L10)

Synchrony; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 1 225 000 - 1 576 000; Full time

Job summary

A premier financial services company is seeking an AVP, Audit Manager Professional Practices. The role involves overseeing audit standards, data analysis, and quality assurance. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor’s degree, substantial experience in audit or financial services, and proficiency in data analysis tools. The company promotes flexible work hours syncing with international teams and values employee well-being.

Benefits

Best-in-class employee benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Work-life integration programs

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in audit, financial services, or a related field.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and financial best practices.

Responsibilities

• Execute reporting and quality assurance activities.
• Coordinate with Enterprise Risk on issues reporting.
• Assist in creating department reports using PowerPoint or Tableau.

Skills

Data analysis

Data analytics tools (Excel, SAS, Tableau)

Stakeholder presentation

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or equivalent

Tools

Excel

SAS

Tableau

Job description

Job Description:

Role Title

AVP, Audit Manager Professional Practices (L10)

Company Overview

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.
• We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.
• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles.

Organizational Overview

Synchrony’s Internal Audit function serves as an independent and objective function aimed at enhancing the organization’s governance, risk management, and controls. Internal Audit’s purpose-driven work adds value to the company by safeguarding a controlled foundation in support of agile and innovative company growth; performing risk-based audit activities designed to identify worthwhile and impactful insights.

Role Summary / Purpose

The AVP, Audit Manager Professional Practices within the Internal Audit function reports into the VP of Professional Practices. The incumbent is primarily responsible for the execution of support activities related to the Internal Audit (IA) Professional Practices Group (PPG), including reporting, data analysis, and quality assurance to ensure adherence to audit standards and drive operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate as a key team member on IA-PPG activities, and actively contributing to the achievement of team and departmental objectives.
• Track and report on IA issues and resource tracking for the IA Department, this includes following up with audit leadership on overdue and summarizes for Audit Senior Leadership Team.
• Coordinate with Enterprise Risk on issues reporting for Executive Issues Reporting.
• In support of PPG reporting activities, obtain, review, and validate data and prepare data for use in various department reporting, using various tools including SAS, ACL, or Excel.
• Assist in the creation of department reporting, in PowerPoint or Tableau, for use in management reporting, board reporting, or regulatory reporting.
• Assist in the execution of Quality Assurance reviews, including testing utilizing sampling or data analytics techniques.
• Provide system access oversight, including Quarterly Access Reviews.
• Assist with the system administration to Bwise – Internal Audit system.
• Ensure timeliness and accuracy of work performed.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Required Skills / Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or an equivalent related field and 4+ years’ experience in audit, financial services, or a related field and, in lieu of a relevant Bachelor’s degree, 6+ years’ experience in audit, financial services, or a related field.
• Basic level experience with data analysis and data analytics tools, such as Excel, SAS, Tableau.
• Exposure to visualization software Tableau or Power BI.
• Ability to provide analytic support including pulling data, preparing analysis, interpreting data, making strategic recommendations, and presenting to stakeholders.
• Ability to clearly explain technical and analytical information (verbally, written, and in presentation form) and summarize for key stakeholders.

Desired Skills / Knowledge

• The successful candidate will most likely possess an undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• 4 years combined experience in internal audit, public accounting, banking operations, data analytics, banking compliance, consumer compliance, or other equivalent.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge and use in data analysis, reporting, or testing practices.
• Understands regulatory, accounting, financial industry related guidance and best practices applicable to banking operations.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver to line management high quality, actionable data, reporting, and testing.

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or an equivalent related field and 4+ years’ experience in audit, financial services, or a related field and, in lieu of a relevant Bachelor’s degree, 6+ years’ experience in audit, financial services, or a related field.

Work Timings

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details.

For Internal Applicants

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying.
• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday.
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format).
• Must not be any corrective action plan (Formal/Final Formal).
• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.
• L8+ Employees can apply.

Grade / Level: 10

Job Family Group: Internal Audit