Senior Auditor – U.S. Bank Europe

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Job Description

About the job:

The Corporate Audit Services Senior Auditor is primarily responsible for completing audit engagement assignments with minimal supervision from audit team management. The Senior Auditor is expected to understand risk and risk management techniques, identify, and analyze business processes, key risks, and critical controls, and evaluate control design adequacy; perform or supervise control testing; and document work performed in conformance with internal audit policies and procedures.

This position supports the European Union (EU) operations of U.S. Bank namely U.S. Bank Europe Designated Activity Company (USBE) and Global Funds Services (GFS). USBE is an Irish credit institution subsidiary of U.S. Bank.  USBE is headquartered in Cherrywood and has operations in the following EU jurisdictions:  Ireland, United Kingdom, Norway, Luxembourg, Spain, Germany, and Poland.  GFS provides fund administration services to authorized undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and Alternative investment funds in Ireland and Luxembourg. 

Duties:

• Assisting the audit team management in planning audit engagements. Includes understanding risk and risk management techniques; identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks, and critical controls; interviewing auditees; and evaluating control design adequacy.

• Performing or supervising staff auditors in the testing of controls based on audit program directions. Includes using appropriate sampling and control testing techniques; identifying and assessing the relevancy of possible issues; and documenting work performed to support audit scope/conclusions, to facilitate an efficient review, and to meet internal audit policies and procedures.

• Drafting audit issues under the supervision of the audit team management. Includes drafting potential exposures and significance, identifying appropriate root causes, and developing recommendations that are operationally effective and cost-effective actions to address those causes.

• Assisting the audit team management in the reporting and wrap-up phases of audits. Includes assisting with drafting audit reports.

• Learning from and applying coaching received.

• Performing other duties as requested by management.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

• Typically, more than five years of applicable experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Relevant Financial Service Industry knowledge (e.g.  Prudential and Conduct of Business, Operational Risk, Regulatory Reporting, Compliance, Legal, Human Resources, Treasury, Payments (Merchant Acquiring, Corporate Payment Systems)

• Thorough understanding of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Standards and the common definition of internal controls.

• CIA, CPA or other relevant professional designation or advanced degree.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

Location expectations 
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

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