Senior Manager, Audit, SIDAC

<p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Requisition ID: 193207<br/> <br/> Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Purpose</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Contributes to the overall success of the Internal Audit in Ireland ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.  Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Accountabilities </em></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Act primarily as Officer in Charge (OIC) for assigned projects, processes and units. May act as Audit Principal in some low to medium complexity assignments.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Be the Europe Compliance Risk champion contributing towards Europe’s audit coverage of Compliance and Conduct risk.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Ensure Scotiabank standards and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Code of Ethics are maintained in completion of all assignments.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Lead the execution, planning, and reporting on the assigned audit projects. Obtains a thorough understanding of the business/unit/process and associated risks, develops a risk-based audit plan/procedures, and schedules timing and resources.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Manages and supervises end- to- end process of the execution of the audit and ensures nature and extent of testing is appropriate to support the objective, scope and overall opinion. Completes timely review of workpapers, ensures internal control weaknesses are clearly documented with recommendations addressing the root cause and are communicated timely to management.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Ensures audit results are gathered, determine the root cause of the problem and the associated impact and report accordingly. Confirm the audit results with the auditee. Present an overview of the audit results and findings to line management. Follow-up for corrective action/progress against any reported issues. Escalate where necessary.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Ensures audit reports are written to a consistent high standard and are finalized within established department metrics.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Carries out specific projects or investigations of a moderate or high complexity and/or confidential nature. Plan, document and seek agreement in advance to the project approach and confirm conclusions upon completion in writing.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Manage self-development by confirming/communicating job expectations, identifying mentors/coaches and enquiring about training needs, ensuring timely completion of performance appraisals, recruiting, interviewing and selecting candidates, manages assigned staff.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and managing succession and development planning for the team.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Audit Planning</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Assists in the development and execution of a comprehensive and strategic audit plan. Ensures auditable entities remain within cycle and conducts ongoing monitoring activities to stay abreast of changes (business/industry/regulatory) / emerging risks / themes or systemic issues that may impact the risk assessment of the audit universe and the audit plan. May also execute assigned audit activities independently as a team member under the direction of the OIC on assignments.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Identifies systemic/emerging issues and changes planned/undertaken by the audit client that will impact the audit plan through discussion with the Audit Director.  This may include preplanning meetings and walkthroughs with audit clients to confirm understanding of the processes and activities subject to audit.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Develops a thorough understanding of the business, risks and processes for assigned projects through a review of the Business overviews, Risk Assessments, Bank manuals and other rel