Corporate Audit SSBI & Poland, Managing Director

Who we are looking for

State Street Bank International GmbH (SSBI) is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Managing Director to lead our audit assurance coverage over State Street Bank International (SSBI) activities across all SSBI locations and support adequate coverage of outsourced SSBI activities. In this role, you will be managing a diverse team across various SSBI locations as needed and be the Head of Corporate Audit in Poland. You will develop, own and be responsible for SSBI client relationships with particular focus on Senior and Executive Management and the assurance plan over all SSBI activities. You will have tremendous insight into all parts of the bank’s daily operations and Governance Processes. You will be a problem solving partner, looking ahead to help management envision future risks and opportunities.

Further, you will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of the audit lifecycle, including, but not limited to: defining the audit universe, reviewing and approving risk assessments, setting the SSBI audit plan and overseeing audit engagements. In this role you will be part of the Corporate Audit Division, that has currently more than 300 employees worldwide.

This role is based out of Krakow, Poland and can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements. Our State Street Bank International GmbH (SSBI) Poland Hub is providing operational services for internal clients in multiple locations in State Street Bank and Trust as well as SSBI. Corporate Audit is following this approach and members of the audit team located in Poland span across multiple teams covering a variety of State Street activities, processes and controls globally in addition to SSBI activities.  In this context, the Managing Director SSBI Krakow will have a Poland oversight role to satisfy regulatory requirements and overseeing audit assurance of a product portfolio.

You will report directly to the Head of Corporate Audit SSBI, and interact closely with the global Corporate Audit leadership team pertaining to Poland-based resources that support non-SSBI audits.

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining plays an important role in the overall success of the organization. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability; regulators rely upon us to provide assurance that the bank operates in a manner that is compliant with key banking regulations to properly manage risks to the company and the global financial systems. To make that happen we need teams like yours to help navigate employees and the organization as a whole. In your role, you will help us build resilience and execute day to day deliverables at our best. Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

As Corporate Audit SSBI & Poland, Managing Director you will:

• In close collaboration with the SSBI Audit leadership, support and oversee the audit approach strategy for SSBI, including approval of audit universe, risk assessments, business area audit plan and individual audit projects, including a special focus on core activities of the bank in Poland
• Provide day-to-day leadership to the local audit team in Poland acting as a direct or matrix manager for employees supporting SSBI and non-SSBI internal audit activities
• Manage the client relationship with SSBI leadership, including Poland local leadership
• Proactively engage with senior stakeholders to provide insights on key / emerging risks and issue themes and trends
• Provide day-to-day leadership to the SSBI audit team through proactive engagement, coaching and talent development
• Oversee the timely execution of the audit plan to advance insight-drive assurance.
• Draft, review, finalize and communicate audit deliverables, including audit findings, memos and audit reports to senior and executive management
• Establish yourself as a trusted business partner and contribute to change initiatives by participation in system and business process change initiatives with strategic corporate significance by providing input on operational and technological risk issues in an advisory capacity
• Participate in department wide initiatives, challenging the department's organization, processes and services to ensure that they remain at or above peer/ industry standards
• Provide insight on the evolving regulatory environment and interact with relevant regulators, in particular the JST and local regulators
• Stay abreast of industry matters and efficiently and effectively apply applicable new developments in audit projects
• Prepare relevant reporti