Senior Audit Advisor

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Job Title

Senior Audit Advisor

Fiserv’s Corporate Assurance and Advisory Services (CAAS) Department is an international team covering a wide range and scope of internal audit activities in the highly regulated payments and card industry.

What does a great Senior Audit Advisor do?

As a Senior Audit Advisor, you will be a part of a new team providing internal consulting on strategic initiatives, projects, and processes. You will assess gaps, obtain observations, and provide guidance and recommendations to our business partners.

What you will do:

• Participate in strategic project initiatives, including those intended to align with the strategic objectives of Fiserv, changing regulatory standards, or industry trends and best practices. 

• Execute on an engagement and be directed through other Advisory activities; conduct interviews and reporting for senior leadership level.

• Assess a project, process, product, system, etc. and identify recommendations/provide guidance to client areas throughout the course of the Advisory work.

• Assisting with the execution of activities related to audit plan execution and audit issue governance including the administration of audit planning, audit scheduling, report issuance, issue tracking, the collection and maintenance of audit data, the implementation and maintenance of audit tools and technology and finally the regular and ad hoc reporting of audit status, trends and emerging risks. 

• Track and report metrics, KRIs, and KPIs around risk assessment and audit plan creation/management, resource scheduling/utilization, issue status/resolution, talent. 

• Day-to-day management of audit tools and technology, implementing new tools, troubleshooting, leading application upgrades and system migrations and continuously seeking to improve the suite of audit tools.

• Assist with the identification, management, and communication of status or key data points for reporting and the development and maintenance of reporting that informs the CAAS Department, various lines of business, executive stakeholders, and the Fiserv Audit Committee and Board with respect to audit activities in full compliance with all applicable professional practices and regulatory standards or expectations.

• Assist with the execution of quality assurance reviews ensuring the standardization of governance and Internal Audit practices through end-to-end audit file reviews.  Identify themes and trends for enhanced training opportunities, updates to methodology, and/or communications to the department to ensure all audit staff members and their direct leaders receive sufficient information for the coaching and development of individual team members in order to drive performance by providing timely and continuous feedback.

• Manage issue remediation and testing which includes the tracking and management of audit issues, the remediation testing of audit issues and the updating and enforcement of policies and procedures to ensure that audit processes and activities are implemented in alignment with IIA Standards.

What you will need to have:

• Bachelor's degree, with emphasis in internal auditing, (interested in other areas of accounting, finance, management, information systems, etc)

• Prior experience in advisory or consulting engagements

• Prior experience in the application and knowledge of the Institute of Internal Auditors International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing

• Prior experience in the testing of control methodologies within a financial institution including control monitoring, control evaluations and measurement of control effectiveness in accordance with regulatory compliance requirements such as corporate governance, consumer protection, AML/CTF and Financial Crimes, data protection/data privacy, ethics or conduct risk

• Prior experience in one or more of the following: Info Security/Cyber security protocols and controls, Accounting and Finance Principles, Internal Controls, Risk Management or Regulatory Compliance regulations, standards, or frameworks