Professional Practices, Senior Audit Manager (Hybrid Atlanta, Columbus or Birmingham)

Job Summary

Plans and manages multiple engagement teams performing complex, value-added assurance and consulting activities for critical and high-risk functions at all levels of the corporation, in accordance with established corporate standards. Understands business risk and serves as trusted advisor to business-line managers at all levels. Uses experience and business acumen to provide innovative approaches to assurance and consulting activities, including the use of data analytics. Coordinates activities with regulatory examiners and external auditors. Develops and leads a strategy for ensuring that assigned business units receive quality, timely, efficient and risk-focused audit services. Maintains an understanding of the organizational goals and strategies, as well as industry trends. Cultivates relationships and serves as a liaison with management to promote a business partnership. Assists in setting strategic direction for the Audit department, including audit methodology, automation techniques, and audit plans. Provides input development of recruiting strategies based upon analysis of department skill sets and business needs and executes recruiting strategies. Leads, guides and directs professionally and technically competent staff members in a variety of assignments, covering a wide geographic range, simultaneously. Manages diverse assignments. Communicates results of engagements with senior managers, advises in solution development, and monitors corrective actions to ensure business improvements are effectively implemented.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages multiple teams conducting complex assurance and consulting engagements. Approves engagement planning, scoping, and test plans, including the use of Data Analytics. Documents audit activities in accordance with professional standards. Effectively allocates resources and individuals in accordance with skills and schedules. Manages day-to-day performance and oversight of audits (i.e., assessing risk, defining scope, managing time budgets, resolving issues).
• For assigned areas, knows the business and understands risks and other key factors impacting the company's ability to accomplish business objectives. Ties the annual plan to business line, focus priorities and business strategy. Suggests adjustments to plan and resource allocation as necessary to focus on key risks and initiatives.
• Develops audit programs and control guidelines for activities within areas of expertise. Reviews and approves planned audit objectives and work to be performed by engagement teams during the audit. Reviews audit work papers to ensure appropriate audit scope, testing adequacy, accuracy of findings, and to verify that audit objectives were satisfied. Maintains focus on being agile and nimble, pivoting as risks change and engaging in key initiatives early and often.
• Using subject-matter expertise and understanding of business strategy and objectives, provides input in the development and execution of the annual risk-based Audit Plan. In tandem with staff, schedules assigned audits. Coordinates audit activities with regulatory examiners and external auditors.
• Communicates results of audits to key department stakeholders and senior management. Develops meaningful, relevant, and well-supported audit reports that effectively communicate deficiency findings and best practice recommendations.
• Evaluates the adequacy of recommendations offered, and ensures appropriate corrective action is taken to reduce unacceptable or undesirable risk. Looks beyond the obvious to ensures audit reports contain practical, actionable and effective recommendations. Develops solutions to business problems and leverages experience and relationships to effect change.
• Develops and maintains relationships with clients, regulators and external auditors. Develops a network of resources to promote the free flow of information within the department and across assigned lines of business. Participates in exit conferences to discuss audit findings and recommendations. Initiates and participates in on-going monitoring activities including meetings with business unit leaders. Serves as subject-matter expert concerning internal control process design and may consult with management on major project initiatives.
• Ensures adherence to audit department policies, processes and quality assurance standards in accordance with departmental goals and industry best practices.
• Assists in development of recruiting strategies based upon analysis of skill sets and business needs. Builds, maintains and leverages a pipeline of candidates to recruit