Date: Feb 24, 2014
Location: Phoenix, AZ, US
Senior Audit Manager - Corporate Staff, Internal Audit Group-14002840
Description
The Internal Audit Group (IAG) is a worldwide function with over 150 team members and offices in 7 countries. We are comprised of assurance and risk professionals with diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting and banking operations. The IAG organization consists of 14 audit teams aligned with the business units and staff groups along with a professional practice and quality assurance team and a reporting and regulator relations team. All teams report into the General Auditor who reports directly to the American Express Company Audit and Risk Committee and administratively to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Responsibilities Include:
- Participate as a key team member on technology audit projects, having responsibility for more complex areas
- Comfortably assume core audit responsibilities in all audit phases
- Focus on more complex areas such as applications, general technology controls, and system development
- Assist team leaders, managers, senior auditors and staff auditors in accomplishing team objectives
- Draft audit report for provision to team leader
- Assess inherent risks, evaluate control designs, develop and execute audit tests
- Assess the impact of control deficiencies
- Present audit findings to management through status updates and closing meetings
- Assist in the development of cost-justified, value-added management actions
- Effectively handle larger and more challenging workloads on successive assignments
- Produce excellent results in audit projects across multiple business areas and for different team leaders
- Proficient use of automated work papers and other department and company tools
- Ensure effective and efficient execution of audits in conformance with professional and department standards, budgets, and timelines
- Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development
- Supervise the work of co-sourced resources and less tenured staff
- Act as a coach and mentor to managers, seniors, staff auditors and co-sourced resources
- Conduct shirt sleeves/lunch and learn presentations as directed
Qualifications
- Six years or more of technology audit experience (general technology controls, application and pre-implementation system development reviews) for financial services/banking industry
- BA or BS in or equivalent in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field or advanced degree in Accounting, or related field is preferred
- Professional Certification (CIA, CISA, CPA, or equivalent) required
- Understanding and appreciation of regulatory, accounting, and financial industry guidance and best practices relevant to the business, including technology implications
- Understanding of business technologies and its impact to control practices
- Demonstrated proficiency of technology auditing control disciplines including both thorough and general knowledge in one or more relevant areas of technical specialization (e.g., application development, security software, mainframe and distributed systems, operations, disaster recovery, or change management)
- Knowledge and experience in control theory and professional auditing practices
- Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions to complex control, financial, or technical issues
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver high quality, actionable feedback on a variety of complex issues to executive and line management on control issues and potential solutions to close control gaps
- Effectively works independently within a team construct, while supporting teamwork and achievement of team objectives
- Ability to travel
Job: Finance
Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix
Schedule: Full-time
Nearest Major Market: Phoenix
Job Segments: Audit, Internal Audit, Law, Mainframe, Credit, Finance, Legal, Technology
Description
The Internal Audit Group (IAG) is a worldwide function with over 150 team members and offices in 7 countries. We are comprised of assurance and risk professionals with diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting and banking operations. The IAG organization consists of 14 audit teams aligned with the business units and staff groups along with a professional practice and quality assurance team and a reporting and regulator relations team. All teams report into the General Auditor who reports directly to the American Express Company Audit and Risk Committee and administratively to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Responsibilities Include:
- Participate as a key team member on technology audit projects, having responsibility for more complex areas
- Comfortably assume core audit responsibilities in all audit phases
- Focus on more complex areas such as applications, general technology controls, and system development
- Assist team leaders, managers, senior auditors and staff auditors in accomplishing team objectives
- Draft audit report for provision to team leader
- Assess inherent risks, evaluate control designs, develop and execute audit tests
- Assess the impact of control deficiencies
- Present audit findings to management through status updates and closing meetings
- Assist in the development of cost-justified, value-added management actions
- Effectively handle larger and more challenging workloads on successive assignments
- Produce excellent results in audit projects across multiple business areas and for different team leaders
- Proficient use of automated work papers and other department and company tools
- Ensure effective and efficient execution of audits in conformance with professional and department standards, budgets, and timelines
- Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development
- Supervise the work of co-sourced resources and less tenured staff
- Act as a coach and mentor to managers, seniors, staff auditors and co-sourced resources
- Conduct shirt sleeves/lunch and learn presentations as directed
Qualifications
- Six years or more of technology audit experience (general technology controls, application and pre-implementation system development reviews) for financial services/banking industry
- BA or BS in or equivalent in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field or advanced degree in Accounting, or related field is preferred
- Professional Certification (CIA, CISA, CPA, or equivalent) required
- Understanding and appreciation of regulatory, accounting, and financial industry guidance and best practices relevant to the business, including technology implications
- Understanding of business technologies and its impact to control practices
- Demonstrated proficiency of technology auditing control disciplines including both thorough and general knowledge in one or more relevant areas of technical specialization (e.g., application development, security software, mainframe and distributed systems, operations, disaster recovery, or change management)
- Knowledge and experience in control theory and professional auditing practices
- Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions to complex control, financial, or technical issues
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver high quality, actionable feedback on a variety of complex issues to executive and line management on control issues and potential solutions to close control gaps
- Effectively works independently within a team construct, while supporting teamwork and achievement of team objectives
- Ability to travel
Job: Finance
Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix
Schedule: Full-time
Nearest Major Market: Phoenix
Job Segments: Audit, Internal Audit, Law, Mainframe, Credit, Finance, Legal, Technology
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