Senior Auditor

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
 

Job Description:
This job is responsible for performing test work during moderately complex audit activities for Lines of Business (LOBs). Key responsibilities include designing and executing audit tests to evaluate the control environment, and assessing issues for business impact and recommending severity ratings under the supervision of senior team members.

Responsibilities:

• Executes audit strategy for the sound application of risk-based auditing by assisting with development of individual audit scope and audit programs, and leverages automation and innovative methods in a timely and high quality manner

• Identifies control deficiencies, discusses with line management, and initiates control matter recommendations.

• Assesses impacts to business processes, controls, and strategies to provide recommendations on severity ratings.

• Establishes business partner relationships, when executing Audit reviews or issue validation work.

• Develops skills to use innovative tools to complete audit activities more efficiently (e.g., testing)

•  Exercises sound knowledge of product, business, and technical expertise to effectively challenge management to improve the control environment

Skills:

• Internal Audit Methodology (Risk and Control testing)

• Issue Management

• Risk Management

• Audit Planning

• Analytical Thinking

• Project Management

• Automation

• Technical Documentation

• Attention to Detail

• Relationship Building

• Critical Thinking

• Written and Verbal Communications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years Audit or risk control risk/controls background preferably in financial services.

• Project management skills, proven organizational, coordination and action tracking skills.

• Experience in performing end-to-end substantive testing. Understanding of statistical sampling testing approach is a plus.

• Ability to plan, execute and evaluate audit test plans within a risk-based audit methodology.

• Strong analytical skills. 

• Ability to work in a very detailed manner.

• Ability to successfully communicate to Audit leaders.

• Strong interpersonal skills and effective communicator, both orally and in writing.

• Self-starter, desire to learn able to teach others, positive attitude, exhibits flexibility.

• Bachelors degree and/or Advanced degree with relevant experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Background in auditing Third Party Risk Management

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certification

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - CT - Stamford - 600 Washington Blvd (CT2561)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range$85,000.00 - $102,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.