Senior Internal Audit Associate - Issue Validations Team

We are seeking a Senior Associate to join the Issue Validation Team within Internal Audit.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and agile team where members learn from each other and grow together to influence our organization's control environment!

As a Senior Associate within the Issue Validation Team, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of issue validations, including planning, fieldwork and reporting.

This highly visible role offers exposure to multiple Lines of Business, including Commercial and Investment Bank, Asset & Wealth Management, and Corporate Functions, and their senior executives.

Job Responsibilities


* Apply a risk and control mindset while planning, executing and documenting issue validations in accordance with department standards


* Collaborate with other Audit teams (e.g., LOB Audit, Data Analytics, Technology) to ensure comprehensive coverage of the current control environment


* Exercise sound judgment to provide an overall opinion on the control environment through developing recommendations to strengthen internal controls


* Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, furthering a culture of engagement while adding value


* Finalize audit findings and present validation results to senior management in a clear and concise manner


* Stay current with evolving regulatory, industry and market events impacting the firm and its control environment


* Promote a business climate and culture that encourages integrity, respect, excellence and innovation


* Identify opportunities to apply AI-enabled tools, prompt engineering, and data analytics and drive adoption of those approaches across the audit lifecycle to enhance audit quality, efficiency and risk coverage.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills


* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline


* 5+ years of internal or external auditing experience, or relevant experience


* Strong knowledge of internal risk and control concepts


* Experience understanding internal audit methodology and applying concepts to audit work


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex and sensitive issues to senior management


* Adaptable to evolving business priorities and effective at multitasking in a dynamic environment


* Advanced in Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel)


* Experience with using data analytics and large language model, as well as champion a culture of innovation

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills


* Advanced Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline


* CPA, CIA or similar designation


* Experience with internal audit in financial services


* Strong data analytics skills, such as experience with Alteryx or Tableau


* Experience utilizing AI-enabled productivity tools and data analytics techniques to improve audit quality, efficiency, and risk coverage.

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