Hybrid Audit Project Manager – Professional Practices

at U.S. Bank

• Job title: Audit Project Manager – Professional Practices
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $105,400 - $124,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Audit Project Manager managing audit engagements across diverse teams and processes for U.S. Bank. Supervising audit staff and ensuring quality deliverables in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervising audit staff in the completion of assigned audit engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely.
• Supervision includes: Assessing work performed by staff by providing coaching notes that are relevant to the scope, accuracy and completeness of work performed.
• Performing sufficient reviews to ensure work contains relevant facts to support audit scope and conclusions and adhere to internal audit policies and procedures.
• Reviewing issues to ensure potential exposures and significance are included, root causes are identified, and operationally effective and cost-effective actions to address those causes are developed into appropriate recommendations.
• Completing or assisting managers in planning audit engagements. Includes identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks and critical controls; interviewing auditees; determining audit scope; evaluating control design adequacy; and developing audit programs which provide sufficient guidance for testing control performance effectiveness and making evaluations which effectively achieve audit objectives.
• Assisting the managers in reporting and wrap-up phases of assigned audits. Includes appropriate disposition of issues and drafting audit reports which include issues.
• Monitoring progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule. Includes making necessary adjustments and promptly completing work paper reviews on a timely basis to ensure all issues are identified and dispositioned prior to report draft issuance.
• Providing on-the-job training for staff. Includes business knowledge of products, services, and delivery systems; company policies and procedures; applicable laws and regulations; and formal/informal control frameworks.
• Collaborating across the three lines of defense regarding business processes, risks, and controls.
• Coordinating audit activities by integrating other internal audit subject matter teams (Information Technology, Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance, Risk Management, Treasury, etc.) to ensure appropriate and efficient coverage of the business products, services and processes.
• Managing the team’s workload to assist other audit teams when resources are needed for areas of higher risk.
• Proactively managing assignments to ensure smooth handoffs between teams and consistent, efficient use of time and resources year-round.
• Performing other duties as requested by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically more than six years of applicable experience
• Thrives in dynamic settings by adjusting to various leadership methods and building strong partnerships across teams
• Considerable knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact their assigned line of business
• Considerable understanding of the business line’s operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls
• Considerable knowledge of Risk/Compliance/Audit competencies and ability to hold others accountable on individual projects
• Strong process facilitation, project management, and analytical skills for complex processes
• Business acumen and credibility to help business line(s) proactively identify and address changing workforce needs
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Applicable professional certifications preferred

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law