Director, Internal Audit, Personal Banking and Commercial Banking Operations
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Using a risk-based approach, oversee the audit lead for all aspects of an audit including planning, execution and reporting. Provider oversight of the team of professional auditors assigned to the engagement for sufficient scope, accuracy and alignment with Internal Audit methodology. Ensure adequate coverage of key risk areas to support an overall opinion on internal controls and risk management practices to Senior Management. Ensure the breadth and scope of audit documentation including audit issues are complete, accurate with the sufficiency and appropriateness of the evidence obtained to support the conclusion.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with key business stakeholders. Support management in developing robust action plans to address deficiencies, and ensure corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner to effectively address the issues.
- Contribute to the annual audit planning and risk assessment processes. Identify opportunities for Internal Audit to provide assurance or advisory services consistent with its role to evaluate and improve risk management, control, and governance processes.
- As a strategic thinker, develop new assurance strategies and data-driven approaches to produce risk and control insights for business partners, and increase Internal Audit’s efficiency and effectiveness.
- Keep abreast of organizational, regulatory, product, strategic and financial changes and/or trends through continuous monitoring to identify top and emerging risks impacting assigned business units.
- Proactively initiate discussions and solutions to new opportunities, challenges and approaches, and challenge status quo.
- Contribute to creating and maintaining a positive, collaborative, transparent and productive working environment within the team.
- Develop and maintain authentic, positive and productive working relationships with senior leadership within Personal Banking and Commercial Banking Operations.
- Subject matter expert of Personal Banking and/or Commercial Banking Operations, with an ability to assess the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management practices, and corporate governance processes.
- Business experience in a financial institution and/or external audit firm, dealing with multiple business platforms, business processes, geographies, and legal entities, as evidenced by 10-12 years relevant experience.
- Undergrad University Degree
- Professional Accounting or Audit certification
- Audit experience (annual planning through reporting) in a leadership role
- Demonstrated expertise and deep knowledge of audit including risk-based audit plan development, engagement management, report and issue writing, managing executive level client meetings and relationships, and audit committee reporting / presentation preparation.
- Experience interpreting data extracted from Advanced Analytics.