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POSITION SUMMARY

The Audit Senior Director reports to the Vice President and Assistant General Auditor, Financial Reporting. Responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to: 

• Taking a key leadership role in the development, implementation, and coordination of audits for Internal Audit's Financial Reporting team. 
• Ensuring compliance with Internal Audit's policies and procedures, including compliance with the Internal Audit Division's quality assurance program. 
• Directing efforts required to report the status of audits to senior management, the Board, the independent auditor and regulator. 
• Leading status meetings with key stakeholders, including, for example, Enterprise Risk Management, Finance, the independent auditor, and other members of Internal Audit. 
• Supporting other Internal Audit activities, as appropriate. 
• Performing the second level review of work papers, ensuring that all appropriate test work is performed and documented in accordance with Internal Audit policies and procedures. 
• Generally serving as a key decision maker on most issues, such as ratings of findings, method of testing, etc., and presenting decisions to the officer as needed. 
• Establishing performance standards for jobs in the department and evaluating performance. 
• Maintaining a network of resources to promote free flow of information within the department and across business lines. 
• Coordinating with other Internal Audit teams. 
• Serving as a source of knowledge for others within the team and company, likely possessing the highest level of expertise within Internal Audit on certain technical areas. 
• Responsible for the review and approval of audit approach, as well as key audit documents, such as brainstorming materials, entrance packages, risk control matrices, sample selections, and audit reports. 
• Responsible for administrative tasks such as managing work to deadlines, recruiting, leading team meetings, resource allocation, and monitoring budgets. 
• Managing requests from various other business units. 
• Leading accountingrelated investigations. 
• Oversee 5 to 20 people on a project basis and 1 to10 people on an administrative basis. 

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: ONLY CANDIDATES WITH THE BELOW EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

• Minimum of 12 plus years of previous experience in public accounting and/or internal audit; other relevant experience may be considered
• CPA professional certification
• Experience with Sarbanes Oxley 404 compliance
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting or related field

• Extensive audit and SOX 404 experience with Big Four Accounting Firm and/or large corporate internal audit function
• Financial services industry experience.
• Knowledge of IT risk frameworks, such as COBIT.
• Experience in dealing with accounting related fraud
• Ability to identify and oversee execution of education / training needs and strategies
• Oversee the team's audit plan execution from developing the annual plan to completion of the plan with some involvement in the daytoday oversight
• Able to work independently and consult with Officer when guidance is required
• Should be able to fill in for their Officer when they are out on leave
• Experience establishing performance standards for all jobs in the department, and evaluating departmental performance
• A network of resources to promote free flow of information within the department and across business lines

Base Salary:  $170K plus DOE

Excellent Benefits

ONLY CANDIDATES THAT HAVE THE BELOW EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONTACTED: