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Job Title:

IT Auditor

Location:

CityScape

What you'll do:

As an IT Auditor, you'll assist in assessing the design and operating effectiveness of IT controls within the various integrated audits in your assigned coverage areas, supporting the execution of the department's annual audit plan. You'll prepare for and attend process walkthrough meetings, document process narratives, and test controls for adherence to bank policies and procedures, and compliance with federal and state banking regulations. You'll follow a similar process for testing and validating implemented management action plans designed to close audit issues. You'll report to an IT Associate Audit Director while working with our Banking Operations audit function in the department, participating in integrated audits primarily in banking operations but not limited to information technology, credit administration, risk management, and compliance disciplines as required. Your IT Associate Audit Director will serve as your mentor to assist in your professional development. You'll also have the opportunity of attending and participating in your peer group meetings, which provide support and insight as your career develops.

• Support the IT Audit Director, IT Associate Audit Director, and IT Audit Project Manager with integrated audits, mainly the banking operations audit function but not limited to information technology, credit administration, risk management, and compliance disciplines as required and completes multiple audit assignments and/or projects.
• Understand risk management frameworks to help in internal control evaluation of audit assignments.
• Using the audit software (Wdesk/Workiva), create audit documentation for process narratives and test the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls to established policies & procedures as well as regulatory guidance. Respond to review notes generated by IT Audit Project Manager and IT Associate Audit Director and provides conclusions and recommendations per audit methodology. Perform additional testing as determined to be necessary.
• As assigned, plan and perform test of validation for implemented management action plans. Assist in the closure of audit issues per audit methodology.
• Provide ad-hoc reports and status updates to supervisors.
• Comply with department annual training requirements and proactively draft and discuss performance goals with IT Associate Audit Director.
• Attend and participate in team, peer, and one-on-one meetings.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Relevant certifications preferred (i.e., CISA, CISSP, or CIA).
• The role primarily focuses on auditing IT general controls and IT dependent controls relied upon by business and financial process owners. The auditor assesses the design and operating effectiveness of controls across areas such as access management, change management, system development lifecycle, IT infrastructure and operations, and cybersecurity.
• Prior relevant experience in financial services and internal audit preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices preferred.
• Skills expected relative to experience level include time management, organizational, public speaking, and written communication.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Candidates may be considered for other open positions based on relevant experience and interview performance.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands - Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank - that remain part of the company's heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation