Lead Internal Auditor

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team, you will provide expert advice on examining and analyzing accounting and operational records; determine financial status, efficiency, and effectiveness of operating and reporting procedures.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Lead Internal Auditor - Capital Markets role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business partners to assess the process risks and controls
• Work closely with team members to develop strategies and methodologies to assess design of the controls and operating effectiveness.
• Develop conclusions based on outcome of work and data to provide recommendations and support business partners in achieving their objectives.

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experience 

• 4 years of relevant experience

Desired Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Master’s and/or MBA, preferred
• Educational focus on finance, accounting, and/or business administration
• Professional certification, such as CPA, CIA, CIDA, FRM, PRM, CFA, preferred
• Understand audit process (planning, fieldwork, and reporting)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Money Markets: Agency Securities, Treasury Bills, Repurchase Agreements, Fed Funds
• Demonstrate an understanding of Capital Market Classification, Primary Market, Secondary Market
• Demonstrate an understanding of Fixed Income Securities: Treasury Bond, Agency Bonds, Mortgage Backed Securities
• Demonstrate an understanding of the derivatives instruments (Swaps, Forwards, Futures, Options), categories (Option and forward type contracts), Exchange Traded and Over the Counter
• Demonstrate an understanding of hedging theory (hedge constructing, long vs short)  and related strategies to manage risks
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Mortgage Pass Through Securities including related risks such as negative convexity, Yield Uncertainty, prepayment speed estimates
• Demonstrate an understanding of Structured Finance, such as Credit Risk Transfer, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO)
• Demonstrate an understanding of Risk Management (Liquidity Risk Management, Interest Rate Risk Management), Performance Reporting, Asset and Liability Management
• Demonstrate an understanding of Trading Infrastructure including but not limited to trading function, portfolio management, trade settlement

Skills

• Risk assessment and management skills including evaluating and designing controls, conducting impact assessments, identifying control gaps, and remediating risk
• Skilled in presenting information and/or ideas to an audience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand
• Experience gathering accurate information to explain concepts and answer critical questions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience analyzing data to identify trends or relationships to inform conclusions about the data

Tools

• Skilled in TeamMate for audit solutions
• Skilled in Excel
• Skilled in Microsoft Teams