Sr Audit Group Manager

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$119,110 - $193,550 USD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate’s skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs. 

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Line of Business:

Audit

Job Description:

The Senior Audit Group Manager leads and develops a team of audit professionals and oversees, plans and executes audits and/or projects of varying complexity and may act as a subject matter expert in own area of expertise. Provides guidance, leadership, coaching and development to ensure operational results and professional/personal development objectives are achieved for the overall group.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
• Oversees and leads a large, significant and/or highly complex, and diverse audit team for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope
• People Manager role that generally manages a team greater than 5 Audit professionals/specialists
• Strategic advisor to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areas
• Facilitates key strategic audit discussions and provides thought leadership to executives
• Highly specialized expert with in-depth knowledge to manage audits for multiple, significant complex businesses, functional areas and/or global business lines
• Sets operational team direction and collaborates with others to execute on common goals
• Focuses on long term planning for functional area
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion
• May participates on or leads various projects/ division initiatives as needed
• Demonstrates TD leadership Core Values
• Recognizes team members’ contributions
• Strong presentation skills when delivering training and presentation at the division level, industry conferences, workshops, etc.

Education & Experience:

• Undergraduate degree or relevant professional certifications, accounting designations, or equivalent education required
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Advanced knowledge of audit standards, procedures, laws, rules and regulations
• Advanced knowledge of risk management environment, standards, regulations and mitigation
• Knowledge of current and emerging trends
• Skilled in managing budgets and resource allocation.
• Skilled in mentoring, coaching and performance management
• Skilled in using computer applications including MS Office
• Advanced ability to lead, plan, implement and evaluate program/project activities to ensure completion of audit
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
• Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships across teams and functions
• Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in making decisions
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines
• Ability to establish goals and objectives that support the strategic plan
• Ability to contribute to strategic direction of the audit function and provide advice to senior leadership
• Ability to forecast initiatives and demand in order to develop annual strategic audit plan

Customer Accountabilities:

• Develops, communicates and implements a holistic strategy for audit area of expertise in support of and integrated with the overall audit strategy
• Oversees/leads/manages and plans audit engagement work activities to ensure adequate risk coverage which may require alignment across multiple areas
• Contributes to the risk assessment process to develop the divisional annual plan
• Acts as lead audit advisor to management and respective teams for area of specialization; reports on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior management
• Acts as a strategic audit advisor by providing counsel and guidance on audit issues; leads relationships with key enterprise partners and interfaces with respective leadership team to effectively manage own audit area and clarify scope of accountabilities while influencing and aligning others as needed
• Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadership
• Forecasts initiatives and demand, and coordinates prioritization of the portfolio/initiatives with key stakeholders
• Provides functional/business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or leaders are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business strategies and executive management direction
• Leads the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies/processes/procedures/changes across multiple audit areas

Shareholder Accountabilities:

• Ensures team adheres to internal policies/procedures, enterprise frameworks and methodologies and applicable regulatory guidelines, contributes to the review of internal processes and activities and assists in identifying potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for their business area
• Leads relationships with business lines/corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
• Supports team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts to the Bank
• Assesses/identifies key issues and escalates to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and audit management where required
• Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes and sound infrastructure in alignment with risk appetite
• Identifies, mitigates and reports on risk issues per enterprise policy/guidelines and ensures appropriate escalation processes are followed
• Leads or contributes to cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations
• Oversees or leads the facilitation and/or implementation of own internal audit action/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues

Employee/Team Accountabilities:

• Responsible for management of the overall team(s) providing both leadership and guidance
• Sets targets and objectives for the team, and delivers results
• Grows team expertise to align with enterprise demand and the Bank’s direction; assesses team skills and capabilities and continually looks for ways to provide and enhance the value delivered
• Fosters an environment/culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork and a high level of professionalism
• Coordinates necessary resources to ensure completion of Audit assignment by deadlines
• Provides coaching, development, succession, recruitment, resource management and overall team leadership for team members and provides regular input into team members’ assessment of performance and development plans
• Prioritizes and manages own workload in order to deliver quality results and meets timelines
• Supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/points of interest
• Identifies and recommends opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency
• Establishes effective relationships across multiple business areas
• Supports and manages teams through change
• Be a brand ambassador for Internal Audit both internally to the bank and externally

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Who We Are:
TD is one of the world’s leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues. 

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we’re here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package

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Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, email the TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at [email protected]. Include your full name, best way to reach you, and the accommodation needed to assist you with the application process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.