Audit Manager

Job Description

As an Internal Audit Manager, you will assist in audit engagement relate to Visa products and international market operations.  You will design and drive the execution of key areas of each audit engagement, while assisting more junior members of the team where appropriate. You will serve as a key contact with client management, explaining the audit process and scope, keeping management apprised of audit progress and issues, and effectively delivering audit results to all levels of management. Stay abreast of company business strategies, industry advances, and the risk profile of assigned business areas to ensure relevancy of audit approach.

Essential Functions:

• Participate in audit risk assessment, planning and audit scope development as well as project execution as a critical team member on large, complex projects.
• Lead the execution of specific areas of a project, supervising other team members and providing coaching where requested.
• Act as the in-charge for selected audit projects, conducting the audit planning, overseeing the execution of the audit, and leading closing activities. Supervision includes assessing project status and results and overseeing timely completion, including work paper review and report preparation.
• Provide reports to managers on the effectiveness of their business unit's internal control structure along with recommendations that improve the effectiveness, efficiency and economic value of a control or process.
• Evaluate the adequacy and timeliness of management's response and the corrective action taken on relevant weaknesses noted within audit reports.
• Facilitate multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verify that risks are mitigated appropriately.
• Maintain business relationships with appropriate levels of management to ensure that Audit is aware of changes in business activities and objectives, and a necessary Audit response is developed.
• Possess outstanding written and oral communication skills.  Ideas should be expressed clearly and concisely.
• Performing as a sole contributor, teammate, and manager concurrently, while reporting into the Sr. Director, Internal Audit.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 4 years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree such as Masters, MBA, JD, MD
• 6 years or more with operations auditing, financial services auditing, risk management, and compliance experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably 7 to 10 years of experiences, including 4 to 6 years internal audit experience with a large or multinational financial institution, payments industry, or consulting firm, plus minimum 3 years with big 4 or multinational public accounting firm.
• Relevant professional certifications such as CIA, CPA, CISA, CISSP.
• Strong risk management experience, including performing assessments and audits, designing controls, managing enterprise control frameworks, and prioritizing risk.
• Demonstrated experience executing audits within a complex operational and regulatory environment.
• Experience evaluating controls associated with complex business processes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational and presentation skills.