Internal Auditor III-Specialty

Internal Auditor III-Specialty

District of Columbia Washington

Exp 1-2 yrs

Deg Bachelors

Job Description

The Auditor - Specialty III assists with planning, executing and reporting audits of complex functionalities and output of various information technology systems, applications or platforms/operating systems, financial and statistical models, or risk management activities for compliance with corporate policies and procedures. Fully demonstrate generalized knowledge of the mortgage industry and business operations. Demonstrate developing specialized knowledge of the mortgage industry and business operations as it relates to models, risk management, or technology systems.

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS •Apply specialized technical knowledge and expertise to perform reviews relating to the full life cycle of models, information technology applications, or risk management/analysis used across the company.

•Successfully perform all key job functions of the Internal Auditor - Specialty role at a higher level of complexity, scope and autonomy. Coordinate and lead audit team meetings to discuss the audit plan, including audit background, preliminary objectives/scope (identified during the Annual Audit Planning process), audit budget, audit execution schedule, affected departments, contacts and expectations. Take ownership and independently manage subsets of audits with minimal oversight from Audit Manager/Director - Specialty.

•Conduct first-level review of Internal Auditor - Specialty work and documentation; leverage Internal Audit Manager/Director - Specialty guidance as needed. Review audit documentation; begin to determine risks and the potential impact of risks on the organization. Perform root cause analysis on exceptions identified during audits. Validate and document Risk Control Matrix; write test procedures based on Risk Control Matrix. Draft audit reports; revise and finalize with Audit Manager/Director - Specialty.

•Write ICIs, discuss with audit management and validate issues with customers; assist with additional report writing as needed. Assist with tracking results of prior audits, identifying audit themes across organizations and determining if appropriate corrective action has been taken regarding significant audit concerns. Contribute to strengthening and improving the governance, risk and control environment of the organization; share issues, ideas and recommendations with the Internal Audit Manager/Director - Specialty and Internal Audit teams.

•Provide informal, day-to-day coaching and guidance to Internal Auditor - Specialty. Share knowledge of specialty areas to build knowledge and capabilities across Internal Audit. Build and maintain relationships with business partners at the manager and staff levels. Provide advice and share Internal Audit knowledge with business partner managers and staff to strengthen governance, risk and control environments, as appropriate.

EDUCATION

•Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Certifications

•CFA, FRM/PRM, CIA, CPA, CFE, CISA, CISM, CISSP

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

•1 to 3 years of relevant experience

•Public accounting

•Mortgage Banking and/or previous company specific experience

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

•3+ years of experience as an IT Auditor focusing primarily on Data Analytics required.

•Must demonstrate the ability to successfully develop and run analytics (scripts) using specialized audit software, specifically, Audit Command Language (ACL) and Tableau Business Intelligence Software.

•Must demonstrate working knowledge of the SAS platform.

•Ability to understand scenarios and requirements within business processes for building analytics, develop scripts to generate desired output, validate results with audit customers, document results, maintain a repository of analytics, and schedule the automated execution of certain analytics for the purpose of continuous auditing/monitoring.

•Must demonstrate the ability to profile data using data analytic software and provide audit teams with insight into trends, anomalies, and unusual transactions that can be evidence of control gaps, data quality issues, lack of adequate monitoring, fraud, or process improvement opportunities.

•Previous financial services industry experience with data is preferred.