IA CBNA Audit Manager

Company: Citi
Location: Irving
Posted on: January 23, 2023

Job Description:

Background

Citi Internal Audit (IA) is a dynamic global function of over 2,500 professionals located across more than 60 countries, covering Citi's global businesses and services to clients and customers through its network in 90+ countries. Through a culture of continuous improvement, Citi IA is focused on maintaining its position as a best-in-class IA function and is committed to investing in people, learning and development, innovation and methodology programs.

The Internal Audit mission is to provide independent, objective, reliable, valued, and timely assurance to the Board, senior management and regulators of Citigroup and Citibank (and its subsidiaries), over the effectiveness of culture, ethical conduct, governance, risk management, and controls that mitigate current and evolving risks and to enhance the control environment.

The function is made up of multiple teams covering each of Citi's product and functional areas, as well as dedicated teams for IA Operations, IA Innovation, and IA Quality Assurance.

Citibank, N.A. (CBNA or the Bank) is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. accounting for approximately 75% of Citigroup's total assets. The Bank is subject to regulation and examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and also by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB). The foreign branches, representative offices and subsidiaries of CBNA are subject to regulation and examination by their respective foreign financial regulators as well as by the OCC and the FRB. In response to the guidance each of these agencies produces, the support team, under the CBNA CEO, is responsible for the governance and control infrastructure for the Bank.

The IA CBNA team is a central team within IA, reporting to the Chief Auditor for Citibank, N.A. This team will be accountable for oversight, coordination and direction within IA to enable consistent and sufficient coverage across CBNA by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with Internal Audit Product/Functions team(s), Business & Functions Risk/Control, Program leads and Citi's CBNA Management Team. The team is responsible for effective check and challenge and driving consistency, coverage, structuring and resourcing needs, coordination, aggregation, and reporting from an IA perspective of CBNA. The IA CBNA team also provides risk-based audit coverage of Citi's Controls Group (under the CBNA CEO) and the CAO Function.

Job Description

The Audit Manager is an intermediate level role responsible for managing a team that is performing complex and critical audits and assessments of Citi's risk and control environments in coordination with the Audit team. The overall objective is to manage an effective Internal Audit team, that ensures the firm meets audit standards and regulations in partnership with business leaders and the develop, execute, and evaluate audit plans.

The individual will be a member of the IA CBNA team reporting to the CBNA Senior Audit Manager focusing on matters across CBNA. In addition to performing audits and validation work, the Audit Manager will produce high quality governance reporting for the CBNA Chief Auditor, becoming a subject matter expert on source data and IA management information, and driving key IA initiatives, as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute audit plans, and manage audit activities, including delivering risk-based audits, validating issues, updating risk assessments, performing quarterly business monitoring
• Manage a small to medium sized team of Internal Audit professionals that delivers audit reports, in accordance with Internal audit and regulatory standards
• Establish and maintain a working relationship with key stakeholders including the CBNA & Controls management team and the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) team.
• Build strong partnerships across IA to develop a strong understanding of IA's coverage of high impact areas for CBNA and Controls.
• Prepare high-quality, board-level reporting in relation to IA work on CBNA, ensuring a succinct summary of the key items/themes for attention, supported by accurate, insightful analysis
• Coordinate with IA's Global Management Information team to create advanced automated solutions to drive reporting for key stakeholders on audit information and control environment trends; ensure operational information related to IA CBNA activities is provided timely to key stakeholders
• Apply a legal entity lens to IA's audit universe and plan, proactively analyzing and identify any gaps in assurance coverage for CBNA
• Advise and assists the business on change initiatives, while advancing integrated auditing concepts and technology adoption
• Operate with a limited level of direct supervision and exercise independence of judgement and autonomy
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards. Qualifications
  • 6-10 years of relevant experience
  • Related certifications (CPA, ACA, CFA, CIA, CISA or similar) preferred
  • Effective verbal, written and negotiation skills
  • Effective project management skills
  • Effective influencing and relationship management skills
    • Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment
    • Strong understanding of Control Standards
    • Experience providing timely, high-quality, insightful data analytics and reporting under tight deadlines and among multiple competing deliverables, with flexibility to prioritize workload accordingly.
    • High level of proficiency with the MS Office Suite is essential, including Excel functions and PowerPoint. VBA knowledge is a plus, as is experience working with datasets in an SQL environment. Education
      • Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred
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          Job Family Group:
          
          Internal Audit -
          
          Job Family:
          
          Audit
          
          Time Type:
          
          Full time
          
          Primary Location:
          
          New York New York United States
          
          Primary Location Salary Range:
          
          $125,540.00 - $188,310.00
          
          Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
          
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