Audit Manager - Credit Risk and Data Quality SME

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:

As a member of our Credit Audit team, you will focus on Data Quality and execute audit programs designed to measure and report on data risk. The Audit Manager will lead audit engagements and guide junior team members. You will provide independent analysis of control effectiveness based on regulatory requirements, industry best-practices, and company policies & standards. The Audit Manager demonstrates strategic thinking and supports change. You will execute audit testing that is done timely and within conformance to audit policies, standards, and procedures. The Audit Manager drafts quality and timely audit reports and shares results with Management. You will manage business partner relationships when conducting specific audits, while exercising critical thinking and judgment to effectively influence management to improve the control environment. When leading an audit engagement, the Audit Manager is responsible for day-to-day coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback. You will help foster an inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing, leading, and executing an audit program designed to independently validate the completeness and accuracy of data within Enterprise Credit and Credit Risk. 

• Typically works on projects of moderate to high complexity that would involve learning, as you will be responsible for testing the completeness and accuracy of data from point of origin to systems of record, through business use (e.g. reporting) by independently querying systems data. 

• Performing high quality, risk-focused fieldwork, in accordance with Corporate Audit methodologies and standards in order to identify meaningful issues, risks and other exposures as it relates to data and as outlined in the Enterprise Data Management standard. 

• Create / maintain accurate and clear work documents and expected to complete tasks efficiently (on time and accurately).

• Will work with team to provide input to draft quality audit reports and supports sharing audit results with business leaders.

• Exercises critical thinking and judgment to effectively influence management to improve the control environment.

• Actively supports peers and audit team with development as part of on the job training during audit execution.

• Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment.

• Assists with the ownership of key regulatory matters related to data management. 

• Strong problem solving, critical thinking, communication and project management skills are required.

Skills:

• Knowledge of Bank of America business processes and front-end application systems

• Analytical / Automation Skills (SQL, SAS, Python. Alteryx, Advanced Excel)

• Audit Planning

• Internal Audit Review

• Issue Management

• Risk Management

• Business Acumen

• Coaching

• Project Management

• Relationship Building

• Written Communications

• Presentation skills

• Attention to Detail

• Critical Thinking

• Technical Documentation

Required Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of 5 + years of Credit, Risk and/or Auditing experience

• Sound organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills

• Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and project management skills

• Data Analytics, data reporting, or data management experience 

• Ability to successfully communicate to influence management and lead change in both strategic and tactical initiatives

• Self Starter, desire to learn able to teach others, high energy, positive attitude, exhibits flexibility

• Ability to work in a very detailed manner as well as to look broadly across a population and develop connections and themes identifying risk and concerns

• Ability to juggle multiple work efforts and to quickly change direction, as needed

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree

• Enterprise Risk or Credit Risk experience is strongly preferred

• Strong presentation skills

• Strong preference to having Audit experience

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