Audit Director – Global Financial Crimes Sanctions

Job Description:

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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:
This job is responsible for managing business groups within Corporate Audit and executing on personnel, communication, and expense management activities. Key responsibilities include planning and developing the audit strategy and managing audit services, influencing business executives, and helping business partners balance business strategy with risk management controls. Job expectations include working with senior leadership to develop Audit's coverage strategies, managing relationships with regulatory agencies and internal business management groups, and overseeing personnel issues.

Responsibilities:

• Audit responsibilities for businesses or functional areas related to Financial Crimes, specifically Sanctions.

• Develops the audit strategy for Financial Crimes Sanctions including proper assessment and coverage of risks and emerging risks

• Oversees audit teams to ensure timely execution of the audit plan within quality standards and in conformance to audit policies and procedures

• Gets ahead of risks, identifies themes and continually evaluate areas of priority against the company’s risk profile and control environment

• Promotes the use of innovative tools and technological elements to drive continuous coverage of Company risks

• Owns and communicates importance of operational effectiveness; drives continuous improvement

• Strategic engagement in governance routines, issue remediation / validation, and regulatory engagement

• Demonstrates and fosters critical thinking, strategic mindset; leads and drives change adoption

• Provides comprehensive assessment of key products; increases depth of testing for key products inclusive of applicable laws, rules, and regulations particularly OFAC and understanding of any other sanctions regulations would also be valuable.

• Strong Financial Crimes Sanctions background with focus on core BSA/AML compliance program requirements including Risk Assessments, etc.

• Provides a comprehensive horizontal view of risk specific to Financial Crimes Sanctions globally.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 years of Audit or Risk Management experience

• Familiarity with key Laws and Rules particularly OFAC and understanding of any other sanctions regulations would also be valuable. 

• Strong Project Management skills

• Critical thinking, collaborative and innovative

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (Master’s degree preferred)

Skills:

• Audit Planning

• Regulatory Relations

• Relationship Building

• Risk Management

• Talent Development

• Critical Thinking

• Project Management

• Strategic Thinking

• Strategy Planning and Development

• Written Communications

• Executive Presence

• Financial Management

• Internal Audit Review

• Workforce Diversity Management

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