Manager - Audit

About the Role: Our Internal Audit Group (IAG) is seeking an eager Audit Manager to be part of the IAG’s Resource Centre of Excellence being set-up in India. In this role, the ideal candidate will be responsible for assisting on multiple audit portfolios across IAG. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to showcase and further expand your audit skills, and knowledge!

About the Team: IAG’s Resource Centre of Excellence in India will span across multiple audit portfolios within IAG. The Resource Centre of Excellence team is expected to work with global and regional audit teams to assist on audits across various risk pillars within American Express. The team’s shift timing will have some overlap with other regions, including US, EMEA and LACC. IAG is heavily focused on utilizing a data driven auditing approach across all audit portfolios.

The Key Responsibilities of the role include:
• Participate as a key team member on global and regional audit projects responsible for assisting with annual planning and owning core audit tasks, more complex areas and challenging workloads on successive assignments

• Collaborate with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risk and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results

• Proficient use of automated work papers, analytics and other department and company tools

• Monitor a portfolio of audit analytics, assess results, & use data to tell the business story, and work with audit and business colleagues to validate findings

• Evaluate results, synthesize audit findings across the project, draft audit reports and ensure effective and efficient execution of audits in conformance with professional and department standards, budgets, and timelines

• Present audit objectives, scope, and results to senior management, clearly articulating the potential impact of control gaps in a highly professional and proficient manner

• Assist audit leaders and other team members in accomplishing team objectives and producing results.

• Execute multiple simultaneous global audit projects of all sizes and complexity across multiple business areas including integrated audits that consider financial, operational, compliance and technology risk.

• Effectively coach, teach, mentor and develop junior colleagues and co-sourced resources across all aspects of their role, the audit and analytic lifecycle, and audit methodology

• Effectively manage scheduling, utilization and performance management for the assigned team members

• Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development

Minimum Qualifications • 7+ years of relevant audit experience within the financial Services Industry

• BA, BS, or equivalent degree in accounting or finance related field

• Knowledge and experience in the application of control theory and professional auditing practices including the audit lifecycle

• Understanding of regulatory, accounting, and financial industry best practices relevant to the business, including technology and data implications

• Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate results and control recommendations with transparency and integrity

• Strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver quality, actionable and beneficial feedback to management on potential control issues and solutions to close gaps.

• Effectively works independently, within a team and across teams in a fast-paced environment to drive business results, utilizing related project management skills, employing creative thinking, and the ability to work on competing priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with technology control testing including interface inputs, reports, application security, business continuity and third parties

• Experience with using data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and scorecards / dashboards

• Background in information systems, data analytics or information technology

• Professional Certification (CIA, CPA, CISA or equivalent)

• Experience from big accounting firms or global internal audit functions