Senior Auditor

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Conduct and documents moderately complex audit fieldwork. Apply knowledge of credit risk management, operations, and business processes to complete assignments. Interacts with internal project teams and senior leadership. May provide work direction and guidance to lower-level auditors and new staff. The level of work is intermediate, and staff will work with support. This job does not have any direct reports. You will report to the Audit Manager.

Your Responsibilities:

• Participate in audit planning and brainstorming activities.
• Conduct moderately complex audit fieldwork, including preparing work papers observing IIA standards Performs on-going monitoring and important indicator reviews of specific responsibilities.
• Identify risks and articulate their impacts.
• Assess the basic design and operating effectiveness of IT general controls.
• Assess how key controls are incorporated into business applications.
• Develop findings and report documentation.
• Present findings to senior leadership
• Perform follow-up on reported findings and documents results.
• Ensure work papers are prepared observing IIA standards.
• Provide general guidance and training to new staff.
• Be the Audit liaison for low to moderate risk business processes.
• Participate in department, Bank or System-wide projects.
• Assess the effectiveness of low to moderately complex projects to achieve intended goals and benefits, to deliver expected results, and to manage risks.
• Help evaluate the design, function, and actual results from governance & oversight, project & risk management, quality assurance reviews, development/ acquisition, testing, and delivery.
• Communication and stakeholder focused.

Your Background:

• 1+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s Degree; preferred field of study: Accounting, Finance or Business
• CPA, CIA or CISA in progress
• General understanding of Federal Reserve System business lines and strategies at local and System level

What we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off, transit benefit, onsite gym, and subsidized cafeteria. 
• A continuous learning environment with opportunities to gain new skills and grow your career 

Additional Requirements:

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take approximately two months to be completed. The screening covers areas such as education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reaches out to your references and people that know you well.
• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary.
• This document indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. An employee's responsibilities, tasks, and duties might differ from those outlined in the job description, and other duties, as assigned, are a part of the job. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reserves the right to modify the elements of this job description, as business needs require.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. 

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job CategoryAudit Family

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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