Sr Audit Group Manager- Audit Methodology

Senior Audit Group ManagerWork Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America Hours: 40 Pay Details: $119,110 - $193,550 USD TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role. Line of Business: AuditJob Description: The Senior Audit Group Manager leads and develops a team of audit professionals and is responsible for overseeing, planning and executing audits and/or projects of varying complexity and may act as a subject matter expert in own area of expertise. Accountable to provide guidance, leadership, coaching and development to ensure operational results and professional/personal development objectives are achieved for the overall group. Consideration will be made for other locations/remote for highly qualified candidates.

Depth & Scope:Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as requiredOversees and leads a large, significant and/or highly complex, and diverse audit team for an area of significant risk, complexity or scopePeople Manager role that generally manages a team of Audit professionals/specialistsStrategic advisor to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areasFacilitates key strategic audit discussions and provide thought leadership to executivesHighly specialized expert with in-depth knowledge to manage audits for multiple, significant complex businesses, functional areas and/or global business linesSets operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goalsFocuses on long term planning for functional areaAbility to process and handle confidential information with discretionMay participate on or leads various projects/division initiatives as neededDemonstrates TD leadership Core ValuesRecognizes team members' contributionsStrong presentation skills when delivering training and presentation at the division level, industry conferences, workshops, etc. Education & Experience:Undergraduate degree requiredAdvanced knowledge of audit standards, procedures, laws, rules and regulationsAdvanced knowledge of risk management environment, standards, regulations and mitigationKnowledge of current and emerging trendsSkilled in managing budgets and resource allocation. Skilled in mentoring, coaching and performance managementSkilled in using computer applications including MS OfficeAdvanced ability to lead, plan, implement and evaluate program/project activities to ensure completion of auditAbility to communicate effectively in both oral and written formAbility to work collaboratively and build relationships across teams and functionsAbility to work successfully as a member of a team and independentlyAbility to exercise sound judgement in making decisionsAbility to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlinesAbility to establish goals and objectives that support the strategic planAbility to contribute to strategic direction of the audit function and provide advice to senior leadershipAbility to forecast initiatives and demand in order to develop annual strategic audit planServes as the Senior Audit Group Manager for the team within Professional Practices. Spearheads the strategy, design, and execution of the Internal Audit Methodology for the global Internal Audit division supporting approximately 800 colleagues.10+ years of relevant experienceProvides guidance, leadership, coaching and development as a seasoned audit professional and as a people leader to ensure successPreferred Experience:Typically, 10+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of studyProfessional designation or business designation such as CPA, CIA, MBASeasoned professional with industry experience.

Experience

with evolving Audit Methodology and Audit Technology preferred. Strong collaboration/facilitation skills, be able to work with teams to understand requirements, provide solutions, recommendations and communicate effectively in both oral and written form. Excellent relationship management skills with strong technical/business acumen and ability manage multiple tasks with varying deadlines. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Leads a team of Subject Matter Experts to provide recommendations and drafting amendments to audit methodology, practices, and tools to achieve strategic objectivesPerforming research on audit process best practices, regulatory guidance to identify gaps and implement changes to remediateIdentify and recommend opportunities to improve productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiencyInfluence partners toward solutions while ensuring appropriate transparency, reporting and escalationCustomer Accountabilities:Develops, communicates and implements a holistic strategy for audit area of expertise in support of and integrated with the overall audit strategyOversees / leads / manages and plans audit engagement work activities to ensure adequate risk coverage which may require alignment across multiple areasReview of Audit Planning Memorandum (APM), Process Risk and Control Matrix (pRCM), Findings Grid and Audit ReportCompletes L2 reviews / sign off on all audit activities (i.e. walkthroughs, test scripts, test results, grid, evidence uploads)Acts as lead audit advisor to management and respective teams for area of specialization. Reports on emerging trends, identifying issues and opportunities and recommending action to senior managementActs as a strategic audit advisor by providing counsel and guidance on audit issues. Leads relationships with key enterprise partners and interface with respective leadership team to effectively manage own audit area and clarify scope of accountabilities while influencing and aligning others as neededEnsures an integrated and aggregated view of all related activities across the overall function providing escalations, recommendations, and decision support to leadershipForecasts initiatives and demand, and coordinates prioritization of the portfolio / initiatives with key stakeholdersProvides functional / business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or leaders are consistent, appropriate and aligned to business strategies and executive management directionLeads the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies / processes / procedures / changes across multiple audit areasShareholder Accountabilities:Ensures team adheres to internal policies / procedures, enterprise frameworks and methodologies and applicable regulatory guidelines, contributes to the review of internal processes and activities and assists in identifying potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for their business areaLeads relationships with business lines / corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirementsSupports team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts to the BankAssesses / identifies key issues and escalates to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and audit management where requiredMaintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes and sound infrastructure in alignment with risk appetiteIdentifies, mitigates and reports on risk issues per enterprise policy / guidelines and ensures appropriate escalation processes are followedLeads or contributes to cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situationsOversees or leads the facilitation and/or implementation of own internal audit action/remediation plans to address performance / risk / governance issuesEmployee/Team Accountabilities:Responsible for management of the overall team(s) providing both leadership and guidance. Sets targets and objectives for the team, and deliver resultsGrows team expertise to align with enterprise demand and the Bank's direction; assess team skills and capabilities and continually look for ways to provide and enhance the value deliveredFosters an environment / culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork and a high level of professionalismCo-ordinates necessary resources to ensure