Senior Auditor Lead

Perform financial, operational, and/or compliance internal audits.  Develop risk-based audit procedures, review and analyze evidence, document work processes and identify audit issues.  Work both independently and as a member of a team to assist with timely completion of the audit plan.

Essential Job Function:

• Assists with enhancing the internal audit standards, processes, templates and audit techniques to increase overall efficiency and quality of internal audit delivery.

• Interview business unit staff and review relevant documentation to identify significant process risks and organizational governance issues. 

• With minimal assistance develop audit procedures which identify risks and ensure appropriate level of review for business unit control activities.

• With minimal assistance document audit findings, analyze and execute process improvement recommendations and perform initial preparation of audit reports.

• With minimal assistance develop root cause observations, and present feasible recommendations to management addressing operational concerns and opportunities for improvement.

• Understanding of internal control concepts with the ability to independently evaluate and determine the adequacy of control design and operating effectiveness.

• Serve as a subject matter expert for several audit entities.

• Coordinate with Data Analytics Officer and staff to improve data analysis and analytics.

• Execute and/or develop a data analytic to streamline an audit procedure.

• Serve as a project leader on department’s quality assurance review efforts.

• Contribute to the departmental Continuous Monitoring weekly efforts.

• Completion of at least one area of coverage in the quarterly Continuous Monitoring efforts.

• Actively participate in on-boarding and/or recruiting as needed.

• Assist external auditors and the Federal Housing Finance Agency examiners in the performance of their duties.

• Prepare and present detailed audit reports to management and regulatory bodies in regard to finding remediation.

• Interact with management and key personnel to build/maintain ongoing business relationships.

• For purposes of this position description, it is an essential function of this job for the employee to be present in the employee’s Bank-designated office in order to conduct in-person collaborative work to help foster the delivery of high-quality work, subject to the requirements of the Bank’s leave policies.

Other Duties:

• Perform special projects as assigned.

• Develop and maintain a good knowledge of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Regulations and Bank standards.

• Adhere to the Internal Auditors Manual and comply with the Internal Audit Charter.

Experience:

Minimum 8 years of audit experience (internal or external).

Audit related certification preferred (i.e. CPA, CIA, CFE or CISA).

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills including collaboration, critical thinking, analytical mindset, stakeholder and relationship management.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (able to see the big picture and be risk focused).

• Strong Excel skills.

• Data Analytics skills (Qlik or tableau) strongly preferred.

• Prior Big-4 experience strongly preferred.

Education:

Bachelor of Science degree (in accounting, finance or management) required

Salary: 160K to 180K

The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is committed to recruit, hire, develop, motivate, promote, retain, and compensate all applicants and employees in a nondiscriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a parent, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law (including title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).