Manager, Risk Advisory – Internal Audit & SOX, Financial Services

Role Overview

• Serve as an analyst on a broad range of audit, risk assessment, control testing, and risk management projects by conducting fieldwork, testing controls, preparing work papers, and ensuring the creation of exceptional deliverables that surpass client expectations
• Conduct preliminary analyses and assessments of assigned operating units, business areas, or controls
• Perform walkthroughs with management to document processes, including narratives, flow charts, and risk control matrices
• Evaluate and test internal controls, and develop tailored remediation strategies for identified risk and control gaps
• Assess financial risks, such as liquidity risk, credit risk, model risk, operational risk, and market risk, and ensure that the organization has robust risk management processes in place
• Ensure compliance with various financial regulations and standards, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Basel III and CCAR (for banks), and IFRS or GAAP accounting standards, as well as local regulatory frameworks
• Assist Managing Consultants in driving operational excellence by actively participating in ongoing projects, including engagement planning, budget development, progress monitoring, and quality control of deliverables
• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of business and operational processes and controls
• Cultivate new and deepen existing client relationships, leveraging a deep understanding of their business and delivering exceptional results
• Collaborate with CrossCountry and client team members to address business obstacles, explore potential solutions, and create impactful deliverables

Requirements

• 5+ years of prior financial services experience in professional services or industry (public accounting, advisory firm, management consulting firm, or financial institution)
• Experience auditing Financial Crime (Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and Sanctions)
• Experience auditing asset and wealth managers for investments and processes
• Proficiency in identifying and analyzing key financial risks, including liquidity, credit, model, operational, and market risks
• Excellent written and verbal communications and analytical thinking skills
• In depth understanding on business areas and processes related to Sales, Trading, Compliance and Operations
• Products, including equities, fixed income, swaps, commodities, and currencies (digital assets experience a plus)
• Regulatory requirements impacting financial services, including those related to compliance, risk management, and reporting (e.g., CCAR regulatory requirements, capital calculation and reporting, financial reporting)

Benefits

• comprehensive healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) with company matching
• generous parental and maternity leave policies
• technology stipends
• wellness reimbursement programs