Audit Project Manager – Credit Risk

Role Overview

• Independently lead and execute audit engagements, or supervise audit staff when applicable, ensuring timely delivery of high‑quality, well‑supported audit results.
• Review and assess audit work to confirm accuracy, completeness, relevance, and adherence to internal audit policies, procedures, and IIA Standards.
• Evaluate audit issues to ensure appropriate identification of risk exposures, root causes, and practical, effective management action plans.
• Plan audit engagements by: Understanding and documenting business processes
• Identifying key risks and controls
• Assessing control design and operating effectiveness
• Developing audit programs that clearly support audit objectives
• Support audit reporting and wrap‑up activities, including issue disposition and contribution to clear, concise, and well‑supported audit reports.
• Monitor engagement progress against plan and schedule, proactively addressing risks to delivery and ensuring timely workpaper reviews.
• Provide on‑the‑job coaching and technical guidance to audit staff, with emphasis on audit execution quality and credit risk subject‑matter application.
• Collaborate across the three lines of defense and with other CAS audit teams to ensure coordinated, risk‑focused, and efficient audit coverage of credit‑related activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically more than eight years of applicable experience
• Approximately eight years of relevant experience, with a strong foundation in internal audit execution
• Five or more years of large-bank internal audit experience, including significant coverage of credit risk–related audit areas
• Strong understanding of banking regulations, safety‑and‑soundness expectations, and regulatory trends affecting credit risk management
• Working knowledge of the IIA Practice Guide on Reliance on Other Assurance Providers
• Thorough understanding of IIA Standards and internal control frameworks
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated critical thinking, professional skepticism, and analytical judgment
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing audit plans
• CIA or other relevant professional certification, or advanced degree, strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law