Audit Project Manager - Professional Practices

Huntington Bancshares - Cleveland, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Cleveland, OH

1,001-5,000 employees

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

Huntington Bank's Internal Audit Department is seeking an Audit Project Manager within the Professional Practices Group. This role focuses on internal audit methodology, audit plan management, and department operations. The Project Manager will serve as a subject matter expert and advisor, collaborating with colleagues and external regulators to enhance the department's performance. The position offers a hybrid work environment and emphasizes professional development through personalized plans and ongoing coaching.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the audit methodology and associated governance documents, procedures, and templates.
• Communicate new or revised audit methodology concepts, tools, and techniques to the department, including developing and facilitating training courses.
• Serve as a go-to advisor and subject matter expert on the department's audit methodology, consulting with and advising audit teams.
• Stay up to date with audit practices and trends, performing gap assessments and making methodology enhancement recommendations.
• Perform quality control checks on internal audit projects at various phases, including planning, reporting, and wrap-up.
• Coordinate the Internal Audit annual planning process, including facilitating universe completeness checks and the annual risk assessment process.
• Complete post-mortem retrospective reviews on regulatory concerns as needed.
• Perform special projects, execute on department initiatives, and assist in exam management as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of experience in internal/external audit, business segment, or risk experience.
• Excellent project management skills, organized and detail-oriented, able to manage and prioritize concurrent projects.
• Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities, able to influence and motivate others.
• Ability to work independently and see tasks through to completion.
• Knowledge of internal audit concepts, approaches, tools, techniques, and best practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate effectively across various levels.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft products (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Visio) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Professional certification (CPA, CIA, CAMS, CRCM, etc.) required within 24 months of start date.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of audit experience.
• Working knowledge of Internal Audit requirements, including IIA Global Audit Standards and OCC's Heightened Standards for Large Financial Institutions.
• Experience with AuditBoard.