IT Audit Lead

Huntington Bancshares - Addison, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Addison, TX

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

The IT Audit Project Manager at Huntington Bank is responsible for leading audit teams in the execution of IT audits, focusing on identifying and mitigating business and technology risks. This role involves managing audits of IT General Controls, IT Infrastructure, and Integrated audits, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders, mentoring team members, and continuously improving audit processes to enhance the control environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead audit teams in the execution of audit engagements and monitoring of key initiatives.
• Review workpapers and draft final reports.
• Ensure reporting is actionable and meaningful to stakeholders.
• Mentor, coach, and develop the team to facilitate team engagement including conducting performance appraisals.
• Foster an environment of teamwork, inclusiveness, career growth, and development.
• Oversee the timely completion of audit projects.
• Assist in prioritizing work and navigating roadblocks.
• Coordinate/collaborate with 1st and 2nd Line of Defense partners to ensure alignment of schedules and test plans.
• Strive to continuously improve the program through process improvements, including leveraging data/systems/etc. to automate testing, where applicable.
• Effectively communicate findings and recommendations with stakeholders.
• Validate audit findings to confirm issues are properly resolved, including formal follow-up testing to determine adequacy and effectiveness of action taken.
• Develop and execute IT audit programs and periodic testing procedures for various technology audit areas, including IT General Controls and IT Infrastructure.
• Work with business audit teams to understand technology impacts from business processes and develop an IT integrated audit plan for business applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of experience in internal/external audit, technology segment, or IT risk experience.
• Professional certification (CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CGEIT, etc.) required within 24 months of start date.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the risk governance regulatory environment and experience in managing or auditing related risks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent project management skills, organized, detail-oriented, and able to work under deadlines.
• Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Strong analytical, PC, and internet skills with proficiency in Microsoft Products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio).
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of audit experience.
• 3+ years of Internal IT Audit, IT Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Technology Operations, or Security Operations experience within a banking environment.
• Knowledge of core banking IT processes, banking regulations, and information technology governance and risk frameworks (such as COSO, CIS Critical Security Controls, COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS).
• Experience working with a variety of operating systems, databases, platforms, network hardware and software, security tools, cloud services, and common software/applications.
• Conflict management experience.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities including personalized development plans and ongoing coaching/education.