USAA - San Antonio, TX
posted 3 months ago
As a dedicated Senior Auditor at USAA, you will play a crucial role in executing, identifying problems, and providing resolutions for risk-based assurance and advisory engagements across the organization. Your responsibilities will include maintaining a thorough knowledge of financial services regulations and performing risk and control identification and evaluation. You will utilize advanced audit techniques, conduct research and analysis, and facilitate client meetings and interviews. It is essential to adhere to the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and the Code of Ethics throughout your work. In this position, you will independently execute audit test work in a timely manner while ensuring high quality. You may also lead as Auditor in Charge (AIC) for various audit engagements throughout the audit life cycle. This includes understanding both horizontal and vertical business impacts and integrating audits with Information Technology (IT), analytics, and projects. You will be responsible for ensuring that engagements are completed objectively, professionally, and in accordance with corporate and industry audit standards when acting as AIC. Your role will involve managing day-to-day engagement-related efforts, including delegating work to audit team members with varying degrees of expertise and experience. You will complete end-of-engagement evaluations and assist in updating the risk and control matrix for each engagement under the oversight of the Auditor-in-Charge and/or other Audit leadership. Identifying control weaknesses and opportunities for improvement in the current operating environment will be a key part of your responsibilities, along with developing recommendations for corrective action. Additionally, you will assist the AIC in drafting related issues and audit reports for review by audit leadership. Participation in team audit activities, providing feedback during planning and scoping, and demonstrating critical thinking ability will be expected. You will execute audit documentation techniques, ensuring alignment of key risks and controls to audit test objectives and conclusions, and be accountable for completing work paper documentation within quality standards. Utilizing your analytical skills, you will conduct or assist team members with continuous monitoring activities, advisory activities, special reviews, and/or investigations. Building relationships with internal and business leaders will be essential, as you will need to effectively challenge, communicate, and deliver risk-based messages regarding issues and control weaknesses to ensure proper risk assurance coverage. Furthermore, you will provide coaching and guidance to less experienced team members to ensure quality and timely completion of audit test work.