Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

• Executes audit strategy for the sound application of risk-based auditing by defining audit scope and audit programs, and leverages automation and innovative methods in a timely and high quality manner
• Exercises sound knowledge of product, business, and technical expertise to effectively challenge management to improve the control environment
• Assesses impacts of issues to business processes, controls, and strategies to provide recommendations on issue severity ratings
• Provides input on draft audit reports and shares audit results with business leaders
• Exercises critical thinking and judgment to effectively influence management to improve the control environment
• Consistently strives to improve processes and challenge the status quo to improve existing operating environment
• Supports the development of peers and teams through on-the-job-training and fosters an inclusive work environment
• Establishes business partner relationships, primarily with line management, to develop business knowledge
• Uses innovative tools to complete audit activities more efficiently (e.g., testing)

• 5+ years Audit, Internal Auditor risk control risk/controls background in financial services
• Bachelor's degree and/or Advanced degree with relevant experience
• Strong project management skills, proven organizational, coordination and action tracking skills
• Ability to plan, execute and evaluate audit test plans within a risk-based audit methodology
• Strong analytical skills. Ability to analyze large amounts of data and turn it into usable information
• Ability to analyze very complex processes with multiple systems and handover points, with manual and automated elements, to determine key controls and find gaps/deficiencies in the process.
• Questioning and curious mind that challenges the process and process owners to find process gaps
• Ability to prioritize several concurrent activities (such as point in time audits, issue validation, business entity risk assessment updates, stakeholder meetings, or ad-hoc regulatory request)
• Confidence and ability to discuss process gaps and challenge LOB's control framework during often difficult conversations
• Ability to work in a very detailed manner as well as to look broadly across a population and develop connections and themes identifying risk and concerns
• Ability to successfully communicate to influence management and lead change in both strategic and tactical initiatives.
• Self-starter, desire to learn able to teach others, positive attitude, exhibits flexibility

• 1 - 3 years in a lead auditor / Auditor-in-Charge (AIC) role
• Certified Internal Audit (CIA) certification
• Prior Analytical / Automation Skills (SQL, SAS, Python. Alteryx, Advanced Excel)
• Experience in performing end-to-end substantive testing. Understanding of statistical sampling testing approach
• Advanced degree or certifications (CIA, CISA, CPA)

• Audit testing execution
• Internal Audit Review
• Issue Management
• Risk Management
• Audit Planning
• Analytical Thinking
• Project Management
• Automation
• Technical Documentation
• Attention to Detail
• Business Acumen
• Relationship Building
• Coaching
• Critical Thinking
• Intellectual Curiosity
• Written Communications