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.
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Job Description:
Responsible for executing multiple areas of test work during audit activities. Utilizes sound analytical skills and possesses product, business, and technical expertise to execute assigned audit testing responsibilities. Independently executes audit test work on assigned audits and demonstrates sound project management skills. Raises issues and concerns and makes recommendations for severity ratings. Assesses issues for impact to business processes, controls and strategies, recommends severity ratings and escalation of broad themes or trends. Works with team and provides input to draft quality audit reports and supports sharing audit results with business leaders. Begins to establish business partner relationships; primary engagement is with line management. Exercises critical thinking and judgment to effectively influence management to improve the control environment. Actively supports peers and audit team with development as part of on the job training during audit execution. Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment
Responsibilities:
- 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 to business processes, controls, and strategies to provide recommendations on severity ratings
- Provides input on draft audit reports and shares audit results with business leaders
- 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)
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years of Audit, Risk or Compliance experience in Financial Institutions or equivalent experience in QA or Testing role
- Strong understanding of the risk framework and process, risks and control environment
- Sound organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills
- Self-starter, desire to learn able to teach others, positive attitude, exhibits flexibility
- Strong analytical skills and ability to analyze large amounts of data and turn it into usable information
- 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 thru issue identification
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively interact with diverse teams
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- Audit or risk control risk/controls background in financial services
- Prior Analytical / Automation Skills (SQL, SAS, Python. Alteryx, Advanced Excel)
- Advanced degree or certifications (CIA, CISA etc - CPA Preferred)
Skills:
- 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
- Written Communications
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
Pay Transparency details
US - CT - East Hartford - 101 E River Dr - One Riverview Square (CT2550), US - CT - Stamford - 600 Washington Blvd (CT2561), US - RI - Providence - 1 Financial Plaza (RI1537)
Pay and benefits information
Pay range
$83,500.00 - $102,400.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
Benefits
This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.