Senior Auditor

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The Senior Auditor serves as an audit project leader for larger, more complex reviews of assigned business activities, including operational, financial, compliance, and information technology centric audits, ensuring work is completed within established time frames. The position collaborates with Internal Audit departments of partner credit unions to provide audit coverage of the operation of the S3 CUSO. This role works independently, with minimal supervision to evaluate compliance with organizational policies and procedures, industry standards, and applicable state and federal laws and regulations, while assessing risk and the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls.

The Senior Auditor supervises and coaches assigned auditors, reviews and prepares work papers to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper documentation, and supports well‑founded audit conclusions. The position contributes to the planning and execution of risk assessments, audit programs, and internal control questionnaires, communicates audit issues and resolutions with management and senior leadership, and prepares clear, actionable audit reports with recommendations to strengthen the overall control environment.

The Senior Auditor also performs special reviews and projects as directed by senior management.

The Sr. Auditor adheres to regulations and organizational policies, maintaining awareness and knowledge required to perform the duties of the position, including all aspects of the Bank Secrecy Act and related regulations, such as OFAC, and the USA Patriot Act, Fair Lending and Information Security.

• Acts as a project leader and performs audits of business activities to evaluate the effectiveness of existing internal controls and to determine regulatory compliance and compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
• Audit steps are to be adequately documented in the work papers to support the audit program, findings, recommendations, and conclusions and meet the professional and departmental standards.
• Assigned audits are to be completed within scheduled deadlines as stated in the annual audit plan.
• Uses audit software and specialized audit tools for audit process documentation, data extractions and audit analysis. (i.e. Team Mate, IDEA, and Query Builder).
• Works with audit staff to develop new data extraction processes used to create reports needed for assigned audits.

• Works with management, on a collaborative basis, during the audit to communicate and resolve audit issues.
• Drafts audit reports which includes the audit issues discussed with management and submits the report to audit management for review/approval.
• Documents unresolved issues and proposes effective/efficient recommendations; presents findings and recommendations to responsible operating management.
• Performs follow‑up reviews to determine if appropriate corrective action, as indicated by management in response to audit recommendations, was implemented and functioning as intended.
• Participates in special management directed reviews, when applicable.
• Provides administrative support for Supervisory Committee reporting and meetings, as assigned.
• Stays informed of current related industry trends to include auditing, accounting/finance, information technology, fraud, regulatory compliance, etc. (i.e. attends continuing education…