Audit Manager - Consumer Banking

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Remote? No

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion.

From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

The Audit Manager - Consumer Banking is responsible for audit project management, resource allocation, and relationship management within the Consumer Banking Audit Team. This role focuses on audits related to consumer banking activities, including account servicing, marketing, trading, money movement, and other related operations. The Audit Manager will help assess risk and play a critical role in developing efficient and effective audit projects.

Responsibilities include concluding and reporting on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, governance, and risk management, as well as effectively communicating results to management.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

• Manage the overall execution and completion of concurrently (typically two) assigned audit projects on a timely basis on the Consumer Banking Audit Team.
• Manage the audit focus onto key risks and ensure efficient - effective delivery with the highest quality, in compliance with professional standards and audit policies.
• Review and interpret work papers and analyses presented by team members and consistently draw the right conclusions.
• Prepare for and conduct key audit meetings and presentations with management.
• Mentor - develop audit staff and act as a knowledge resource.
• Effectively identify and communicate unusual and difficult problems to audit leadership.
• Assess audit staff against established performance and leadership criteria; provide timely, honest and meaningful project evaluations.
• Establish open and effective communication with management.
• Serve as contact with Function management in a collaborative way to foster positive working relationships, promote Audit's image, provide control advice and issue trends and to stay abreast of major business activities and changes in the business; and makes audit plan recommendations as necessary.
• Support continuous process improvement by identifying needs and opportunities and recommending appropriate process changes; champion common audit process approach; recommend process changes to maintain the highest quality standards.
• Assist Audit leadership, as appropriate in fulfilling information requests from regulators (FRB/FDIC/UST/FINRA/SEC) and represent Ally Audit Services in supporting and handling issues raised by the FRB/FDIC/UST/FINRA/SEC.

• 5+ years of audit experience required.
• CPA or CIA certification preferred.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Proven project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Experience in managing and developing audit teams.
• Ability to build positive relationships within assigned audit areas.
• Strong critical thinking and dynamic risk auditing skills.
• Proficient in Team Mate, MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Flowcharting software.
• Knowledge of COSO, FFIEC, SOX, and data mining tools preferred.
• Outstanding analytical and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and managerial skills with a meticulous approach to deadlines.
• Ability to adapt and thrive in a changing environment.
• Occasional travel required.

Ally s compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and…