Senior Auditor (Finance) American Express

Job Highlights

Company Profile

American Express is a globally integrated payments bank. It provides financial services with access to products, insights, and world-class experiences.

Job Profile

The bank is looking for a Senior Auditor (Finance) who will provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage .

Responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

Education Level

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS) , or equivalent degree in accounting or finance-related field

Work Experience

• 2+ years of relevant audit experience focusing on accounting and finance in the banking or financial services industry within public accounting or internal audit function.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist team leaders, senior managers/managers, and senior auditors in accomplishing audit objectives in a team environment.
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risks, and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results.
• Demonstrates a solid knowledge of audit and proper application of sampling techniques.
• Effectively coach, teach, mentor, and develop junior colleagues and co-sourced resources in geographically diverse locations across all aspects of their role, the audit and analytic lifecycle, and audit methodology.
• Maintain internal audit proficiency through ongoing professional development including data literacy skills.
• Monitor a portfolio of audit analytics, assess analytic results, use the analytic data to tell the potential business story, and work with audit and business colleagues to validate that story.
• Participate as a key team member on integrated audit projects to document processes under review, and execute audit tests competently following policies and procedures, and with moderate supervision.
• Proficient use of automated work papers and other department and company tools.
• Summarize and communicate results and recommendations to close identified control gaps.
• Translate business risks, controls, and supporting data into analytic requirements and partner with a development team to build audit analytics.
• Understands, identifies, evaluates, and documents key risks and controls.
• Undertake and effectively execute multiple concurrent audits, projects, or other tasks with a high level of personal accountability.
• Validate that actions taken by management to address findings are appropriate and document the results.
• Works with managers/team leaders to develop audit test steps and can assume responsibility for key process areas of moderate complexity.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in the banking industry within public accounting, finance, or internal audit functions.
• Professional certification (CIA, CISA, CPA, or equivalent) is preferred.
• Understanding of financial accounting, SEC, and regulatory reporting (FR Y-9C, Y-9LP, Y-14, 11/2314, etc.), including technology and data implications.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to think analytically, communicate complex issues, and develop control recommendations.
• Aptitude for working with data, interpreting results, business intelligence, and analytic best practices.
• Demonstrated track record of integrity, effective communication, innovation, and excellence.
• Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and scorecards/dashboards.
• Experience with technology control testing including interface inputs, reports, application security, business continuity, and third parties.
• Experience working with integrated audit teams across regions.
• Knowledge and experience in the application of control theory and professional auditing practices including the audit lifecycle.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver quality, actionable, and beneficial feedback to management on potential control issues and solutions to close gaps.

Benefits/Perks

• 20+ weeks of paid parental leave
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Bonus incentives
• Career development and training opportunities
• Competitive base salaries
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• A flexible working model with hybrid, onsite, or virtual arrangements
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers
• Free and confidential counseling support
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

Employer’s Statement

American Express is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The bank makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.