Internal Audit Manager, IT

Position Summary

The IT Audit Manager will help develop audit programs, manage, and perform IT audits and Sarbanes Oxley IT control testing, and provide guidance to internal clients on IT operations, processes, and internal controls. The IT Audit Manager documents findings and provides recommendations for improvements to accomplish Bank objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

Oversight & Leadership Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance to internal audit team members in all areas of job responsibilities, including, but not limited to providing direction on scoping and testing, providing feedback during audits, and reviewing audit work.
• Assist in the development of the annual IT audit plan and assist in preparing management reporting to the Board.
• Lead initiatives to improve team processes.
• Participate in the Bank's audit-related committees, as needed.

Manage Audit Process and Make Recommendations for Improvements:

• Manage assigned audits in a variety of IT areas.
• Plan, perform, and document audits in accordance with the professional standards, and within the budgeted hours.
• Report on results from audits; provide a root cause analysis as well as evaluate the quality of management action plans.
• Evaluate operational efficiency as part of the standard audit process and offer recommendations to management to enhance the value of the Bank.
• Analyze operational effectiveness of the internal audit team and provide recommendations for improvement to the Chief Audit Executive.

Stakeholder Communications & Relationship Management:

• Develop and maintain trusted, positive relationships with employees, clients, and vendors.
• Coordinate with external firms providing IT audit support.  

Education & Experience

Knowledge of:

• Highly skilled in verbal and written communications, including preparing reports and making presentations to management.
• Internal audit techniques and standards, and ability to direct and review the work of others.
• Key IT areas and associated risk and internal controls including IT General Controls and Cybersecurity.
• PowerBl or other visual data tools preferred.
• Understanding of, or experience with, robotic process automation preferred.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by remaining current on applicable federal and state laws and regulations applicable to the Bank; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Ability to:

• Provide accurate and timely reporting of internal audit results and concerns.
• Complete job assignments in a professional, timely and efficient manner; organize and prioritize work.
• Maintain confidentiality; adhere to Busey Bank policies and procedures; comply with laws, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Represent the Bank and internal audit team in a highly professional manner.
• Set a climate for high performance to achieve internal audit metric goals.

Education and Training:

• Bachelor's degree with focus on information systems, computer science, data analytics, business, or accounting, or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• Master's degree with focus on cyber risk, information systems, business, finance, or accounting preferred.
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or other professional designation, or working towards a professional designation preferred.
• Requires 6 or more years internal audit, IT, IT consulting, risk, or other control-related function.
• Obtain/Maintain a minimum of 40 hours annually of continuing professional education.

Benefits and Compensation

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $100,000 - $125,000/year)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies (“Agency”), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings (“Agreement”). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.