IT Audit Senior Manager

Lead is a fintech building banking infrastructure for embedded financial products and services. We operate an FDIC-insured bank headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Additionally, we have offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and New York City, where our technical, product, design, and legal teams operate.

We are built for a constantly evolving financial landscape, where new ventures and technological advancements emerge daily. Guided by a team of entrepreneurs and technologists with decades of experience navigating intricate banking and payments regulations, Lead blends regulatory and technological expertise to help our fintech partners scale their operations with compliance and creativity.

Simply put, Lead offers the essential attributes that every fintech seeks in a partner bank. First, unparalleled technical expertise from a distinguished team of developers with an extensive understanding of the banking and payments systems. Second, oversight expertise, automated compliance systems, and bespoke program management to navigate the ever-shifting regulatory landscape. Finally, a commitment to transparency and operational rigor to ensure everyone’s money does what it’s supposed to do. 

As a Community Bank, we provide personalized banking services and solutions to support the businesses, individuals, and charitable organizations of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, both in branch and online. We are committed to fostering strong relationships, supporting local economic growth, and we believe in the power of being an integral part of the community we serve.

Role Description: Lead Bank is seeking an Internal Audit Senior Manager who can lead the effort to establish and shape our IT audit program. As a member of Internal Audit, you will be an internal control champion who works across Lead Bank’s distributed system landscape to educate around IT general controls. Using your experience partnering with auditors, management team members, and process and control owners, you will roll up your sleeves to provide guidance on how to design and implement controls, define remediation plans, and provide oversight of outsourced testing resources. This role will report into the Head of Internal Audit.

In this role you will:

• Perform internal audit risk assessments and help develop the annual audit plan.
• Assist with performing and documenting scoping of the FDICIA program.
• Coordinate and manage the execution of internal audits and the needs of internal and external auditors, including planning and coordinating walkthroughs, and testing of IT general controls, application controls, and key system generated reports. This includes review of internal audit testing workpapers.
• Provide guidance around IT processes, risks, and controls - both those related to IT general controls, as well as IT-dependent business process controls such as application controls and report-reliant controls. This will include assisting with ongoing risk assessments, control advisory, evaluation of segregation of duties, and process improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with distributed IT teams to advise on IT risk management and the ongoing evaluation and update of IT policies, procedures, SOPs, flowcharts, data flows, and narratives.
• Evaluate and ensure remediation of identified control deficiencies in a timely manner.
• Review system implementations to assess risks and potential impact to internal controls and for potential scoping into the FDICIA program.
• Assist in the preparation and presentation of executive presentations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as information systems, computer science, business, finance or accounting required
• Minimum experience of 7 years in internal or external IT auditing, preferably with companies with complex IT environments or Big 4 accounting firms
• A detailed understanding of the general computer control areas and the IT governance framework (COBIT), Sarbanes Oxley/FDICIA, and the COSO framework
• Proven experience with evaluating security and controls on various on-premise, homegrown, and cloud-based technologies
• Solid communication skills, including a proven ability to articulate to others outside of Internal Audit (e.g. Finance, IT, and Engineering) complex IT risks, their impact, and the required action plans to address those risks
• One or more of the following professional certifications are required: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP); Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)
• Experienced using spreadsheet, slide, and flowcharting tools
• Preferred: Financial technology, banking, or financial services experience
• Preferred: Experience with managing, implementing, and using audit and compliance management tools (e.g. Workiva, AuditBoard)

What we offer:

• At Lead, we design our benefits to support company culture and principles, to foster an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to create the conditions for our team to give their best in both work and life
• Competitive compensation based on experience, geographic location, and role
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k Matching, and other wellness benefits, including FSA, HSA and HRA
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays
• A fun and challenging team environment in a dynamic industry with ample opportunities for career growth

*Lead Bank is proud to have an inclusive culture committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

*Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

*Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

**Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on geographical market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone 1: $183,097 - $222,500 (SF/Bay Area, NYC, Seattle)

Zone 2: $167,186 - $200,109 (Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Denver, Boston, Washington DC, San Diego, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento)

Zone 3: $160,958 - $193,195 (Other US Metros)

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