Manager, Investment Audit

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Reporting into the Director of Internal Audit responsible for Investment Business Units, you will be leading assurance and consulting engagements pertaining to Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Private Equity and associated risk management and investment operations functions. You will manage end-to-end processes including planning, fieldwork, reporting and issues closure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engagement Management: Plan and manage the completion of engagements, ensuring all engagement are executed, documented and communicated in a timely manner;
• Client Liaison: Maintain regular communication with internal clients during engagements to keep them informed of progress and outcomes.
• Action Plans: Develop thoughtful, relevant, and constructive action plans addressing root causes of identified issues and present findings to key stakeholders.
• Reporting: Prepare and present audit findings and recommendations to the Director and business unit management during audits.
• Follow-Up: Monitor and follow up on management’s remediation plans in a timely manner.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop effective partnerships with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Risk Awareness: Maintain a current understanding of the organization and emerging risks to provide meaningful input during annual audit plan preparation and protect the interests of the organization by maintaining awareness of emerging risks and issues and regulatory requirements to assess potential impacts on the business.
• Consultation: Participate/consult on business initiatives to provide real-time proactive feedback from a controls and governance perspective, providing recommendations as appropriate.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to team initiatives for continuous improvement, including methodology updates and execution of strategic initiatives.

Competencies:

• Demonstrate integrity, ethical behavior, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of professional conduct.
• Deliver high-quality audit work within established timelines. Persist despite obstacles and setbacks to maintain high levels of performance.
• Understand the organizational environment and adapt to fast-changing priorities while remaining focused on the organization’s purpose and priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and social problem-solving skills.  Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Exhibit leadership qualities by taking ownership and accountability for activities, decisions, and outcomes.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in an external (assurance or consulting) or internal audit capacity.
• Strong knowledge of Capital Markets, Investments or related risk management, investment operations functions; CFA is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to gain a strong understanding of new sophisticated areas in a relatively short period of time; Expertise in data analytics is a plus.
• Excellent verbal, written and visual communication skills.  Strong deck building skills is great to have.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, establishing priorities and managing concurrent deliverables.

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