About the Role
This role provides senior-level expertise in audit engagements across multiple portfolios, requiring in-depth business and risk knowledge to assess associated risks and controls.
Responsibilities
- Complete successful audits by staying abreast of best practices and emerging risks.
- Execute complex and high-visibility audit procedures with a risk-focused approach.
- Analyze audit findings and propose pragmatic solutions for audit reports.
- Lead audit teams in executing validation procedures for internal and regulatory issues.
- Manage work within established budgets and timeframes with minimal direction.
- Incorporate data analytics throughout the audit process.
- Support and demonstrate the department’s strategic objectives.
- Coach and mentor junior audit team members.
- Adhere to compliance and operational risk controls.
- Promote an inclusive environment reflecting the M&T Bank brand.
- Maintain internal control standards and address audit points and regulatory issues.
- Complete other assigned duties.
Requirements
- Operates independently within a matrix reporting environment.
- Responsible for timely delivery of high-quality audit reports for complex business activities.
- Ensures ongoing conformance with professional auditing standards.
- Directly communicates with Senior, Middle, and Line Management and External Auditors.
- Builds strong partnerships with business stakeholders and other audit team members.
- Requires periodic interaction with external regulatory agencies.
- May provide coaching opportunities but is not responsible for performance management or compensation planning.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Technology, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Statistics or related field and 7 years of relevant experience, including 2 years of work leadership experience.
- Alternatively, a combined minimum of 11 years of higher education and/or work experience, including 7 years of relevant work experience and 2 years of work leadership experience.
- Demonstrates strong judgment, political astuteness, and sensitivity to cultural commitment.
- Possesses strong project management and interpersonal skills, makes sound decisions, exhibiting initiative and critical thinking.
- Specific subject matter expertise regarding internal audit disciplines.
- Effective negotiation skills, a proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent views.
- Must be an articulate and effective communicator, both orally and in writing, with an energetic, charismatic and approachable style.
Skills
- Risk assessment
- Control assessment
- Audit procedures
- Data analytics
- Management
- Interpersonal skills
- Decision making
- Initiative
- Intuitive thinking
- Communication
- Partnership building
- Judgment
- Political astuteness
- Cultural sensitivity
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Knowledge sharing
- Project management
- Critical thinking
- Subject matter expertise
- Negotiation
- Independent view sustentation
- Articulate communication
- Energetic style
- Charismatic style
- Approachable style
Location
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Work Type
- Hybrid (4 days/week onsite, 1 day remote)
- Onsite
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior level
- 7 years of relevant experience
- 2 years of work leadership experience
- 11 years of combined higher education and/or work experience (alternative)
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Technology, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Statistics or other related technical field
- MBA or Master’s degree in an appropriate field preferred
- Related certifications (CPA, CIA, CISA or similar)
Salary/Compensations
- $107,500.00 - $179,100.00 Annual (USD)
About the Company
- M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees.
