Job Description
The IT Audit Lead is responsible for gathering, reviewing, and analyzing internally and externally generated guidance/documentation to assist Audit Management while ensuring that all key risks and critical policies are identified and considered for business audits. This position will review, trace, and summarize results for proper evidence and present results. The IT Audit Lead will ensure comprehensive coverage of audit engagements, from start to finish, inclusive of scoping and follow up activities. The position is guided by general instruction and limited amount of supervision. The candidate demonstrates an increased level of autonomy and ability to exercise independent judgement.
Essential Functions
- Develop and maintain relationships with audit clients and collaborate with other departments on audit activities
- Partner with audit teams to execute IT and integrated audits, with a focus on cyber & information security and advanced technology topics including Artificial Intelligence and Cloud based (e.g.MS Azure) technologies
- Be familiar with Northwest documentation/processes/procedures, and research/interpret relevance of specific regulations/current literature to audit work
- Plan the audit engagement, determine audit scope, approach, staffing requirements, and risk-based audit procedures
- Lead engagement to assess business processes and strength of control environments; support and oversee fieldwork completion
- Lead meetings involving various levels of management to effectively communicate audit status, align on significant audit issues, and recommended corrective actions
- Review audit results/findings and produce audit reports for presentation to business unit management and audit management
- Evaluate and review adequacy of the corrective actions taken to improve deficient conditions
- Complete business unit/special projects at various levels of complexity, planning, supervision and creativity/intuitiveness as needed
- Self-learn/maintain extensive knowledge of Northwest’s Risk Appetite Policy, Board of Director Reports, Board of Director and Bank-Level Committee packages, Information Security and Technology internal control narratives and test scripts, Call Reports and supporting schedules, Business Unit Risk Assessments
- Ensure compliance with Northwest’s policies and procedures, and Federal/State regulations
- Navigate Microsoft Office Software, computer applications, and software specific to the department in order to maximize technology tools and gain efficiency
- Work as part of a team
- Work with on-site equipment
Education + Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, IT or Business-Related Degree preferred
- 5+ years of IT audit, compliance, risk, or governance-related experience required
- 6-8 years of Financial Services/banking-related experience preferred
- Must possess extensive knowledge of and be fluent in the review of, but not limited to regulatory exam reports, compliance reports, third party risk associated with various business units
- Broad knowledge of consumer regulations with the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and determine how to effectively asses business processes for compliance with applicable regulations
Northwest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
