FIRMA - Career Opportunities

Posted: March 12, 2024

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead and support audit activities such as: risk assessments, audit testing, control evaluation, work paper documentation, follow-up, and issue closure verification.
Partner with colleagues, clients, and control community members to evaluate the control environment. Make recommendations to strengthen internal controls.
Stay up-to-date with evolving regulatory changes and market events that impact the business.
Perform ongoing analysis of risk trends through business monitoring and audit coverage execution.
Partner with other groups within Audit to ensure complete coverage to deliver an integrated audit program.
Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of business areas, financial products, and supporting functions.
Perform continuous monitoring of various business groups.
Perform data collection and analysis in compliance with audit program requirements to identify, analyze, and recommend changes to core business processes.
Assist in performing design reviews over assigned audit areas to identify key controls.
Independently perform tests of operational effectiveness to validate controls.
Identify, review, assess, and document risk management and control issues of assigned business processes.
Assist with the preparation of written recommendations regarding the effectiveness of assigned business processes. Prepare follow-up plans to ensure the aforementioned recommendations are addressed.
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of:

Fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of auditing and risk assessment.
Fundamental concepts of financial markets and products.
Fundamental concepts of finance and accounting.
Operational risks and related controls of regulations.

Skill in

Ability to:

Share information, support colleagues, and encourage participation.
Present complex and sensitive issues to Senior Management.
Build strong relationships with stakeholders, learn quickly, be flexible, and think strategically.
Multi-task, complete projects on time and within a budget, and adapt to changing priorities.
Demonstrate enthusiasm, self-motivation, and effectiveness under pressure.
Prepare written reports and deliver oral presentations.
Research and properly understand regulations and regulatory guidance.

Education/Previous Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting and a minimum of two (2) years of experience in the fiduciary industry.