Baker Tilly US US |  Financial Institutions Internal Audit & Controls Senior Manager

What you will do

• Please discuss the work location status with your Baker Tilly talent acquisition professional to understand the requirements for an opportunity you are exploring.
• If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as a Financial Institutions Internal Audit & Controls Senior Manager!
• You want to continue to expand your work experiences and hone your skills as a comprehensive risk professional in the areas of compliance, enterprise risk management, governance, internal controls, and data analytics.
• You crave the opportunity to be part of a fast growing, entrepreneurial risk consulting practice where your hard work and creativity will be rewarded
• Work closely with client executives and management teams to understand their businesses and assist in identifying and managing financial and operational risks within their business processes and systems.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of clients’ businesses and industries by having direct client interaction while working on multiple aspects of an engagement.
• Provide strategic business advice to clients by assisting in the implementation of new processes and controls that address key risks.
• Assess, manage and optimize business risk across a wide range of areas, including operational audit, enterprise risk management (ERM) and SOX compliance.
• Review clients' processes and controls against industry frameworks, identifying gaps in design and execution, and communicating issues and recommendations to clients.
• Draft comprehensive executive summaries and final reports for delivery to the client, documenting and reviewing engagement work papers in accordance with industry-accepted internal audit methodologies.
• Act as a valued business advisor, build relationships and communicate effectively with the client to provide superior client service.
• Facilitate professional and effective presentations to internal and external audiences.

Qualifications

• 8+ year(s) experience in risk advisory, internal/external audit, SOX/FDICIA, and/or internal controls, including direct experience within the financial services industry, with banking experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing client engagements and teams, including project planning, staffing, engagement execution, client communications, and delivery of high-quality work products.
• Experience communicating audit and control observations, findings, recommendations, and remediation matters to client management and other key stakeholders.
• Prior experience as a client-serving professional in a consulting, advisory, or public accounting environment strongly preferred.
• Excellent analytical, technical and problem solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication, collaboration, project management and time management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related program
• Demonstrated experience leading internal audit and/or SOX/FDICIA engagements, including risk assessment, scoping, process and control documentation, walkthroughs, control testing, evaluation of control design and operating effectiveness, identification of control deficiencies, remediation, and reporting

Baker Tilly US, LLP

The firm's roots in the United States go back to 1931, when it began as Virchow, Krause & Company, and the current partnership was organised in 1953. It joined Baker Tilly International in 1999 and took the Baker Tilly name in 2009. It has since grown through mergers with ParenteBeard in 2014 and Squar Milner in 2020, among others. Baker Tilly provides audit and assurance, tax, and advisory services, with a CPA firm handling attest work and a separate advisory group handling tax and consulting.

• Industry: Accounting, tax, assurance and advisory services, including managed accounting services
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States (U.S. member firm of Baker Tilly International)