Manager - Audit Planning - job 1 of 12

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

About the Internal Audit Group at American Express

Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk.

We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

About the Role:

We are looking for a high-performing and adaptable Internal Audit Manager to support the Internal Audit Group’s (IAG) Professional Practices team. In this role, you will contribute to the vision and strategy of the Audit Planning & Capacity Management team to build, enhance and maintain IAG’s audit universe and annual audit plan.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and report on the audit universe, risk assessment of audit entities, the departments business monitoring activities, capacity planning activities, as needed.
• Contribute to the annual audit planning process, including the preparation and maintenance of the annual audit plan for the Parent Company and Subsidiary Banks.
• Monitor the ongoing Audit Plan status and Audit Plan changes, including effective challenge of proposed audit plan change requests.
• Prepare communications and presentation materials for IAG Management and the Audit Committee, including analysis of IAG metrics related to the audit plan.
• Participate in IAG’s Audit Reporting processes for Audits, Special Reviews, and Finding Communications, including the facilitation of audit file readiness checks, audit report quality reviews, internal team assignment for issuance, and audit report distribution.
• Contribute to IAG strategic initiatives or large change moments that impact IAG’s audit plan and/or audit universe, when required.
• Participate in IAG’s regulatory activities which include meeting overviews and deliverables of regulatory requests related to IAG’s audit plan and/or universe.
• Assist, as needed, in monitoring and maintaining IAG’s resource planning tool to ensure the department is effectively utilizing and optimizing colleagues’ availability, partnering with department resource management champions.
• Maintain awareness of current, best-in-class internal audit practices and peer-benchmarking.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in internal audit, assurance advisory, public accounting 
• Bachelors degree or advanced degree in Accounting, Finance, Business administration, or equivalent
• Strong knowledge and appreciation of Internal Audit regulatory standards and industry best practices
• Strong knowledge and experience in risk management and control theory including the assessment of risk, evaluation of controls and issue management
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills (issue identification, problem structuring, analysis, development of root causes and recommendations), including the ability to analyze results and data to identify issue themes and/or create opportunities for improvement
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including a demonstrated ability to work within high-performing teams, as well as independently
• Pragmatic “team player” with ability to partner with members across the audit organization and outside stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience in use of automated reporting and analysis tool

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, banking/ capital markets industry experience
• 5+ years of experience in internal audit, assurance advisory, public accounting 
• Internal Audit, Assurance, or Accounting professional certification (CIA, CPA, CISA or equivalent)

Non-considerations for sponsorship: Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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