Centralized Issue Validation Resource - IT Auditor (Manager)

Brief:

The Centralized Issue Validation team is within State Street's Corporate Audit Division and is responsible for continuously assessing State Street Management's closure of audit issues over topics covering State Street's data centers, networks, operating systems, and key IT control processes. The Auditor Resource ensures that tasks are completed appropriately and closure documents are prepared in compliance with the Corporate Audit Department risk based audit methodology and Institute of Internal Auditor standards.

Expectations of an auditor resource:

- Maintain strong established relationships with various lines of Corporate Audit management

- Assist Corporate Audit Management in evaluating State Street management's closure of audit issues in accordance with IIA Standards, State Street's Code of Ethics and the Corporate Audit Charter.

- Perform reviews of management-provided documents and other deliverables to validate that they appropriately address the management action objectives.

- The candidate should clearly demonstrate proficiency in evaluating and testing internal controls and in applying risk based audit skills to the business unit.

- The candidate requires good analytical, interpersonal, time management, project management, research and communications skills.

- Serve as a valuable resource on assurance standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

- Demonstrates leadership skills and the ability to positively influence others while thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

- Demonstrate the ability to handle multiple priorities.

- Demonstrate the ability to follow and adhere to a standard Corporate Audit methodology

- Ability to work independently and lead a team of control testers.

- Fosters the sharing of knowledge across the Division.

- The candidate must be able to effectively work with new and changing situations, including new industry regulations, where there may not always be a readily apparent solution.

- The candidate must have the willingness to develop core competencies in risk-based audit methodology.

Experience / Qualification / Key Skills / Attributes:

- Professional with 6+ years of assurance experience in focusing on Financial Services - custody, asset management, capital markets, alternative investments, etc.

- Strong analytical and critical thinking, written and oral communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

- BS/BA required; preferred in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance and/or Accounting.

- Professional certification (such as CISA, CRISC, CIA, or CISSP) a plus.

- Technical knowledge in Open Systems, Mainframe and/or Midrange platforms, database management systems (Oracle, SQL, Sybase), and/or networking technologies (routers, switches, firewalls).

- Fully understand auditing techniques, concepts and principles including risk and control environments

- Ability to execute concurrent projects in a fast paced environment while consistently meeting deadlines with minimal supervision

- Ability to work on a team or independently while establishing strong working relationships at all levels of the organization

- Ability to manage ambiguity

- Ability to quickly learn audit technologies (e.g., MetricStream, Lotus Notes databases, ACL)

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