Description

Staff Auditor - Integrated Applications

As part of our team, you’re made ready for a fulfilling career with exciting new challenges and opportunities to stretch yourself. As the Staff Auditor, you will deliver a defined aspect of an audit through operational delivery of audit work under close supervision across Citizens' various business lines, in line with methodology, standards, and procedures. You will be responsible for executing audits to ensure that bank policies, processes, and procedures are being followed and internal controls and safeguards are in place, and ensuring that the controls are adequate, effective, and efficient. Most importantly, you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally!

As an Information Technology Staff Auditor, you will be responsible for auditing new and existing information systems, technologies, and applications to ensure that appropriate controls exist, processing is efficient, and information system practices are in compliance with bank standards. The Staff Auditor will work with experienced team members to perform audits of the bank’s technology applications, while also learning about key bank businesses that use the applications. This role is a smart career move, as it offers the opportunity to learn new skills, become professionally certified, get exposure, and advance your career. Or, you can use it to gain a strong understanding of risk and control on which you can build and expand your professional career.

Primary responsibilities include

• Evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of technology controls.

• Actively contributing to audits and maintaining regular communication with Internal Audit management.

• Supporting the comprehensive risk assessment process, continuous monitoring activities, and special projects identified by Internal Audit management.

• Assisting management in the planning, identification, and assessment of technology-related risks and reporting on the adequacy and effectiveness of risk-based controls.

• Assuming responsibility for specific areas within larger audits, delivering work assigned to complete the audit engagement.

• Exercising a general understanding of risk-based auditing techniques.

• Attending team meetings and participating in briefing with the team lead to discuss role and expectations, in relation to an audit.

• Prepare for upcoming assigned audits by reading procedures, relevant background materials and/or reviewing prior audit work.

• Validate the remediation of issue action plans and ensure the work performed sufficiently mitigates key risk(s) to close Internal Audit-raised issues.

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• 1-2 years of experience auditing applications and information systems, preferably in banking/financial institutions.

• Working knowledge of business processes and IT General Computer Control Frameworks (NIST, COBIT, ISO2700x).

• Risk-oriented knowledge of cloud computing, DevSecOps, core infrastructure platforms (e.g., Windows, UNIX, Mainframe, SQL, Oracle) and Cybersecurity.

• Understanding of Information Technology-related regulations (e.g., Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Sarbanes-Oxley) and FFIEC regulatory guidance.

• Project management skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal skills

Hours & Work Schedule - Hybrid - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home

• Hours per Week: 40

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

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Equal Employment Opportunity

At Citizens we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and treat everyone with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability. Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify), genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer

Citizens is a brand name of Citizens Bank, N.A. and each of its respective affiliates.

Why Work for Us

At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth

Background Check

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.