Consumer Lending Branch Auditor jobs in New York, NY

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IAG is a worldwide function with 200 team members and offices across nine countries within American Express.  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.  Most IAG team members hold at least one professional certification. 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. 

Internal Audit Group (IAG) – U.S. Consumer & Digital Labs 

The U.S. Consumer & Digital Labs team within IAG is responsible for conducting risk-based reviews of the U.S. Consumer card and non-card product suite, including proprietary and Co-brand cards, personal loans, add-on products, and consumer digital products. Scope of coverage expands across all components of the product lifecycle, including marketing & acquisition, pricing, product development, and product management. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate as a key team member on integrated audit projects to document processes under review, execute audit tests competently in accordance with policies and procedures, and with moderate supervision
• Translate business risks, controls and supporting data into analytic requirements and partners with a development team to build audit analytics
• Proficient use of automated work papers and other department and company tools
• Summarize and communicate results and recommendations to close identified control gaps
• Validate that actions taken by management to address findings are appropriate and document the results
• Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development including data literacy skills
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risk and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results
• Assist team leaders, senior managers / managers, and senior auditors in accomplishing audit objectives in a team environment
• Undertake and effectively execute multiple concurrent audits, projects, or other tasks with a high level of personal accountability
• Provide guidance and direction to less tenured team members
• Document or complete administrative planning, fieldwork tasks with a minimal level of input and supervision
• Execute low to medium risk audit procedures with minimal supervision; execute high risk audit procedures with moderate level of supervision 
• Identify testing exceptions and verbalize associated risk; draft point sheets/findings for audit report with moderate supervision

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience
• Understanding of regulatory, accounting, and financial industry guidance and best practices relevant to the business, including technology and data implications
• Experience with technology control testing including interface inputs, reports, application security and business continuity and third parties
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Art (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), or equivalent degree in accounting, finance, business, information systems, data analytics, information technology, computer science or equivalent degree, or related field.
• Analytics experience in internal audit, risk management, and/or financial services
• Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and scorecards / dashboards
• Aptitude for working with data, interpreting results, business intelligence and analytic best practices
• Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with clarity and professionalism 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver high quality, actionable and value-added feedback to management on potential control issues and potential solutions to close gaps
• Knowledge and experience in the application of control theory and professional auditing practices including the audit lifecycle
• Effectively works independently, within a team and across teams in a fast-paced environment to drive business results, utilizing related project management skills, employing creative thinking, a focus on quality, and the ability to work on competing priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services industry experience and an understanding of related products, services, features, economics and key regulations
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Certified Public Account (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA), Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) or equivalent certification preferred

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 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.

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• 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

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