Senior Auditor

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The Role / Responsibilities:
The Internal Audit Senior leads the day to day execution of integrated financial, operational, and regulatory audits.
Manages Audit Lifecycle:
* Leads audit projects from planning to reporting, utilizing a risk-based approach, working closely with the team leader. Prepares and communicates audit testing approach, develops audit engagement budget and timelines, supervises and/or executes audit field work.
* Confirm audit observations with management, including agreement of the facts around potential issues, develop the ‘why do we care’ for audit issues, and collaborate with stakeholders to develop meaningful recommendations and prepare draft audit report.
Technical Knowledge: Develop an understanding of risk and controls across a variety of risk areas. Maintains an understanding of the financial, operational, and technology processes, risks and controls related to Moody's business. Ability to identify key risks and controls for the area under review.

Stakeholder Relationships: Develop relationship with audit stakeholders, manages stakeholder expectations and aligns audit projects based on stakeholders objective of the area under review. Supports team leads in educating stakeholders on best practices in governance, risk and control.

Data Analytics: Continuously expands knowledge of data analytics and use of technology to enhance audit testing, identify opportunities for continuous monitoring and repeatable test plans. Capable of performing intermediate level data analytics functions within Excel or equivalent applications (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, etc)

Additional Responsibilities:
* Assists in developing or supporting other IA deliverables i.e. local/regional regulators requests, board materials.
* Assists with enhancing the internal audit standards, processes, templates and audit techniques to increase overall efficiency and quality of internal audit delivery.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree or higher
* 3+ years of experience in a global organization, preferably within an internal audit function.
* Knowledge of internal controls, internal controls framework and risk standards (e.g. COSO, ISO, NIST etc.), Sarbanes Oxley Act, financial audit, GAAP and financial systems and related technology.
* Obtained or pursuing a relevant certification (CIA, CPA, etc) is preferred
* Awareness of regulations pertaining to financial services industry.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
* Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team in a fast paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
* An ideal candidate should be innovative, result oriented and should be able to demonstrate strong communication, interpersonal, persuasion, team management, project management and critical thinking skills.
* Fluent in written and spoken English.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the STP Quick Reference guide on ComplianceNet

Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.