Internal Audit - Lead Auditor - Consumer and Business Banking

Location: Hybrid schedule with four onsite days and one remote day per week from Buffalo, NY; Wilmington, DE; Bridgeport, CT; or Iselin, NJ. Must live within commuting distance or be willing to relocate.

Salary: $89,600–$149,300 annual USD

Company

M&T Bank operates a banking organization with internal audit activities covering consumer and business banking.

What you will do

• Lead and execute audits from planning through reporting, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Conduct risk assessments, continuous auditing, product delivery assessments, investigations, retrospective reviews, and remediation validations.
• Identify risks and root causes, write audit findings, and present sensitive and complex issues to Bank management.
• Partner with business stakeholders and Risk Management while maintaining audit independence.
• Apply data analytics, automation techniques, and modern assurance methodologies across audit activities.
• Coach, develop, review, and oversee Auditors and new hires.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience, or a combined minimum of nine years of higher education and/or work experience including five years of relevant experience.
• At least one year of leadership experience and experience coaching or developing others.
• Experience with internal audit methodology, internal control concepts, and evaluating control adequacy.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to present complex findings to business management, influence change, and manage multiple projects.
• Must work onsite four days per week from one of the listed U.S. locations or be willing to relocate.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Technology, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Certifications such as CIA, CPA, CISA, CAMS, or a cloud certification.
• Financial services industry experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work arrangement combines four onsite days with one remote day per week.
• Work supports engagement, belonging, and collaboration with business and Risk Management stakeholders.
• Role includes opportunities to contribute to innovation, automation, and modernization of assurance practices.