Internal Audit: Quality Assurance / Professional Practices Consultant (Financial Services)

Location: Hybrid onsite four days per week and remote one day per week; based in Buffalo, NY, Wilmington, DE, Bridgeport, CT, or Iselin, NJ. Must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate.

Salary: $107,500–$179,100 annual USD

Company

M&T Bank is a financial services company with an internal audit division supporting audit quality, risk management, regulatory compliance, and organizational controls.

What you will do

• Design, maintain, and execute quality assurance programs assessing internal audit conformance with professional standards, methodology, and regulatory expectations.
• Review and challenge audit scope, approaches, procedures, and results while advising audit teams on methodology and emerging risks.
• Develop and improve internal audit methodology, operational processes, reporting, and stakeholder deliverables.
• Use data analytics and automation across the Professional Practices program.
• Communicate with senior, middle, and line management, business stakeholders, external auditors, and regulatory agencies.
• Coach and mentor junior audit professionals and contribute to division-wide initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, technology, cybersecurity, mathematics, statistics, or a related technical field, plus seven years of relevant experience including two years of leadership experience.
• In lieu of a degree, 11 years of higher education and/or work experience including two years of managerial experience.
• Subject matter expertise in internal audit methodology, talent management, and/or regulatory expectations.
• Strong project management, interpersonal, communication, judgment, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to collaborate with senior management and implement organizational change effectively.
• Must work onsite four days per week from a commutable location near Buffalo, Wilmington, Bridgeport, or Iselin, or be willing to relocate.

Nice to have

• MBA or master’s degree in an appropriate field.
• CPA, CIA, CISA, or similar certification.
• Financial services industry experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a hybrid onsite work arrangement.
• Opportunity to support belonging and reflect the M&T Bank brand.
• Work within a matrix reporting environment and partner across the organization.
• Responsibility for programs such as audit methodology, operations and reporting, quality assurance, and talent management.