Senior Audit Manager - U.S. and European Global Corporate Trust Solutions
U.S. Bancorp
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- 6h ago
About this role
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
Job Description
The Corporate Audit Services (CAS) Senior Audit Manager is a senior level management position that is responsible for coordination and oversight of audit activities related to Global Corporate Trust (GCT) products and services within U.S. Bank’s Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) business. This role supports the Audit Directors for WCIB, the Senior Audit Director and the Chief Audit Executive, in providing the Audit Committee and senior management with independent assurance and advisory services designed to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes of U.S. Bancorp (USB), affiliates, wholly owned subsidiaries and entities where USB owns a majority (controlling) interest. This senior leadership role is responsible for directing audit coverage across a complex portfolio of fiduciary, operational, regulatory, technology, and financial risks associated with corporate trust, institutional custody, securities custody and lending, structured products (asset backed securities, collateralized structures), corporate and municipal debt, capital markets servicing, and cross-border trust and custody activities. The position supports the Audit Director, Senior Audit Director, and Chief Audit Executive in providing independent assurance regarding the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal control processes. The role requires a recognized subject matter expert with demonstrated experience in corporate trust, fiduciary services, securities servicing, trustee activities, custody operations, global capital markets, and applicable U.S. and European regulatory frameworks. Primary Responsibilities: • Coordinating with others in the department in developing and driving the execution and coordination of the risk-based Annual Audit Plan for Global Corporate Trust and fiduciary products and services of the bank. Maintaining an effective Continuous Monitoring Program which monitors key risks within auditable entities across multiple risks, geographies, and entities and identifies any key emerging/evolving risks by routinely interfacing with independent peer banks on regulatory trends. • Ensure appropriate coverage of key risks across trustee, custody, depositary, securities lending, asset servicing, cash management, settlement, safekeeping, and securities processing functions. • Evaluate emerging risks associated with new products, market expansion initiatives, technology transformation, and regulatory change. • Lead a team of professionals and is expected to recruit, hire, and develop assigned personnel in accordance with U.S. Bank Human Resources Policies and Corporate Audit Services Policies, Standards and Guidelines. • Supervise team in the completion of engagements, ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely and appropriately focusing on legal entity and geography requirements. Supervision includes: - Coordinating with others across the department to plan engagements. - Ensuring reviews are performed to ensure audit engagement work supports audit scope and conclusions and adhere to internal audit policies and procedures. - Reviewing audit reports and memos with international impact which communicate opinions and issues in a timely, clear, and concise manner. - Monitoring progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule and working with managers to make necessary