About This Role
The Quality Assurance Audit Director contributes to the strategic direction of Citi's Internal Audit Quality Assurance function, managing a team of audit professionals and overseeing quality assurance reviews across global businesses, functions, or legal entities. This role ensures internal audit practices are effective, efficient, and aligned with industry and regulatory standards, working with senior leadership to foster continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Deliver multiple quality assurance reviews to specification, ensuring reports are complete, insightful, timely, error-free, and concise
- Conduct periodic assessments of internal audit processes and practices, identifying areas for improvement
- Lead the development of innovative practices, including the use of AI and data analytics to drive improvements and enhance QA and audit effectiveness
- Identify and report risks associated with internal audit activities
- Provide independent assurance on the design and operating effectiveness of internal audit activities and practices
- Ensure timely delivery of comprehensive regulatory and internal audit issue validation, including issues arising from external parties
- Ensure IA meets/exceeds expectations, and support and drive IA's efforts and strategies
- Improve the identification, measurement, management, reporting, and controls in governance, risk, and control environments
- Ensure the adoption of Citigroup and Citibank Audit Committee Charters and the IA Charter, and engage in internal/external negotiations
- Oversee various tasks to build the audit team, including recruiting staff, developing and training the team, and managing the budget
- Assist in providing training and mentoring to audit staff on audit and QA practices and standards and audit methodology, as needed
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct, and business practices, and escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards
- Contribute to the development of the annual Quality Assurance Plan as it relates to areas of responsibility
- Prepare and provide periodic reports and presentations for the IA Business Risk and Control Committee, audit committee, and executive management as relevant, summarizing the status of the QA plan and results of QA activities, including details of significant issues identified, themes, and recommendations
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including IA executive leadership and regulatory bodies
