Audit Resourcing | Senior Analyst

Internal Audit Group Senior Analyst Audit Resourcing

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300 team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk. We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

About the Role

The Internal Audit Group (IAG) is seeking a Senior Analyst Audit Resourcing to support resource planning, capacity management, and third-party oversight activities. This role will contribute to delivering analyses and reporting that provide IAG leadership with the insights needed for critical resourcing decisions.

• Assist in maintaining IAG's resource planning tool, ensuring data accuracy
• Generate regular reports on staffing, highlighting key trends and variances
• Create capacity related dashboards and monitor KRIs
• Review utilization data to highlight potential imbalances in staffing levels
• Manage contractor on- / offboarding
• Ensure compliance with IAG vendor governance procedures
• Coordinate documentation for Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Track and monitor vendor accruals and invoices
• Produce analyses and compile data to contribute to the audit planning process
• Review IAG Audit Report to ensure alignment with the audit database
• Assist with Ad-Hoc related requests to support capacity management
• Support preparation of deliverables to address regulatory requests related to IAG's resourcing

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver deliverables with quality

Works independently, within the team and across various teams in a fast-paced environment to drive business results, employing creative thinking, and the ability to work on competing priorities

Learns how to break-down problems into components, and solve using data analysis, process, risk control knowledge, and experience to drive risk-based conclusions and decisions

Develops knowledge and experience in applying control theory and professional auditing practices throughout the audit lifecycle

Develops understanding of regulations, regulatory risks, accounting, and financial industry best practices, including technology and data implications

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), information systems / technology, and scorecards / dashboards, etc.

Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization

Qualifications

Salary Range : $78,000.00 to $124,750.00 annually bonus benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :

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