Senior Auditor - Enterprise Projects

Location:

For Those Who Work At Home, Ohio

Job Description

The Internal Audit (IA) is the third line of defense. The IA is accountable to the KeyCorp Audit Committee and is responsible for providing an independent and objective perspective on KeyCorp's processes and risks through assessment and testing of the adequacy and effectiveness of Key's risk management policies and practices, while also ensuring adherence to applicable laws and regulations. This is accomplished through completion of an Annual Audit Plan, which includes both risk evaluations and risk reviews (internal audits). 

The Enterprise Projects (EP) team within IA tracks and evaluates ongoing programs, projects, and initiatives across the bank. The team focuses on initiatives that are complex, strategically significant, internally, and externally visible, and high risk. Day-to-day activities of the EP team include: Project risk monitoring activities, including attendance of project team meetings and review of project status documentation; Evaluations of future-state technology controls introduced by the projects under review; Generation of independent status documentation to report on the health, activities, and risks/issues of each project under review; Escalation of concerns to project leadership and subsequent tracking of remediation efforts; Testing of project lifecycle control adherence; Coordination of cross-functional IA engagement teams. EP's engagements may relate to numerous lines of business, products, processes, and risk categories, so engagement teams are integrated and include IA resources with expertise in all impacted areas. 

Job Summary

The Senior Auditor will be responsible for assisting with the coordination and completion of the three phases of a risk review:  Planning, Fieldwork and Reporting. This will include completion of walkthroughs, interacting with line of business personnel, performing and documenting testing of internal controls, ensuring adherence to required laws and regulations, drafting of findings, reporting deliverables, as well as assisting the review lead in the identification of the risks and controls associated with the various business functions. During the course of a risk review, the Senior Auditor may be asked to serve as a lead on smaller, less complex reviews. The Senior Auditor may also participate in ad-hoc projects, ongoing risk intelligence activities and risk review related training.  

 
Responsibilities

• Demonstrate emerging understanding of audit concepts within planning, fieldwork and reporting.  
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity when completing assigned work, covering various lines of business and Key as a whole.  
• Prioritize and execute multiple assignments; identifies obstacles within the scope of assignments; proactively communicate delays in assigned deliverables or additional capacity availability. 
• Exhibit emerging leadership skills by leading smaller, less complex risk reviews and risk evaluations. 
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and implementation of strategies; demonstrate basic ability to draw insight from risk intelligence and regulatory bulletins. 
• Thoughtfully engage in networking with those on your team, within the IA and across Key, to build lasting relationships.  
• Consistently demonstrate intermediate business writing skills and cohesively present information effectively to others.  
• Exhibit an emerging understanding of banking products skills and business, industry and regulatory concepts. 
• Demonstrate the ability to perform in an organizational culture of respect and personal accountability regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. 

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field (preferred)

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of Audit or Relevant Experience

Licenses and Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (preferred)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) (preferred)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)(preferred)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (preferred)

Tactical Skills

• Solid product skills and understanding of business, industry, and regulatory concepts.
• Emerging ability to assist with development of new staff.
• Emerging ability to assist in the preparation or delivery of a formal presentation or training.
• Emerging ability to receive feedback on performance and implement meaningful improvement.
• Contribute to an organizational culture of respect and personal accountability regarding diversity, equity and inclusion.

Personal Skills

• Adaptability: Understands that change is inevitable and seeks value in new ways of doing things while coping with day-to-day frustrations, adversities and uncertainties related to change
• Collaboration: Demonstrates experience in participating in productive collaborative processes that help solve business problems and meet business goals
• Critical Thinking: Demonstrates the ability to identify issues, communicate them, and explain the characteristics and steps in effective decision-making
• Decision Making: Demonstrates the ability to follow directions while identifying a defensible course of action among alternatives
• Problem Solving: Demonstrates the ability to examine a specific problem and understand the perspective of stakeholders; uses fact-finding techniques to identify and document specific problems

Practical Skills

• Analytical Thinking: Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been or can be used to resolve problems and names specific tools or techniques to support the process
• Business Acumen: Works to understand the business priorities of internal and external clients and can describe relevant profitability drivers and considerations
• Change Navigation: Demonstrates the ability to modify work as directed and applies the concept of continuous improvement to develop new skills during change initiatives
• Constructive Debate: Demonstrates willingness to examine own position and cites instances of healthy and destructive conflicts
• Oral & Written Communication: Demonstrates the ability to speak, write, and present in a way that effectively conveys the intended message to an audience

Core Competencies

• All KeyBank employees are expected to demonstrate Key’s Values and sustain proficiency in identified Leadership Competencies.

Physical Demands

• General Office - Prolonged sitting, ability to communicate face to face in person or on the phone with teammates and clients, all-day use of PC/laptop.

This position is NOT eligible for employment visa sponsorship for non-U.S. citizens.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $69,000.00 - $105,000.00 annually. Placement within the pay range may differ based upon various factors, including but not limited to skills, experience and geographic location. Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for incentive compensation which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives.

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Key has implemented an approach to employee workspaces which prioritizes in-office presence, while providing flexible options in circumstances where roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment.

Job Posting Expiration Date: 04/24/2026 KeyCorp is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to sustaining an inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, pregnancy, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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