Senior Internal Auditor

Senior Internal Auditor

The Senior Internal Auditor is responsible for planning and executing complex, risk-based financial, operational, and compliance audits across the bank to ensure adequacy of internal controls, compliance with banking laws/regulations, and efficiency of operations. This role works independently to analyze processes, identify control deficiencies, and partner with business units to mitigate risk.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Perform risk assessments, develop and/or modify audit programs and perform audit procedures for each audit area to evaluate the effectiveness of controls over financial and operational processes. Identify root causes of problems and provide actionable recommendations.
• Lead and conduct financial and operational audit engagements to include conducting interviews, writing process narratives, creating flowcharts, performing audit tests and documenting results, identifying and defining issues, and reviewing work for accuracy, completeness, quality and conformance to departmental guidelines and audit standards.
• Review banking operations to ensure adherence to internal policies, procedures, and federal/state banking laws and regulations.
• Coordinate and execute internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) testing to ensure SOX/FDICIA compliance.
• Conduct audit exit conferences at the conclusion of the fieldwork to communicate audit findings and control concepts to bank/department management.
• Prepare written audit reports of audit engagement results that are accurate, clear, and concise to be provided to the bank/department management, executive management and the Audit Committee.
• Ensure management provides effective action plans to address identified findings in the audit report.
• Monitor the status of management action plans, perform follow-up audits, and validate the remediation of identified issues.
• Perform other job duties and projects as assigned.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5+ years of professional experience in auditing or regulatory oversight, preferably within the financial services industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with all levels of management.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills to evaluate complex information.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and audit management software.

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• CPA, CIA or other similar certifications.
• COSO and SOX audit framework experience.
• Previous experience with SOX control testing.
• Familiarity with data analytics tools to maximize audit efficiency.
• Strong knowledge of banking products, operations, and regulatory standards.

Physical requirements:

• Constant use of computer screens
• Ability to operate a computer keyboard, use hand to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk, see or hear
• Intermittently standing, stooping, bending at the waist, walking, kneeling or crouching
• Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time during the workday
• Long periods of typing and repetitive motion
• Ability to lift and/or move and carry up to 5 pounds

Hometown service, statewide strength. BancFirst is committed to investing in the future of Oklahoma communities. BancFirst is a $14 billion bank offering personal and commercial products, trust, insurance, and investment services in sixty Oklahoma communities. Employees enjoy excellent benefits and a learning environment that allows them to continuously improve their skills to deliver highly personalized service to customers. EOE - BancFirst is an Equal Opportunity employer.

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