Internal Auditor III

Description

Are you interested in joining a team that is continuously innovating to create the best experiences for members? Would you like to work for a company that has been rated a top employer and best place to work across the Northeast year over year? Do you want to be part of a company that is committed to giving back to the community?

At AAA Northeast, as we continue to grow, our mission remains the same: helping and serving is a way of life. It’s why we’ve earned the trust of millions, and why AAA Northeast has remained a resilient and reliable brand for over a century.

Supports and participates in developing and creating audit programs. Supports and participates in executing audit projects on the Audit Plan. Supports and participates in Internal Audit Management during the assessment of the business risk and identification of key controls. Document workpapers for various phases of an audit project, including planning, testing during fieldwork, and reporting. Summarize potential findings and develop related recommendations to drive continuous improvement. Supports and participates in preparing audit reports and monitoring the status of the corrective actions and verifying implementation. Responsible for developing, executing, and managing all aspects of the branch audits assigned and provide recommendations to further improve and/or enhance controls within the branches. Effectively monitor and communicate the status of assigned projects to Internal Audit Management, while demonstrating effective time management within audit budgets. Supports and participates in reviewing analytic reports, and support Internal Audit Management with developing and executing data analytics. This role may act as a mentor for an Internal Auditor I and II. Deliver Five Diamond Service by promoting AAA culture and building professional relationships with all business contacts, both internal and external, while performing job functions.

What you will do:

• Supports and participates in executing assigned audit projects on the Audit Plan to focus on key Club-wide controls. Supports and participates in developing and creating audit programs for projects. Perform and document walkthroughs and narratives of the various business lines, to identify risks, key controls, and evaluate the adequacy of internal controls, policies and established procedures. Supports and participates in designing and executing test procedures to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls and perform substantive audit procedures. Summarize potential findings and develop related recommendations to drive continuous improvement. Effectively monitor and communicate the status of assigned projects, including the identification of potential control weaknesses, risk exposures, inappropriate activity, and negative cost trends, as identified during the audit process.
• Supports and participates in preparing audit project reports for Executive and Business Line Management, highlighting control weaknesses, misappropriation of assets, non-compliance with certain regulatory compliance requirements, and areas of redundancy or inefficiency. Provide recommendations to establish and/or modify existing internal controls to achieve a strong internal control environment, with the assistance from Internal Audit Management. Ensure corrective actions provided by Business Line Management address the identified finding and mitigates the related risk.
• Perform branch audits and execute all phases of the audit from planning to reporting, evaluating individual branch compliance with controls over cash processing, safeguarding of Club assets, and other applicable policies and procedures. Maintain and update the branch audit program. Provide recommendations to further improve and/or enhance controls within the branches. Periodically, provide training presentation to Branch Management. Assist in the review of branch audits completed by the Internal Auditor I and the Internal Auditor II. Provide review comments and provide training as deemed necessary.
• Monitor the status of corrective actions to ensure they have been implemented to strengthen the internal control environment. Follow-up on any past due corrective actions. Partner with other Internal Audit team members to develop, implement and review ongoing audit analytic reports.
• Assist Internal Audit Management in reviewing workpapers prepared by the Internal Auditor I and Internal Auditor II. Assist with training Internal Auditor I and Internal Auditor II.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor's Degree Accounting or Finance Required

Experience

Internal Audit Experience Required or Public Accounting Firm Required and Performing operations and compliance audits (i.e. AML) including the testing of internal controls and conducting physical inventories. Required and Demonstrated experience preparing audit programs, narratives of business line processes, risk matrices, finding summaries and reports. Required

Licenses and Certifications

Upon Hire Preferred Preferred Preferred Preferred

AAA Northeast is proud of our diverse culture, fostered by the many talents, skills, passions, and expertise of our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, or promotion based on race, color, creed or religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, or membership in any other protected class. We thrive when our team members bring their whole selves to work.