What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Internal Auditor position at Cetera Financial Group?
Job Description
Cetera Financial Group (CFG) is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor who will be responsible for executing and delivering a best-in-class audit program. The individual will play a key role in influencing positive change throughout the audit department and will participate in other special projects, as applicable. This highly visible position will report to the Head of Internal Audit.
What you will do :
- Plan, execute, and report compliance of operating units, including control audits and operational audits.
- Documentation : Develop testing documentation templates and prepare clear and concise documentation of testing procedures, test results, findings, and recommendations for improvement, ensuring compliance with audit standards.
- Collaboration : Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, Information Security, Business Options, and Compliance, to facilitate communication and understanding of control requirements.
- Risk Assessment : Lead efforts in identifying and evaluating risks associated with internal controls, providing insights to help mitigate potential threats to financial integrity and regulatory compliance, and identifying opportunities for implementing automated control testing and continuous monitoring.
- Continuous Improvement : Contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of internal control processes, policies, and procedures, as well as automated control testing to align with industry best practices and regulatory changes.
- Document process and prepare audit findings memorandum.
- Perform, support, and document controls for testing.
- Recommend process and policy improvements.
- Follow up to ensure that approved recommendations are implemented.
- Prepare sufficient working paper documentation to support audit procedures.
- Develop and analyze reports that identify key operating metrics.
- Prepare and manage monthly and quarterly internal audit reports and activities.
- Analyze operating budgets and capital plans, re-forecasts, and cash flow assumptions.
- Perform and control the full audit cycle, including risk and control management over operations' effectiveness, financial reliability, and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, transactional activity, and outside research perspectives relative to Broker-Dealers.
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What we give you in return :
Not many teams can say that they support people's dreams coming to life... We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there's a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including :
About Cetera Financial Group :
Cetera Financial Group® ("Cetera") is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is an independent financial advisor network and a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.
Through its multiple distinct firms, Cetera offers independent and institutions-based advisors the benefits of a large, established broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, while serving advisors and institutions in a way that is customized to their needs and aspirations. Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support and innovative technology.
Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of retail independent broker-dealers encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors, Cetera Advisor Networks, Cetera Financial Institutions,and Cetera Financial Specialists.
Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at the Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and / or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and / or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and / or federal law.
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