Role Title: Audit Manager

Hybrid role, 200 Park Ave, NYC.

(Bridgewater, NJ candidates will need to travel to NYC during an audit, a few times that week.)

Role Value Proposition:

Internal Audit (IA) is an independent, global organization that plays an important role in partnering with the business to ensure that management anticipates, recognizes, and appropriately manages risks. We protect MetLife and our stakeholders through meaningful independent assurance and advice, while advocating for risk management and internal controls.

We’re looking for an Audit Manager who would be excited to join a dynamic and highly collaborative team. The Audit Manager is responsible for performing audits of financial, operational, and compliance risk management. The individual should be comfortable sharing their ideas, building client relationships, and delivering high quality and impactful results to stakeholders. The Audit Manager will participate in the delivery of audit assignments as follows:

Key Responsibilities

• Lead audits of financial and operational management programs and processes.

• Run audit life cycle, including planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issues management.

• Develop audit scope and review evidence of controls.

• Conduct walkthroughs with first and second line management to assess controls design.

• Identify, assess, and present findings and their impact to management along with recommendations on practical yet effective mitigation strategies.

• Draft audit reports

• Manage relationships closely with stakeholders to keep them informed of status and exceptions ("no surprises").

• Review audit deliverables prepared by junior associates to make sure that they meet departmental and professional standards of quality in support of audit conclusions.

• Review testing on corrective actions to ensure that remediation implemented is effective.

• Review annual SOX testing within Risk Management, Compliance, and/or Legal Management.

• Provide input into annual audit pipeline

• Identify and aggregate audit themes for MetLife Senior Leadership and Board

• Develop analytics solutions for effective audit risk assessments and testing

• Lead and mentor junior associates

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree and a preference of 8-10 years of risk and/or audit experience

• Clear written and verbal communications

• Ability to work with colleagues across cultures and countries

• Strong foundation in audit concepts and techniques

• Demonstrated knowledge in risk management leading practices, especially within Enterprise Risk Management (Financial and Operational Risk). Other experience in regulatory compliance and fraud a plus.