Ally Financial Careers

The Audit Manager - Legal & Corporate Affairs (including Financial Crimes Compliance)  is responsible for audit project management, resource management, and relationship management within the distinguished functions of Ally Financial. The Manager will help assess risk and have a critical role in the development of efficient and effective audit projects; including financial crimes; conclude and report on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, governance and risk management; and effectively communicate results to management.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This position reports to the office on hybrid bases #LI-Hybrid

• Manage the monitoring, monthly updates, validation design and execution of Legal and Corporate Affairs and Risk Management issues (including Financial Crimes) resulting from Audit reports, as well as assisting with regulatory finding validations, as applicable.
• Manage the overall execution and completion of concurrently (typically two) assigned audit projects on a timely basis.
• Manage the audit focus onto key risks and ensure efficient - effective delivery with the highest quality, in compliance with professional standards and audit policies.
• Review and interpret work papers and analyses presented by team members and consistently draw the right conclusions.
• Prepare for and conduct key audit meetings and presentations with management.
• Mentor - develop audit staff and act as a knowledge resource.
• Effectively identify and communicate unusual and difficult problems to audit leadership.
• Assess audit staff against established performance and leadership criteria; provide timely, honest and meaningful project evaluations.
• Establish open and effective communication with management.
• Serve as contact with Function management in a collaborative way to foster positive working relationships, promote Audit's image, provide control advice and issue trends and to stay abreast of major business activities and changes in the business; and makes audit plan recommendations as necessary.
• Support continuous process improvement by identifying needs and opportunities and recommending appropriate process changes; champion common audit process approach; recommend process changes to maintain the highest quality standards.
• Assist Audit leadership, as appropriate in fulfilling information requests from regulators (FRB/FDIC/UST) and represent Ally Audit Services in supporting and handling issues raised by the FRB/FDIC/UST.

• Bachelor's degree in related field of study preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience within the financial services industry, audit, and/or public accounting required.
• Related certification strongly preferred (CAMS, CPA, CIA, CRCM).
• Demonstrated effective project management skills and the ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated skill in successfully managing audit teams with an emphasis on staff development.
• Proficient in Team Mate, MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Flowcharting software.
• Knowledge of COSO, FFIEC, and SOX.
• Knowledge of data mining and analytical tools preferred (ACL, IDEA, and MS Access).
• Strong critical thinking skills and experience auditing risks in a dynamic organization.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and managerial skills (detail-oriented, deadline driven, self-directed, organized, etc.) with proven track record of increasing responsibilities within the organization.
• Ability to multi-task and work well in a changing environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong management relationships within assigned audit area(s).
• Occasional travel required.
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