Corporate Audit, Managing Director, Hybrid

Corporate Audit, Managing Director, Hybrid

**Who we are looking for**
State Street Bank International GmbH (SSBI) is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Managing Director to lead our audit assurance coverage over State Street Bank International (SSBI) activities across all SSBI locations and support adequate coverage of outsourced SSBI activities. In this role, you will report directly to the Head of Corporate Audit SSBI and managing a diverse team across various locations. You will develop, own and be responsible for SSBI client relationships with particular focus on Senior and Executive Management and the assurance plan over all SSBI activities. You will have tremendous insight into all parts of the bank's daily operations and Governance Processes. You will be a problem solving partner, looking ahead to help management envision future risks and opportunities.

In this role you will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of the audit lifecycle, including, but not limited to: defining the audit universe, reviewing and approving risk assessments, setting the audit plan and overseeing audit engagements. In this role you will be part of the Corporate Audit Division, that has currently more than 300 employees worldwide.

This role is based out of Frankfurt, Germany and can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements.

**Why this role is important to us**
SSBI is a 100% subsidiary of the State Street Corporation. Our Headquarter is based in Munich with offices in Frankfurt, Zurich, Vienna, Milan, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Paris, Krakow and Gdansk. We offer investment services to institutional clients encompassing investment servicing, investment research and trading, and investment management. The team you will be joining plays an important role in the overall success of the organization. In Europe and across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. To make that happen we need you and teams like yours to help navigate the organization as a whole. In your role you will strive for cutting-edge solutions, that are straightforward and scalable. Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

**What you will be responsible for**
As the Corporate Audit for SSBI, Managing Director you will:

- Support and oversee the audit approach strategy for SSBI, including approval of audit universe, risk assessments, business area audit plan and individual audit projects.
- Manage the client relationship with SSBI leadership.
- Proactively engage with senior stakeholders to provide insights on key / emerging risks and issue themes and trends.
- Provide day-to-day leadership to the SSBI audit team through proactive engagement, coaching and talent development.
- Oversee the timely execution of the audit plan to advance insight-drive assurance.
- Draft, review, finalize and communicate audit deliverables, including audit findings, memos and audit reports to senior and executive management.
- Establish yourself as a trusted business partner and contribute to change initiatives by participation in system and business process change initiatives with strategic corporate significance by providing input on operational and technological risk issues in an advisory capacity.
- Participate in department wide initiatives, challenging the department's organization, processes and services to ensure that they remain at or above peer/ industry standards.
- Manage, coach and develop staff, including participating in the talent management, staff evaluation, and new hire processes.
- Provide insight on the evolving regulatory environment and interact with relevant regulators, in particular the JST.
- Prepare relevant reporting to key stakeholders including executive management and governance committees.
- Participate as a non-voting member of various business committees and management working groups, promoting balanced discussions and encouraging challenge and debate.
- Strengthen internal control disciplines within the corporation by influencing relevant policies, promoting education/ understanding of control concepts.
- Work in partnership with business and division management across all lines, facilitate effective communication and coordination and develop and negotiate solutions for control deficiencies.
- Proactively engage in solving complex issues and engage in projects that may extend beyond own area(s) of expertise
- Demonstrate, maintain and expand your knowledge of financial and operational internal control methodologies and terminologies (e.g. COSO), process and control industry standards, audit industry best practices and regulatory expectations, risk management practices and techniques as well as supervisory regulatory requirements such as ECB

**What we value**
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