Senior Auditor II at Wintrust Financial Corporation in Rosemont, Illinois

Job Description:

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Responsibilities:

• Assist and execute operational risk-based audits to assess control design and operating effectiveness.


• Assist in the development of audit programs and testing procedures relevant to risk and test objectives.


• Present audit scope and results to senior audit leadership and audit stakeholders.


• Ensure timely validation of remediation action for audit findings.


• Present quarterly to local bank audit committees. 


• Participate in the annual audit plan development, including the annual risk assessment, in collaboration with senior audit leadership.


• Assist in training and developing junior audit team members.

Qualification

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant audit experience in public accounting and/or internal auditing.


• Experience in executing operational risk audits.


• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking and leadership skills.


• Self-starter with ability to self-motivate and work with minimal supervision.


• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to articulate with clarity and precision.


• Excellent time management skills and attention to detail.


• Applied knowledge and understanding of audit methodologies, risk-based auditing techniques and auditing standards and frameworks (i.e., COSO, COBIT, NIST, ISO, ITIL, etc.).


• Local travel 5% or as needed.

Education Requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree, from an accredited college or university, with a major in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field of study.


• CIA, CISA, CPA is desired.  

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.