This position will be responsible for providing leadership, management and expertise within TIAA’s Internal Audit Services department.

Internal Audit

• Participates in defining audit service standards for the organization to ensure consistency in and compliance with auditing practices.
• Identifies and evaluates fundamental operations and control issues, providing strategy and direction to attain compliance with control design, industry expectations and regulatory requirements with focus on operating effectiveness and efficiencies across the organization.
• Evaluates the business operations and develops relevant, cost saving, control and process improvement ideas to assist the organization in meeting its goals.
• Ensures timely delivery of audit results within budget against quarterly and annual audit plan expectations.
• Maintains responsibility for providing internal audit support for a sizeable portion of the business operations of the organization or may provide functional leadership on a specific aspect of internal auditing or both.
• Leads Internal Audit’s risk assessment and continuous monitoring program to properly adjust audit coverage in response to changes in the Company’s risk and control environment.
• Utilizes research, past audit reports, regulatory expectations and own risk-based judgment to determine areas of priority for internal audit review.
• Develops strong written deliverables, including executive reports and dashboards containing business-relevant information, including audit committee reporting.
• Manages performance of Internal Audit team members through regular, timely feedback as well as the formal performance review process to ensure delivery of Internal Audit objectives and engagement, motivation, and development of team.
• Fosters an innovative and collaborative working environment to deliver effective and efficient audits leveraging data analytics and information technology specialists, as appropriate, to identify and implement advanced testing methods.

Data Analytics

• Provides input into the development and leads the implementation of the data analytics strategy both within the core data analytics team and more broadly across Internal Audit Services.
• Understands industry-specific data analytics, business intelligence and quantitative analysis techniques and uses this information to ensure the organization’s internal controls are effective.
• Manages the performance of the team through regular, timely feedback as well as the formal performance review process to ensure delivery of exceptional solutions and engagement, motivation, and development of team.
• Advises senior personnel within Internal Audit Services and across the company to resolve issues, gain needed information and influence outcomes.
• Manages the largest and most complex audit engagements and teams in special projects or implementation of initiatives.
• Manages the implementation of tools (e.g. SQL Server, Python, Tableau and Power Business Intelligence) to analyze data and automate processes to improve audit efficiency and effectiveness.
• Oversees the development of analysis and automation solutions which shape the scoping of complex audits and advisories.
• Influences and advises senior management within Internal Audit Services and across the company when communicating data analytics results and associated control recommendations to resolve issues.

Management/Leadership Responsibility:

• Manages a global team of direct / indirect reports, while leading strategic and important initiatives for the team.
• Hands-on role requiring technical and leadership skills in driving results.
• May interact with external contacts, such as external auditors and regulators, as needed.
• This position may be a potential successor to Head of TIAA India Internal Audit.

Business or Industry Expertise:

• Strong knowledge of internal audit best-in-class practices, risk management; and regulatory guidance and expectations (FRBB, OCC, SEC, State Insurance).
• Strong knowledge of the Institute of Internal Auditor’s (IIA) International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) to which the Internal Audit Services Department’s methodology is aligned.
• Desired knowledge of financial services products, services and regulations.

Interactions / Interpersonal Skills:

• Regularly interacts with senior and middle management.
• Requires the ability to work effectively with many levels of the organization, and must display highly effective networking, advising, and influencing skills.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or other related discipline.

Preferred Education:

• Masters degree or MBA in finance or related discipline

Required Experience:

• Over twelve years of experience in public accounting and/or diversified financial services, including experience in an internal audit leadership role.
• Experience of data analytics in an audit environment, including experience in the management and/or use of data analytics tools and platforms such as SQL, Tableau, Python, Power BI, Altryx, Power Automate, Hadoop, Snowflake, and/or Splunk.

Preferred Experience:

• Strong knowledge of the Institute of Internal Auditor’s (IIA) International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) to which the Internal Audit Services Department’s methodology is aligned.
• Experience in a regulated financial services environment
• Knowledge of financial services products, services and regulations.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge and experience developing and delivering data analytics and continuous auditing/continuous monitoring programs
• Experience managing audit and data analytics resources, effective team interactions, providing timely and constructive feedback, negotiating issues and resolving problems.
• Superior verbal and written communications skills