Internal Audit Business Manager Associate
Job Description
Position Overview
Business Management optimizes business performances by helping to drive key initiatives. We act as trusted advisors and counterweight to Business/Group Heads, and are responsible for identifying, escalating, and mitigating business risks. The role of a business manager is dynamic and can vary from business to business, in line with the priorities of the different lines of business. As an associate business manager supporting Internal Audit, you will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth execution of audit activities and effective communication with stakeholders. Your day will involve preparing impactful presentations, analyzing audit data, and collaborating with teams to drive process improvements. This role is essential for maintaining high standards, supporting strategic initiatives, and enabling the audit function to deliver value across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce weekly and monthly decks summarizing audit plan data for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring accuracy and insightful thematic commentary.
- Support the annual planning process by analyzing audit data, preparing summary views, and updating plan inputs as needed.
- Identify and analyze key risks related to plan execution and assist with developing mitigation strategies.
- Prepare materials for audit town halls, employee recognition, and strategy working sessions.
- Collect, maintain, and organize policies, procedures, and resources on collaboration sites such as SharePoint.
- Collaborate with the broader business management team to set agendas and continuously improve business manager services and reporting.
- Respond promptly to executive ad-hoc requests involving project management, presentation development, and business analysis.
- Organize complex information strategically, demonstrating strong design skills and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Communicate effectively with key business partners to understand project requirements and drive next steps.
- Support audit, regulatory, and compliance deliverables, including action plans within the Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) framework.
- Participate in collaborative initiatives with team members and global managers to enhance business processes and nurture relationships with diverse stakeholders, ensuring alignment and clear communication across all organizational levels.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related area.
- Prior experience in Business Management or Audit.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Pivot Tables); experience with Alteryx or Tableau is a plus.
- Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.
- Self-motivated, tenacious, and able to work with a high degree of independence.
- Proven experience delivering timely, high-quality presentations and/or reporting for various projects and stakeholders with strong attention to detail.
- Strong time management and prioritization skills.
- Ability to organize complex information in a strategic and compelling way, demonstrating strong design acumen and expertise in Excel and PowerPoint techniques.
- Adept at synthesizing large amounts of data and articulating key themes and trends.