Senior Lead Auditor

KeyBank's Internal Audit (IA) serves as the 3rd Line of Defense and provides independent assurance over the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal controls across the organization. The Enterprise Projects (EP) team evaluates and monitors the bank's most critical strategic initiatives, including large-scale business transformations, technology implementations, regulatory programs, digital modernization efforts, data-driven initiatives, and emerging technology deployments.

The Senior Lead Auditor will lead and execute independent risk-based reviews of complex programs and projects throughout their lifecycle. This role is responsible for assessing project governance, identifying emerging risks, evaluating the design and effectiveness of business and technology controls, and communicating observations and recommendations to senior management.

The ideal candidate possesses strong audit and risk management capabilities combined with an understanding of technology-enabled transformations, system development practices, data governance, cybersecurity concepts, and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI. The role requires collaboration with business, technology, risk, compliance, and audit stakeholders to provide independent insight into the successful delivery of strategic initiatives while ensuring risks are appropriately identified, governed, and mitigated.

The Senior Lead Auditor will lead complex reviews, coordinate cross-functional audit teams, mentor staff, identify opportunities for continuous improvement, and contribute to the evolution of Internal Audit's project and technology risk oversight capabilities.

The Risk Review Group has career path planning and supports professional growth by supporting the pursuit of relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute all phases of project risk reviews, including planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue validation activities.
• Conduct walkthroughs, and testing procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal controls.
• Review project status reporting, governance artifacts, risk registers, issue logs, and key performance indicators to assess overall project health.
• Identify, assess, and communicate project risks, control weaknesses, implementation concerns, and regulatory compliance issues.
• Draft audit findings, observations, executive summaries, and reporting deliverables for senior management and audit leadership.
• Escalate significant concerns to project leadership and monitor remediation efforts through completion.
• Coordinate integrated reviews involving multiple audit teams and subject matter experts across risk domains.
• Perform testing to evaluate adherence to enterprise project management standards, governance frameworks, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate risks and controls associated with technology-enabled transformation initiatives, and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform in an organizational culture of respect and personal accountability regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. 

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.

• Minimum of 3 years of audit, risk management, technology risk, project management, or related experience.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) 
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) 
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)

This position is NOT eligible for employment visa sponsorship for non-U.S. citizens.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

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Key has implemented an approach to employee workspaces which prioritizes in-office presence, while providing flexible options in circumstances where roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment.

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