Lead Internal Auditor - Bank Regulatory Compliance (Remote Oppty)

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About Silicon Valley Bank

Make Next Happen Now. For more than 35 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. With commercial, international and private banking services, SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators. Silicon Valley Bank serves innovative companies and their investors around the world, from life science to healthcare, venture capital to private equity, and tech to non-profit. SVB banks half of all venture-backed companies in the U.S. and is one of the fastest-growing companies in the world. By providing innovative banking products with an entrepreneurial spirit and supporting community causes that align with its values, SVB fosters innovation all over the globe.

About the Role

The Internal Audit (IA) function provides the Bank with objective and independent assurance services to support the Bank in its mission and help achieve its objectives through proactive risk management. We have an exciting opportunity in our Internal Audit group for a Lead Internal Audit Associate.

This Lead Internal Auditor A will be responsible for executing moderate to complex regulatory compliance audits, including performing risk assessments, developing audit scope and audit programs, executing audit programs, and communicating audit results to management.

Core Responsibilities:

• Assist audit management in executing regulatory compliance internal audit programs.

• Develop regulatory compliance audit testing programs and test key controls within SVB's environment leveraging the SVB internal audit methodology.

• Assess new, or changes to existing, processes to identify regulatory risks and recommending improvements

• Perform research and propose testing steps for new and/or changed areas

• Document and communicate audit work and results

• Assess the significance of audit findings, conclude on findings, and make practical recommendations to management

• Effectively communicate with process owners and be a good representative of the Internal Audit department

• Establish and maintain relationships with key business partners across the organization

• Contribute to the completion of continuous monitoring activities for assigned auditable entities

Skills and Requirements:

• An undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or a related business field is required

• 4-5 years of financial services-related audit experience

• An active professional certification in public accounting or internal auditing is recommended (e.g., CPA, CIA, CRCM, CAMS)

• Demonstrate experience in executing regulatory compliance audits for banking/financial institutions in some of the following areas: consumer regulations, insider lending, affiliate transactions, anti-money laundering, privacy, FINRA/SEC regulations

• Some project management experience leading audits or special projects

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Pro-active, high energy and strong interpersonal skills with a team-focused attitude, demonstrating the ability to collaborate and compromise while building effective relationships

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Silicon Valley Bank is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to expanding its commitments and investments to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive company culture and innovation ecosystem. We are strongly committed to the values and policy of equal employment opportunity across our employment practices.

Silicon Valley Bank is registered in England and Wales at Alphabeta, 14-18 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1BR, UK under No. FC029579. Silicon Valley Bank is authorised and regulated by the California Department of Business Oversight and the United States Federal Reserve Bank; authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority with number 577295; and subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and limited regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority. Details about the extent of our regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority are available from us on request.