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Verity is hiring for a
Senior Auditor
at our Seattle, WA Headquarters location.
This is a hybrid position based in Seattle, WA . At Verity, we empower our member’s financial lives and create vibrant communities. Since 1933, Verity has been a local member-owned credit union. We are also the only financial institution in the Pacific Northwest that is a part of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV).
How You Can Make a Difference
Senior Auditor will act as a lead in the coordination and support of the various internal and external audit initiatives to achieve the annual audit plan. Primary duties of this role include conducting internal audits to determine whether controls are adequate and effectively maintained in accordance with policies and procedures and coordinating external audits to ensure timely completion of scheduled and required audits. This position surveys functions and activities in assigned areas to determine the nature of operations and the adequacy of control systems to achieve established objectives. The Senior Auditor provides the credit union’s management team and Supervisory Committee with analyses, evaluations, and recommendations of audited business processes and/or units. In addition, this role provides consultative advice regarding process changes, new product, or service initiatives, and engages as an active partner with business departments when called upon to assist with projects.
We know it is more than just a job
Verity Has Continued To Maintain An Open And Positive Work Culture. We Make Sure People Come First! Some Ways We Help Employees Live Their Best Lives
Base Pay: This position has a yearly range of $71,301 (minimum) to $106,951 (maximum), with a midpoint of $89,126. Starting pay is offered based upon an applicant’s experience and education relevant to the position. Paid Time Off: All Verity employees receive 11 paid holidays per year and 3 floating holidays, as well as paid time off (PTO is combined vacation and sick leave.) PTO starts accruing immediately at a rate of 20 days per year. Benefits: Both full and part time employees (and their family) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, with a no cost option available for employee only coverage! Employees have the option to enroll in our 401k plan and receive an employer match up to 6%. Other Benefits: This position is eligible for annual cash bonuses up to 1% and a 1% profit-sharing bonus to 401k accounts based on company performance. Great Perks: Other Verity benefits include a wellness subsidy, a transportation reimbursement benefit and education reimbursement.
Essential Job Functions
Audit Planning & Management
Conduct organization audit risk assessment and develop a risk-based annual audit plan. Perform internal audits and reviews with limited oversight and maintain sufficient workpapers. Discuss any irregularities or deficiencies uncovered during audits with department managers, recommend resolutions and ensure audit findings are appropriately resolved on a timely basis. Manage all phases of the external audit activities. Drive adherence to audit schedule and execute the audit plan/projects within budgeted hours and established deadlines on a consistent basis. Prepare written audit reports using techniques including research, planning, risk assessment, interviewing, sample testing, analysis, reporting, and recommendation formulation. Prepare all audit-related materials for the Supervisory Committee meetings. Optimize the audit process to increase compliance and efficiency. Conduct special audits/projects as needed. Develop and manage internal audit KPIs monthly. Build strong product and services, operational and technical knowledge of all areas of the organization, including applicable policies/procedures, laws, and regulations to provide specialized subject matter expertise to the team. Act as liaison between credit union and Supervisory Committee
Quality Control
Perform quality control reviews of loans and deposits to ensure each is complete, accurate, and meets credit union standards, policies, and regulatory requirements. Performs reviews of Information Technology functions including third party applications, internal system control reviews, etc. Perform user access review for all key systems. Assign exceptions for all assigned and completed reviews, and track to closure. Analyze results and develop metrics to inform business units about improvement opportunities.
Risk Management & Mitigation
Identify areas of risk and develop and implement auditing procedures to monitor and reduce risk to the credit union. Monitor employee accounts for suspicious behavior and report violations of credit union policy to management and the Supervisory Committee Make recommendations to the Supervisory Committee and risk management regarding audit issues, including procedural recommendations. Research and resolves problems presented through Supervisory Committee correspondence.
Communication and Collaboration
Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships throughout the organization. Protect and support internal audit credibility and integrity through individual actions and mentoring others. Actively participate in project meetings and new initiatives in a risk consultant manner Collaborate with various credit union leaders to provide creative solutions to operational problems, increasing process effectiveness and the accuracy of written procedures. Strive for continuous process improvement and quality service to internal and external customers. Provide expert advice to executive and senior management on internal controls requirements, participating in internal committees and working groups.
Compliance & Regulatory Support
Manage regulatory examination by assisting examiners in providing information, preparing pre-work papers, and reconciling discrepancies. Act as liaison between regulators and management. Assist with annual member verification and financial audit. Assist external auditors with their audits and documentation collection.
Additional Duties
Perform additional duties as assigned to support the credit union internal audit function and overall organizational goals.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Audit Leadership: Lead internal and external audit initiatives by coordinating activities to ensure the successful completion of the annual audit plan, maintaining audit schedules, and collaborating with third-party vendors and the Supervisory Committee. Risk Assessment & Control Evaluation: Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, evaluating control systems to ensure their adequacy, efficiency, and alignment with established objectives, policies, and regulatory standards. Regulatory Compliance: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulations, board policies, and operational procedures, ensuring audits and processes adhere to legal requirements and industry standards, and providing guidance on regulatory examinations. Financial and Operational Audit Execution: Execute financial and operational audits, utilizing techniques such as planning, risk assessment, sample testing, analysis, and recommendation formulation, to ensure the effectiveness and safety of credit union functions. Consultative Support: Provide consultative advice to business departments on process improvements, new products, or service initiatives, offering expertise on compliance, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation. Audit Reporting: Prepare detailed audit reports that include analyses, evaluations, and recommendations, communicating findings clearly to the management team and Supervisory Committee to support decision-making. Quality Control & Continuous Improvement: Ensure the completion of quality control reviews across departments and branches, striving for continuous process improvement and enhancing service quality for internal and external stakeholders. Collaboration & Problem Solving: Collaborate with credit union leaders to develop creative solutions to operational challenges, enhancing process effectiveness, and ensuring the accuracy of procedures and compliance resources. Compliance Resource Development: Develop and maintain compliance resources to support internal audit efforts, ensuring up-to-date reference materials that reflect current regulations and best practices. Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify areas of potential risk and develop and implement audit procedures to monitor and reduce exposure, protecting the credit union from financial and operational vulnerabilities. Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify areas of potential risk and develop and implement audit procedures to monitor and reduce exposure, protecting the credit union from financial and operational vulnerabilities.
Education And Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, MIS, or related field required. Minimum 5 years’ experience of auditing required, preferably in the financial services/credit union industry. Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite; expert knowledge of Excel including use of pivot tables required. Solid knowledge of audit procedures, information system auditing, and knowledge of financial institution regulations, including those from regulatory bodies like NCUA, FFIEC, CFPB, DFI, etc. preferred. Knowledge of core system (DNA), lending platforms (Meridian Link) Professional audit or regulatory compliance certification (CIA, CRCM, CISA and/or CPA) preferred.
Working knowledge of various systems: Fiserv DNA, MeridianLink, Q2, Verafin, Nconracts, etc. preferred.
Experience collaborating with and coordinating activities and audit work with outside third-party audit vendors, or related project management skills preferred.
PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Verity is committed to reasonably accommodating the physical aspects of the position. The following are normally encountered in this job:
Effectively communicate with diverse staff, members, and vendors Ability to travel within a assigned market Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
Working Conditions
Sitting or standing for long periods of time Working on computers for a long period of time in an office environment
Washington is an At-Will Employment State
Your employment is at will, meaning you are free to resign at any time, for any reason, with or without notice. Verity Credit Union is also free to conclude the employment relationship with you at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.
No statement or promise by a credit union representative or board member may be interpreted as a change in the at will policy, nor would it constitute an employment or other contractual agreement. Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
Employment type Part-time Job function
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Senior Auditor
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Verity Credit Union 1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the
Senior Auditor
role at
Verity Credit Union Brief Description
Verity is hiring for a Brief Description
Verity is hiring for a
Senior Auditor
at our Seattle, WA Headquarters location.
This is a hybrid position based in Seattle, WA . At Verity, we empower our member’s financial lives and create vibrant communities. Since 1933, Verity has been a local member-owned credit union. We are also the only financial institution in the Pacific Northwest that is a part of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV).
How You Can Make a Difference
Senior Auditor will act as a lead in the coordination and support of the various internal and external audit initiatives to achieve the annual audit plan. Primary duties of this role include conducting internal audits to determine whether controls are adequate and effectively maintained in accordance with policies and procedures and coordinating external audits to ensure timely completion of scheduled and required audits. This position surveys functions and activities in assigned areas to determine the nature of operations and the adequacy of control systems to achieve established objectives. The Senior Auditor provides the credit union’s management team and Supervisory Committee with analyses, evaluations, and recommendations of audited business processes and/or units. In addition, this role provides consultative advice regarding process changes, new product, or service initiatives, and engages as an active partner with business departments when called upon to assist with projects.
We know it is more than just a job
Verity Has Continued To Maintain An Open And Positive Work Culture. We Make Sure People Come First! Some Ways We Help Employees Live Their Best Lives
Base Pay: This position has a yearly range of $71,301 (minimum) to $106,951 (maximum), with a midpoint of $89,126. Starting pay is offered based upon an applicant’s experience and education relevant to the position. Paid Time Off: All Verity employees receive 11 paid holidays per year and 3 floating holidays, as well as paid time off (PTO is combined vacation and sick leave.) PTO starts accruing immediately at a rate of 20 days per year. Benefits: Both full and part time employees (and their family) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, with a no cost option available for employee only coverage! Employees have the option to enroll in our 401k plan and receive an employer match up to 6%. Other Benefits: This position is eligible for annual cash bonuses up to 1% and a 1% profit-sharing bonus to 401k accounts based on company performance. Great Perks: Other Verity benefits include a wellness subsidy, a transportation reimbursement benefit and education reimbursement.
Essential Job Functions
Audit Planning & Management
Conduct organization audit risk assessment and develop a risk-based annual audit plan. Perform internal audits and reviews with limited oversight and maintain sufficient workpapers. Discuss any irregularities or deficiencies uncovered during audits with department managers, recommend resolutions and ensure audit findings are appropriately resolved on a timely basis. Manage all phases of the external audit activities. Drive adherence to audit schedule and execute the audit plan/projects within budgeted hours and established deadlines on a consistent basis. Prepare written audit reports using techniques including research, planning, risk assessment, interviewing, sample testing, analysis, reporting, and recommendation formulation. Prepare all audit-related materials for the Supervisory Committee meetings. Optimize the audit process to increase compliance and efficiency. Conduct special audits/projects as needed. Develop and manage internal audit KPIs monthly. Build strong product and services, operational and technical knowledge of all areas of the organization, including applicable policies/procedures, laws, and regulations to provide specialized subject matter expertise to the team. Act as liaison between credit union and Supervisory Committee
Quality Control
Perform quality control reviews of loans and deposits to ensure each is complete, accurate, and meets credit union standards, policies, and regulatory requirements. Performs reviews of Information Technology functions including third party applications, internal system control reviews, etc. Perform user access review for all key systems. Assign exceptions for all assigned and completed reviews, and track to closure. Analyze results and develop metrics to inform business units about improvement opportunities.
Risk Management & Mitigation
Identify areas of risk and develop and implement auditing procedures to monitor and reduce risk to the credit union. Monitor employee accounts for suspicious behavior and report violations of credit union policy to management and the Supervisory Committee Make recommendations to the Supervisory Committee and risk management regarding audit issues, including procedural recommendations. Research and resolves problems presented through Supervisory Committee correspondence.
Communication and Collaboration
Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships throughout the organization. Protect and support internal audit credibility and integrity through individual actions and mentoring others. Actively participate in project meetings and new initiatives in a risk consultant manner Collaborate with various credit union leaders to provide creative solutions to operational problems, increasing process effectiveness and the accuracy of written procedures. Strive for continuous process improvement and quality service to internal and external customers. Provide expert advice to executive and senior management on internal controls requirements, participating in internal committees and working groups.
Compliance & Regulatory Support
Manage regulatory examination by assisting examiners in providing information, preparing pre-work papers, and reconciling discrepancies. Act as liaison between regulators and management. Assist with annual member verification and financial audit. Assist external auditors with their audits and documentation collection.
Additional Duties
Perform additional duties as assigned to support the credit union internal audit function and overall organizational goals.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Audit Leadership: Lead internal and external audit initiatives by coordinating activities to ensure the successful completion of the annual audit plan, maintaining audit schedules, and collaborating with third-party vendors and the Supervisory Committee. Risk Assessment & Control Evaluation: Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, evaluating control systems to ensure their adequacy, efficiency, and alignment with established objectives, policies, and regulatory standards. Regulatory Compliance: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulations, board policies, and operational procedures, ensuring audits and processes adhere to legal requirements and industry standards, and providing guidance on regulatory examinations. Financial and Operational Audit Execution: Execute financial and operational audits, utilizing techniques such as planning, risk assessment, sample testing, analysis, and recommendation formulation, to ensure the effectiveness and safety of credit union functions. Consultative Support: Provide consultative advice to business departments on process improvements, new products, or service initiatives, offering expertise on compliance, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation. Audit Reporting: Prepare detailed audit reports that include analyses, evaluations, and recommendations, communicating findings clearly to the management team and Supervisory Committee to support decision-making. Quality Control & Continuous Improvement: Ensure the completion of quality control reviews across departments and branches, striving for continuous process improvement and enhancing service quality for internal and external stakeholders. Collaboration & Problem Solving: Collaborate with credit union leaders to develop creative solutions to operational challenges, enhancing process effectiveness, and ensuring the accuracy of procedures and compliance resources. Compliance Resource Development: Develop and maintain compliance resources to support internal audit efforts, ensuring up-to-date reference materials that reflect current regulations and best practices. Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify areas of potential risk and develop and implement audit procedures to monitor and reduce exposure, protecting the credit union from financial and operational vulnerabilities. Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify areas of potential risk and develop and implement audit procedures to monitor and reduce exposure, protecting the credit union from financial and operational vulnerabilities.
Education And Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, MIS, or related field required. Minimum 5 years’ experience of auditing required, preferably in the financial services/credit union industry. Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite; expert knowledge of Excel including use of pivot tables required. Solid knowledge of audit procedures, information system auditing, and knowledge of financial institution regulations, including those from regulatory bodies like NCUA, FFIEC, CFPB, DFI, etc. preferred. Knowledge of core system (DNA), lending platforms (Meridian Link) Professional audit or regulatory compliance certification (CIA, CRCM, CISA and/or CPA) preferred.
Working knowledge of various systems: Fiserv DNA, MeridianLink, Q2, Verafin, Nconracts, etc. preferred.
Experience collaborating with and coordinating activities and audit work with outside third-party audit vendors, or related project management skills preferred.
PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Verity is committed to reasonably accommodating the physical aspects of the position. The following are normally encountered in this job:
Effectively communicate with diverse staff, members, and vendors Ability to travel within a assigned market Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
Working Conditions
Sitting or standing for long periods of time Working on computers for a long period of time in an office environment
Washington is an At-Will Employment State
Your employment is at will, meaning you are free to resign at any time, for any reason, with or without notice. Verity Credit Union is also free to conclude the employment relationship with you at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.
No statement or promise by a credit union representative or board member may be interpreted as a change in the at will policy, nor would it constitute an employment or other contractual agreement. Seniority level
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