Wintrust Financial Looking for IT Senior Auditor at Wayne, Illinois, United States Full Time

Full Job Description

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50
billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built
on the “HAVE IT ALL” model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology
and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing
service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust
operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking
locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas.
Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units
including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term
accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services,
mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and
qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why join us?

• An
  award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago
  Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe &
  Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and
  discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

• Hybrid
  schedule! Remote for at least 3 days a week and in our Rosemont office
  1-2 days a week.

• Comprehensive benefit package
  including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous
  company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

• Family-friendly work hours

• Promote from
  within culture

Why join this team?

Wintrust is looking for a highly self-motivated, creative and
enthusiastic professional to join the Wintrust IT Internal Audit team.
We are offering audit professionals the opportunity to develop their
IT technical and auditing skills while learning about the
organization. This position will be responsible for the execution of a
risk based IT audit plan by completing operational IT audit testing
activities. The position is part of the larger IT audit team
responsible for audits related to the company’s current and emerging
technologies including Information Security, Data Management, System
Implementations, Digital Channels, as well as other special projects.
The role will work in a collaborative environment to execute the
audits while occasionally working independently with supervision.

Hybrid schedule! Remote for at least 2-3 days a week and in our
Rosemont office 2-3 days a week.

What You’ll Do

• Develops and maintains a positive and respectful
  working relationships with audit team members, audit clients, and
  provides audit insights on the company’s strategic initiatives and
  emerging risks.

• Accountable for own assignments and
  holding others accountable for their work including proactively
  managing expectations.

• Actively participates in the
  successful and timely completion of assigned engagement deliverables
  pursuant to internal guidelines, procedures and established
  milestones, with high quality. 

• Assists with the
  development of the audit risk assessment using a risk-based approach
  including identifying and assessing controls against best practices
  and research performed.

• Participates and documents
  walkthroughs with relevant business process owners and develops
  detailed narratives and process flow charts.

• Executes
  test procedures prescribed in the risk assessment with alignment to
  workpaper documentation standards.

• Drafts findings
  and recommendations for the purpose of status updates, audit reports,
  etc.

• Ensures observations from prescribed procedures
  and practices are fully supported by relevant evidence and
  corroborated documented information.

• Applies
  analytical skills to review information, perform assessments of the
  audit results, and evaluate the adequacy of controls.

• Communicates timely the status of assigned audit and
  project work to engagement supervisor.

• Attends and
  participates in audit team planning meetings and audit meetings with
  clients, including drafting meeting minutes.

• Maintain
  technical competence by ongoing training, seeking development
  opportunities and applying new skills and knowledge to assigned audit
  work.

• Provides training, coaching and audit expertise
  to the audit team.

This position is a member of the
IT Audit team under the guidance of an IT Audit Director and
administratively reports to an IT Audit Manager while functionally
executing work under the supervision of an Audit Officer. The position
will work closely with audit team members, internal audit clients,
risk management and compliance functions within the organization, as
well as external parties where applicable. The role is based in
Rosemont, IL with occasional travel to banking and non-banking
locations in and outside of the Rosemont area.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of
  relevant audit experience in internal audit, Information Technology
  and/or public accounting.

• Strong interpersonal and
  leadership skills.

• Self-starter with the ability to
  self-motivate.

• Strong verbal and written
  communication skills and ability to articulate with clarity and
  precision.

• Ability to proactively assess issues,
  identify solutions and problem solve with value add opportunities to
  the organization.

• Ability to adapt and react
  positively in a changing and dynamic work environment.

• Flexibility, multi-taking, creative thinking and good
  business judgment skills required to meet project deadlines.

• Team-oriented individual able to work independently, when
  needed.

• Excellent time management skills and
  attention to detail.

• Applied knowledge and
  understanding of audit methodologies, risk-based auditing techniques
  and auditing standards and frameworks (i.e., COSO, COBIT, NIST, ISO,
  ITIL, etc.)

• Experience in utilizing computer-assisted
  audit tools and techniques (e.g. ACL, IDEA, DataIKU, etc.) and
  internal audit management software (i.e., TeamMate) desired.

• Travel 5%-10%, as needed.

 
Education Requirements:

• Minimum of a
  bachelor’s degree, from an accredited college or university, with a
  major in Information Technology, Information Systems, Operations and
  Information Management, Accounting, Business Administration, or
  related field of study.

• CISA, CISSP, CIA, CPA is
  desired.

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From
our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety
of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be
Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin’s Bank®, we need to reflect that
diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ,
the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices.
Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and
financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information,
marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any
other characteristic protected by law.