Senior Audit Manager - Professional Practices Strategy & Transformation

 

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• Professional Practices Strategy & Execution

  • Partner with leadership to shape and operationalize strategic priorities

  • Translate strategy into actionable roadmaps, initiatives, and deliverables

  • Monitor progress and ensure alignment with enterprise and regulatory expectations

• Audit Lifecycle Design & Simplification

  • Lead end-to-end design and simplification of the audit lifecycle and related workflows (planning through reporting)

  • Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, duplication, and unnecessary complexity

  • Partner with methodology, planning, operations, and audit teams to ensure solutions are practical and scalable

• Improvement Initiatives & Special Projects

  • Lead cross-functional initiatives aligned to efficiency, automation, standardization, and innovation

  • Manage a portfolio of high-priority projects with clear outcomes, timelines, and success measures

  • Drive execution through structured project management and stakeholder coordination

• Change Management & Adoption

  • Develop and execute change management strategies to support successful implementation of new processes, tools, and ways of working

  • Ensure changes are clearly communicated, well understood, and effectively adopted across audit teams

  • Partner with training and communications resources to support rollout and sustainment

• Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Develop clear, concise, and compelling communications for a variety of audiences, including senior leadership

  • Serve as a key liaison between Professional Practices and audit teams to ensure alignment and transparency

  • Facilitate discussions, working sessions, and governance forums as needed

• Cross-Team Collaboration

  • Partner across Professional Practices (e.g., methodology, planning, operations, tooling, capability) to deliver integrated solutions

  • Act as a connector across teams to ensure consistency, reduce duplication, and enable effective execution

  • Build strong relationships with audit teams to understand pain points and inform continuous improvement efforts

• Leadership & Project Oversight

  • Lead cross-functional project teams, including setting direction, coordinating resources, and holding team members accountable for delivery

  • Provide guidance and informal coaching to team members and project participants

  • Influence without formal authority to drive outcomes across the organization

• Other Responsibilities

  • Represent Professional Practices in cross-CAS initiatives and working groups

  • Perform other duties as assigned by leadership

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

• Typically more than 10 years of applicable experience in internal audit, risk management, or related field

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.