Director, Internal Audit Services

About This Opportunity

At Meridian our aspiration is to integrate our purpose into everything we do for people, the planet, and communities. We believe that our greatest opportunity is to create opportunity and meet people where they are.

The Director, Internal Audit Services is accountable to; be a leader of the Internal Audit Services function ensuring the team strives and delivers against Internal Audit Services’ vision and its Board approved charter. Maintain, enhance and lead the practices and methodology for the overall function (Practice Management).Contribute to the strategic advancement of Internal Audit Services by providing thought leadership through to structured implementation on people, process, methodology and technology enhancements. Develop and recommend multi-year, risk based annual audit plan for all corporate areas for Meridian Credit Union and all subsidiaries. Provide independent, objective, effective, and impactful assurance and advice that supports the strategic objectives and success of the organization and aligns with the expectations of the board, senior management, and other key stakeholders. Lead and provide oversight, direction, coaching and guidance to the team.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership:

• Participate with the Chief Audit Executive, IAS in setting and achieving strategic goals and objectives
• Take overall accountability to identify, lead, encourage, support and recommend enhancements to IAS’s audit methodology, processes, and use of audit software by supporting and creating an environment that encourages and supports innovation (Practice Management). The objective is to ensure IAS is as efficient and effective.
• Keep apprised of emerging issues, best practices and trends in internal audit and the financial services industry.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key corporate partners (e.g. Risk Management, Fraud, Privacy, Information Security, etc.) to ensure an integrated and efficient evaluation of risks and controls across the organization.
• Ensure the team conducts itself in accordance with the Board approved charter and with the Institute of Internal Audit’s (IIA) Global Internal Audit Standards

Ensure you and your team are:

• Performing their work with integrity and professional courage
• Ensuring all communications are accurate, clear, and respectful, even when expressing skepticism or offering an opposing viewpoint.
• Taking appropriate action even when confronted by difficult decisions or situations
• Foster and maintain a work environment where team members feel supported when expressing evidenced based engagement results, whether favourable or unfavourable
• Monitor on an ongoing basis the level and sufficiency and capabilities of resources to identify potential capacity and skillset/training issues in the current and future years and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Ensure the assignment of resources result in the appropriate complement of skills, knowledge and experience to conduct the audit work effectively and efficiently
• Identify and manage circumstances where external expertise is required and where necessary lead the identification (e.g. RFP), recommendation of and negotiation with an appropriate provider. Once selected co-ordinate and manage the engagement with the provider.
• Encourage, challenge, lead and provide direction on the continued development and maturation of the use of Data Analytics program by the Corporate team.
• Manage the coaching, development, hiring, training etc. of the team.
• Contributes to the ongoing development and enhancement of reporting to senior leadership and the Audit and Finance Committee, ensuring the identification of relevant and value-added themes, trends and insights.
• Proactively identify opportunities to provide advisory services to management.Work collaboratively with the other leader(s) in IAS, support a positive and desirable work environment and take accountability for employee experience.

Internal Audit Engagements:

• Manage the scheduling of all Corporate internal audit engagements.
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