Senior Manager - Audit

Role Value Proposition:

Internal Audit (IA) is an independent global organization that plays a critical role in partnering with the business to ensure that management anticipates, recognizes, and appropriately manages risks. We protect MetLife and our stakeholders through meaningful independent assurance, while advocating risk management and internal controls. Our team is responsible for covering MetLife Investment Management (MIM), which includes front office investing for affiliated and third-party clients. We are looking for Senior Audit Manager reporting directly to the Assistant Vice President overseeing the MIM audit coverage and will also work closely with the management team of MIM. This leader is expected to be excited to be part of a dynamic and highly collaborative team. Someone that is comfortable sharing their ideas, is passionate about building client relationships and delivering high quality impactful results to stakeholders.

The position is responsible for overseeing audit coverage of the Private Fixed Income & Alternatives asset class and Real Estate & Agriculture business. This includes owning the audit plan for these areas and ensuring that all regulatory required audits are completed and that additionally, high risk areas are assessed, monitored and covered as appropriate to add value to MetLife. The role holder will also have to partner closely with peers covering SOX, ALM, technology, compliance and investment accounting audits. The role holder is expected to be an accomplished communicator, with deep investments domain knowledge including asset management, that will help promote the value of IA activity through committee interaction and communication with key business leads, participation in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activity, or participation in other strategic projects as deemed appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and lead audit team direction with a “One Audit” philosophy in a service provider capacity to both US and regional audit plan owners, as applicable.
• Act as a proactive thought leader by setting strategy, policy, and audit resource allocations in support of business initiatives ensuring audit activities align with enterprise strategies and create sustained shareholder value.
• Provide leadership in reporting standardization, on-going performance metrics and audit budget allocations.
• Influence and support global integrated audit work
• Proactively report top risks and management’s attention to control health and risk mitigation to internal audit leadership.
• Drive consistency and quality in audit reporting globally within areas of responsibility.
• Ascertain the reliability, effectiveness and timeliness of management data used in the course of conducting business, and where appropriate, that such data is effectively protected.
• Review and determine compliance with established policies, procedures, laws and regulations.
• Respond effectively to management requests for special audit projects and investigations.
• Work collaboratively with business and operational areas globally, and be accountable to provide appropriate management levels with an objective and independent review of operations and recommendations where improvements are appropriate.
• Act as liaison with appropriate external professional organizations and keep informed on new developments in the field of auditing.
• Manage and coordinate the relationship with external audit teams and consultants to the extent they are performing audit activities.
• Manage relationships with external regulatory agencies as applicable.
• Build and maintain an effective and competent audit staff via an efficient organization structure, and provide leadership in a manner that motivates, engages and develops individuals and teams to successfully execute plans and drives strong results.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

• Results-driven professional with 8+ years of Leadership and management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8 + years audit and Asset Management industry experience.
• CPA, CFA, CIA, or CISA, preferred.
• Internal Audit subject matter expert with managerial oversight responsibilities
• Deep investments domain knowledge including specific product knowledge and experience with Global Private Credit, Real Estate / Agriculture investing, and Public Fixed Income
• Subject matter expert in benchmarking and process improvement
• Very Strong written and verbal communications skills, including presenting, listening and interviewing skills