IT Senior Auditor at Wintrust Financial

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 10 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

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

• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• Work-Life Balance

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

• Minimal Travel 5% - 10%

• An entrepreneurial culture with opportunity for growth

Position Summary:

Wintrust is looking for a highly self-motivated, creative, and enthusiastic professional to join the Wintrust Internal Audit team. We offer the opportunity to develop technical IT/IS auditing skills while learning about the organization. This position will contribute to the overall team success by performing timely risk based IT audits. The role will work in a collaborative environment while occasionally working independently with supervision.

What You'll Do:

• Assist and execute operational IT risk-based audits to assess control design and operating effectiveness.

• Assist in the development of audit programs and testing procedures relevant to risk and test objectives.

• Present audit scope and results to senior audit leadership and audit stakeholders.

• Ensure timely validation of remediation action for audit findings.

• Present quarterly to local bank audit committees. 

• Participate in the annual audit plan development, including the annual risk assessment, in collaboration with senior audit leadership.

• Assist in training and developing junior audit team members.

• Utilize your excellent time management skills and demonstrate attention to detail.

Qualification

• Minimum 4-6 years of relevant audit experience in public accounting and/or internal auditing.

• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking, communication and leadership skills.

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

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

• CIA, CISA, CPA is desired.  

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

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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.