Audit Project Manager - Model Risk

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Job Description

This Audit Project Manager position supports the Model Risk team within Corporate Audit Services. This role is primarily responsible for managing and executing the administrative aspects of quantitative audits so that quantitative auditors can focus on the technical model testing. This role does not require quantitative or modeling expertise. Instead, it requires strong audit project management skills to ensure quantitative audits are well‑planned, well‑executed, and completed in conformance with internal audit policies and procedures. This role also requires flexibility in thinking, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to make thoughtful risk‑based decisions rather than relying solely on prescriptive guidance. This individual will also perform testing in model governance audits and be involved in other continuous monitoring routines, side projects, department initiatives, and other administrative audit activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead administrative aspects of audit execution activities for quantitative audits, including planning, scheduling, stakeholder coordination including with other audit teams, status tracking, and delivery management.

• Actively monitor audit engagement progress against approved plans and timelines; identify risks to delivery and propose necessary adjustments to audit managers.

• Independently manage multiple audit engagements, tasks, and priorities concurrently.

• Set up meetings and agendas, take detailed notes, and manage next steps.

• Perform other duties as requested by management, including completing continuous monitoring activities, assisting managers in Rolling Audit Planning tasks, and performing testing in model governance audits as needed.

• Apply risk‑based judgment to audit planning and execution decisions, including determining when deviation from standard approaches is appropriate to better address audit objectives, emerging risks, or practical constraints.

• Proactively raise concerns, alternative perspectives, or execution challenges in a constructive and solutions‑focused manner, with the goal of improving audit quality.

• Demonstrate comfort operating in environments where guidance may be evolving, incomplete, or require interpretation, while maintaining alignment with audit standards and leadership expectations.

• Complete audit activities ensuring the highest quality work delivered timely. This includes:

• Ensuring work contains relevant facts to support audit scope and conclusions and adheres to internal audit policies and procedures.

• Drafting issues to ensure potential exposures and significance are included, root causes are identified, and operationally effective and cost-effective actions to address those causes are developed into appropriate recommendations.

• Assist managers in planning audit engagements. Includes identifying and analyzing business processes, key risks and critical controls; interviewing auditees; determining audit scope; evaluating control design adequacy; and developing and executing audit programs which provide sufficient guidance for testing control performance effectiveness.

• Assist the managers in reporting and wrap-up phases of audits. Includes appropriate disposition of issues and drafting audit reports which include issues.

• Remain knowledgeable of business products, services, and delivery systems; company policies and procedures; applicable laws and regulations; and formal/informal control frameworks.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

• Typically more than eight years of applicable experience

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Strong organizational skills

• Excellent project management skills and ability to independently prioritize efforts based on situational awareness

• Considerable experience taking a risk-based, solutions-oriented approach to audit execution and ability to adapt thoughtfully as circumstances, risks, or priorities evolve

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, written communication, and relationship management skills

• Open, receptive, and constructive when receiving feedback or direction

• Adapts well to change

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously

• Strong critical thinking, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills

• Ability to extract, collect, organize, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in data sets

• Experience executing audit engagements, and providing feedback to staff

• Business acumen, credibility, and respectful demeanor to help line(s) proactively identify and address changing workforce needs

• Considerable knowledge of Risk/Compliance/Audit competencies and ability to hold others accountable on individual projects

• Thorough understanding of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Standards and the common definition of internal controls

• Experience auditing risk functions

• Knowledge of model risk

* This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

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: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

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.