Director, Audit Leader, Audit Practice and Quality Manager

BNY Mellon

$160K — $190K *
Legal & Accounting
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience required.
  • 12-15 years of total work experience with 5-7 years in management preferred.
  • Experience in mid-to-high-level roles in Audit and/or Risk, Control, Compliance.
  • Strong understanding of data analysis and senior audience reporting.
  • Excellent decision making, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to apply and interpret analytics results for Audit and demonstrate critical thinking.
  • Preferred certifications: MBA, CPA, CIA, or related.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategy, governance, and execution of audit reporting for senior leadership.
  • Oversee development of executive-level reporting and dashboards to communicate audit insights.
  • Drive consistency and standardization in audit reporting processes across teams.
  • Collaborate with audit leaders and stakeholders to translate complex audit findings into impactful reports.
  • Enhance reporting controls and governance routines to strengthen accuracy and transparency.
  • Identify emerging themes and insights from audit work for informed decision-making.
  • Manage and develop a high-performance reporting team, promoting execution and improvement.

Benefits

  • Access to competitive compensation and benefits with a pay-for-performance philosophy.
  • Flexible global resources for personal and professional growth.
  • Support for health, resilience, and financial goals.
  • Generous paid leaves, including volunteer time, to support family matters.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Director, Reporting Leader to join our Internal Audit team. This role is located in New York.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Lead the strategy, governance, and execution of audit reporting across the function, ensuring timely, accurate, and decision-useful insights for senior leadership and stakeholders.
  • Oversee the development of executive-level reporting, dashboards, and management information that clearly communicate audit results, themes, risk trends, and progress against key commitments.
  • Drive consistency, quality, and standardization in audit reporting processes, templates, and metrics across teams and portfolios.
  • Partner closely with audit leaders, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to translate complex audit activity and outcomes into clear, concise, and impactful reporting.
  • Establish and enhance reporting controls, data validation practices, and governance routines to strengthen accuracy, transparency, and trust in audit reporting.
  • Lead the identification of emerging themes, systemic issues, and cross-cutting insights from audit work, elevating meaningful observations to support informed decision-making.
  • Manage and develop a team of reporting professionals, fostering strong execution, continuous improvement, and a high-performance culture.
  • Champion the use of data, automation, and visualization tools to improve reporting efficiency, scalability, and stakeholder experience.
  • Support planning and delivery of reporting for key governance forums, including executive, management, and committee-level materials.
  • Influence senior stakeholders by providing thoughtful analysis, clear messaging, and practical recommendations based on audit insights and performance trends.
  • Monitor reporting deliverables and priorities to ensure alignment with strategic objectives, regulatory expectations, and internal standards.
  • Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement while advancing innovation in reporting practices.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • Possess bachelor's degree in related focus, or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
  • 12-15 years of total work experience, with 5-7 years of management experience preferred. Prior experience in a mid-to-high-level managerial role in Audit and/or Risk, Control, Compliance.
  • In-depth understanding of data analysis and senior audience reporting/communication.
  • Strong decision making, communication, and interpersonal skills experience.
  • Additional core skill requirements include understanding the applied and interpretation of analytics results for Audit, critical thinking and problem solving.
  • Enthusiastic, self-motivated, effective under pressure and willing to take personal responsibility/accountability.
  • Proven track record in the ability to communicate well with clients while building good working relationships.
  • MBA, CPA, CIA or related certification preferred.


About the Team

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

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