Internal Auditor - Controls Testing

Job Description

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing
On behalf of our Banking client, Procom is searching for an Internal Auditor - Controls Testing for a 6-month role. This position is a hybrid position with 4 days onsite at our client’s Toronto office.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing - Job Description
This role focuses on the independent review and effective challenge of Control Testing across Securities. The Internal Auditor evaluates whether testing is appropriately designed, executed, evidenced, and reported, converting testing results into clear insights for senior management while supporting the oversight of the Securities control environment.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing - Responsibilities
• Provide independent second-line review and effective challenge of Control Testing activities and outcomes across Securities businesses and support functions.
• Assess whether control testing scope, methodology, sample selection, procedures, evidence, and conclusions are appropriate, complete, and supported.
• Challenge the quality and consistency of control effectiveness ratings, identified deficiencies, and management responses.
• Evaluate whether testing results appropriately reflect the underlying risk, control objective, business context, and potential impact.
• Identify recurring themes, systemic control weaknesses, concentration risks, and emerging issues across the Control Testing portfolio.
• Deliver concise, decision-useful insights and reporting to senior management and relevant risk committees, and escalate material matters through appropriate governance channels.
• Provide credible challenge on remediation plans arising from control testing, including whether actions address the underlying control weakness and whether closure evidence is sufficient.
• Partner with business, control, and enterprise stakeholders to promote consistent interpretation and application of Control Testing requirements while maintaining independent second-line oversight.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and risk-based advice on Control Testing matters without assuming program ownership or first-line execution responsibilities.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing - Mandatory Skills
• Experience in Operational Risk, Audit, Compliance, Controls, or a related oversight function within a complex financial institution.
• Demonstrated knowledge of control design, control effectiveness, testing methodologies, evidence standards, issue identification, and remediation oversight.
• Proven ability to provide credible challenge and influence stakeholders without formal authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to translate detailed testing observations into clear messages for senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing – Nice-to-Have Skills
• Wholesale banking experience.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing – Assignment Length
This is a 6-month contract position with the possibility of extension or conversion.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing - Start Date
ASAP.

Internal Auditor - Controls Testing - Assignment Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is a hybrid position requiring 4 days onsite per week.

This employer uses both human and technology-assisted tools to support candidate screening and assessment. Final hiring decisions are made by people.