Auditor (Officer) – Financial Services Audit

Job Description

Auditor, Officer – SSBI Corporate Audit | State Street

The Tone:
This is a full-time hybrid role at State Street, located in Poland, with a minimum of three days per week in the office. State Street provides independent assurance to institutional investors globally, helping them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance. This role is crucial to the SSBI Corporate Audit team, which evaluates risks and controls across key business processes, products, regulatory obligations, and operational activities within State Street Bank International, ensuring strong governance and internal controls.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Permanent contract
• Location: Hybrid – Poland
• Pay: $132000 yearly
• Team: SSBI Corporate Audit team
• Mission: Perform risk-based audit work to evaluate and assure the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal controls across SSBI’s business and operational activities.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Audit Execution: Execute audit testing, participate in control testing, and assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls in accordance with methodology.
• Audit Planning: Support engagement planning activities, including risk assessments, scoping discussions, and audit program development, understanding audited businesses, products, and risks.
• Continuous Monitoring: Support continuous monitoring reviews through data gathering and analysis, and participate in the validation of audit and regulatory remediation activities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain effective working relationships with business, risk, compliance, and operational stakeholders, communicating audit observations clearly.
• Issue Identification: Prepare high-quality audit workpapers, identify and escalate control deficiencies and emerging risks, and assist in drafting audit findings with root cause analysis.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Risk Management, Information Systems, or a related field; possessing a foundational understanding of internal control frameworks and risk assessment methodologies.
• Experience: Approximately 2-5 years of experience in Internal Audit, External Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, Operational Risk, or Financial Services; experience in financial services operations or asset servicing is strongly preferred.
• Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills; effective verbal and written communication skills in English; ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively within a global team.
• Bonus: Experience within banking, custody, asset servicing, fund administration, investment operations, settlements, payments, or financial services; knowledge of regulatory and risk management frameworks applicable to financial institutions; professional certification (CIA, CPA, CISA, ACCA, CFA) or progress toward certification.