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Role Summary

Take a senior role in planning, performing, and reporting on information technology audits across areas such as IT operations, infrastructure, information security, and IT governance. This role provides objective, risk-focused assurance on risk management practices, governance processes, and internal controls while helping ensure audit work supports business and regulatory expectations. You’ll also supervise audit work, support issue validation, and build proactive relationships with business partners.

Key Accountabilities

Lead assigned IT audit projects, including scoping, planning, testing, documentation, and reporting.
Assess risks, controls, processes, and systems to support audit planning and execution.
Perform audit testing through interviews, data extraction and analysis, process design review, and evaluation of control effectiveness.
Review audit workpapers and conclusions to ensure audit objectives are met and controls are appropriately evaluated.
Partner with business leaders, Risk Management, and audit colleagues to identify emerging risks and incorporate changes into audit assessments.
Supervise and coach assigned audit staff in alignment with company policies and performance expectations.
Manage assigned issues in the centralized issue tracking system and support validation work for regulatory and audit findings.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by staying current on audit methodology, banking processes, laws, rules, and regulations.

Education & Experience

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
4+ years of progressive audit experience within financial services and/or information technology.
4+ years of technical understanding of General IT Controls, IBM i, Windows/VM, Linux, Oracle, SQL, and network protocols.
Advanced Professional Certification within 1 year.
Certified Information Systems Auditor within 1 year.

Preferred

Certified Public Accountant by start date.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

Join a team that supports strong governance, effective risk management, and sound internal controls across critical technology environments. You’ll have opportunities to lead meaningful audit work, coach others, and continue building technical and professional expertise in audit methodology and banking processes. Here, your work helps strengthen the organization’s control environment and supports informed decision-making.

Apply today to make an impact.

We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified parties, including but not limited to people returning to the workforce, people with disabilities, those without a college degree, and veterans or those with military experience.

In addition to core traditional benefits, we take pride in offering benefits for every stage of life.

Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans.
Paid time off to volunteer in your community.
Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups.
Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities.
Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more.
Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.

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Compliance Statement

Associated Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We support a work environment where colleagues are respected and given the opportunity to perform to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors.

Fully complies with all applicable enterprise policies and procedures. Acts in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in training materials, including but not limited to Bank Secrecy Act. Responsible for reporting suspicious activity to Financial Intelligence. Responsible to report all customer complaints as prescribed and procedure violations to management or HR.

Responsible to report ethical concerns as needed to Associated Bank’s anonymous Ethics Hotline.

Associated Bank provides additional assistance throughout the application, interview and hiring process. Please contact leavesandaccommodations@associatedbank.com if you need an accommodation at any time during the process.

Associated Banc-Corp participates in the E-Verify Program. E-Verify Notice English or Spanish. Know Your Right to Work English or Spanish.

Associated Bank is Pay Transparency compliant.

The pay range represents anticipated base pay for this role. Actual pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, work location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role.

For certain positions, total compensation may also include incentive, commission, or bonus opportunities not reflected in the posted base pay range.

$79,240.00 - $135,840.00 per year