Program Manager Non-IT IV

Summary Audit Transformation & Strategic Enablement Job Summary Audit Transformation Office is accountable for shaping, governing, and enabling the execution of Audit & Advisory Services (A&AS) transformation priorities, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities, financial commitments, and target state capabilities. Reporting to the Audit Head, Information Technology & Advisory Services, this role operates to drive strategic clarity, portfolio discipline, and executive-level decision support across the Audit Transformation Office (ATO) and related initiatives. Role OverviewThe program manager will support three key initiatives: • Audit Methodology SimplificationDrive efforts to simplify audit planning and execution methodologies.Coordinate activities, track progress, and report on outcomes. • AI-Enabled Audit Deliverables ProjectSupport a technology initiative focused on leveraging AI to generate first drafts of approximately 34 audit deliverables.Work closely with stakeholders to manage dependencies, progress, and reporting. • Global Delivery Model TransitionProvide portfolio-level reporting and coordination for projects involving the movement of resources into the global delivery model.Gather updates from project leads and report status to leadership. Job Responsibilities Audit Transformation Office Leadership • · Lead the day-to-day operation of the Audit Transformation Office under direction of the ATO Owner. • · Act as the central execution engine for Audit transformation initiatives. • · Establish and maintain ATO governance frameworks, including initiative prioritization, decision forums, performance management, and benefits realization. • · Maintain a single, integrated book of work covering all Audit transformation initiatives, dependencies, timelines, and outcomes. • · Ensure initiatives remain aligned to Audit strategy, financial plans, and operating model goals. Governance, Cadence & Decision Management • · Design, operate, and continuously evolve the ATO governance framework. • · Chair the Weekly Audit Transformation Office Execution Committee. • · Set agendas, manage pre-reads, drive disciplined discussion, and ensure decisions are clearly documented. • · Resolve execution-level issues and escalate decisions to ALT as required. • · Establish and enforce clear execution cadence (sprint-like cycles, milestones, and decision checkpoints). Executive, Weekly, and Monthly Reporting • · Produce weekly Audit Transformation Office status reporting covering progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions required. • · Prepare concise ALT-ready summaries to support timely, informed decision-making. • · Track and report actions and commitments across ATO, ALT, and SMT forums. • · Deliver monthly and quarterly integrated reporting on delivery progress, financial impacts, and capability outcomes. • · Support preparation of senior leadership, Audit Committee, and board-adjacent materials as required. Financial & Benefits Management • · Own transformation-level financial tracking and benefits realization oversight. • · Partner with Finance and Audit leadership to track cost savings, productivity improvements, and reinvestment capacity. • · Monitor assumptions, timing, and key risks to financial targets. • · Proactively identify variances and recommend corrective actions. Portfolio & Delivery Discipline • · Impose structure, prioritization, and sequencing across initiatives. • · Ensure all initiatives have clear ownership, resourcing, and defined outcomes. • · Monitor risks, interdependencies, and capacity constraints across the portfolio. • · Recommend pausing, re-sequencing, or stopping initiatives where necessary to protect outcomes. Stakeholder & Cross Functional Leadership • · Act as the primary integrator across Audit leadership, transformation workstream leads, Professional Practices, and enterprise partners (Finance, HR, Transformation Offices). • · Translate strategic direction into clear execution plans and decision-ready materials. • · Reduce coordination burden on senior leaders by providing clarity, discipline, and follow-through. Strategic Portfolio & Initiative Management • · Provide intake support and portfolio-level planning to confirm initiative ownership, resourcing, sequencing, and outcomes. • · Drive consistency, rigor, and transparency in how strategic work is defined, governed, measured, and reported across Audit. Executive Partnership & Leadership Impact • · Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the ATO Owner and Audit Leadership Team, enabling clear executive engagement, leadership communications, and transformation narrative. • · Represent the ATO Owner as required in forums related to transformation governance, cross-functional initiatives, and enterprise collaboration. • · Strengthen leadership decision-making by providing an integrated, decision-ready view of transformation progress, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs. Skills Competencies / Skills • · Enterprise program leadership. • · Executive communication and influence. • · Financial and benefits management. • · Governance and decision facilitation. • · Strategic execution discipline. • · Stakeholder management. • · Change and transformation leadership. Qualifications & Experience Success Measures – Workday goals • · Audit transformation initiatives progress with clear ownership, rigor, and momentum. • · Leadership has transparent, decision-ready insight into progress, risks, and trade-offs. • · Governance forums consistently drive timely decisions and outcomes. • · Audit achieves Future Ready Audit objectives, financial commitments, and capability ambitions. Required Skills Must-Have SkillsStrong project management fundamentals. • Ability to track milestones, manage timelines, identify constraints, and escalate blockers. • Experience running standardized governance and status reporting processes. • Ability to drive decisions and move initiatives forward. • Strong organization, coordination, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Skills Nice-to-Have SkillsExperience with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Automate, Lists, and AI tools. • Executive presence and confidence presenting updates to senior leadership. • Audit or risk management experience. • Previous experience within the client. • Financial services, banking, or insurance industry experience.