This position may be located at any of the offices within First Interstate Bank's fourteen state footprint, including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming.

What's Important to You

We know your career is just one aspect of a meaningful, complex, and demanding life. That's why we designed our compensation and benefits package to provide employees and their families with as much choice as possible.

• Accrue and use your paid time off (PTO) immediately - no waiting period - plus paid federal holidays in addition to PTO.
• To assist employees in paying down student loan debt, we will make monthly payments of $100 directly to eligible loan service providers on behalf of our employees until the loan is paid off.
• Our retirement plan is one of the best in the region, including a 6% employer match on your 401(k). Employees (including temporary) scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are automatically enrolled day one.
• The health and happiness of the places we call home matter to us. Learn a little more about what we do for the and why we want YOU to be a part of it.

We encourage you to apply. Reach for what you want and tell us why your work ethic and willingness to learn make you a natural fit for #TeamFirstInterstate.

SUMMARY

Internal Audit assists the Company in accomplishing its strategic objectives by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization's governance, risk management, and internal controls. An Internal Auditor performs internal audit work for all areas of the organization to support the Company's overall audit plan.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES include the following:

• Researches, plans and in-charges complex operational, compliance, and financial audits and special projects. Preferred areas of expertise for this position include auditing the following Second Line of Defense functions: enterprise risk management, model risk management, consumer compliance, and third-party risk management. Other useful areas of audit experience include loan and deposit operations, electronic banking operations, payments, financial, or data analytics.
• Participates in the development of audit scope and audit programs, planning, and execution of audits to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of operational and compliance controls, the reliability and accuracy of data and information systems, and the adequacy of controls over segregation of duties, safeguarding of assets and corporate governance.
• Prepares detailed and well-organized audit workpapers to demonstrate that key control techniques are tested to ensure that any significant control weaknesses are properly documented and identified for corrective action.
• Identifies, develops, and presents audit issues and recommendations in written and verbal presentations to all levels of management.
• Performs supervisory reviews of audits in-charged by others to provide coaching and guidance, ensure satisfactory completion, and maintain quality assurance.
• Pursues professional development opportunities in complex subject matters, including external and internal training and professional association memberships. Obtains required CPE to retain professional certification(s).
• May represent Internal Audit on organizational project teams, management meetings, and strategic projects.
• Assists external auditors, regulators, and third parties as necessary to facilitate engagements and maintain effective relationships.
• Assists in the identification and evaluation of risk in the organization's audit universe and the development of the risk-based audit plan.
• Develops, maintains, and manages audit risk assessments, audit programs, and work papers in assigned areas.
• May supervise employees including assisting in interviewing, hiring, and training; planning, assigning, and directing work; and appraising performance in accordance with policies, and applicable laws.
• Performs internal quality assurance reviews of work papers in accordance with Internal Audit's Quality Assurance Program.
• Adheres to the IIA's International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (the Standards).
• Performs other duties/special projects as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in accounting, finance, management or information systems from four-year College or university or equivalent experience. Preferred 4+ years of recent public accounting, banking, enterprise risk management, or internal audit experience. Professional certifications (CPA, CIA, CBA, CISA, CFSA or CISSP) are desirable, but not required.

OTHER SKILLS

Applicant must have an understanding of banking processes, and related laws and regulations. Strong critical thinking, fraud detection and conflict management skills are needed. Must also have a good knowledge of analytical techniques used to identify and resolve problems. Applicant must be a proficient user of basic Microsoft programs (Word, Outlook, Excel and Teams). Knowledge of bank information systems is also desirable.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex financial or regulatory documents. Proficiently write reports and business correspondence. Verbally present information to groups in a clear and concise manner. Capable of responding to sensitive inquiries or complaints.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Identify and analyze risk as it pertains to the Company.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit: use hands or finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

We offer a competitive total compensation package including base salary and benefits. The anticipated pay range for this position is $75,368 to $124,357 per year (in CO & WA), and depends on a variety of non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills and experience, education, and geographic location. Additionally, this role is eligible to receive annual discretionary cash bonuses. Benefits available for this position include, but are not limited to, medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability benefits and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, employee assistance program, 401(k), Paid Time Off (new hires accrue at .069 per hours worked which equates to approximately 18 days per year inclusive of paid sick time) and up to 11 paid Federal holidays. Please note this information is provided for those hired in Colorado and Washington only, and this role is open to candidates outside of Colorado and Washington with compensation that aligns with your location. For more information regarding our benefits, please visit .