For checklists, I use what's in the FDIC compliance exam handbook.
As far as the internal monitoring schedule goes, there are some things we monitor regularly. Excessive withdrawals for Regulation D comes to mind. There are other things that we periodically do an in-depth review on, such as RESPA or Reg Z. The frequency and order in which these are done are driven by our risk assessment.
DITTO what Bullseye said.
Since you are new, you should start by reading the prior Exams to get an idea of where the higher risk areas are & make sure the findings have been adequately addressed.
That should help to update your Risk Assmt (hopefully there is already one there), and let it determine how frequently you Audit / Self Check an area.
Also you should have some ongoing controls, that are owned by the other departments (ie credit admin, and operations or new accts). They might monitor some of their own areas on an ongoing basis, ie CIP, Excessive IMMA, etc.