Senior IT Audit Manager recruitment
Job No: 1267
JOB TITLE: Senior IT Audit manager
SECTOR: Financial Services/International Bank
LOCATION: London/City
SALARY: £65,000-80,000 + Bonus and Excellent Benefits
An opportunity for an experience IT internal auditor has arisen in a leading international bank. Our client is one of the largest UK investment / retail banks with a global reach, covering different areas from investment management, retail banking and investment banking.
This position is part of the UK Group Audit Team and will involve travel to parts of the UK with some international travel (travel no more than 20/30%). The role will involve delivering or undertaking a number of audits in accordance with the agreed plan, and with relative autonomy, harnessing a deep understanding of business priorities, controls and risks to provide reliable independent assurance on the effectiveness of the control framework. The company offers excellent career and development prospects and the successful candidate can expect a wide variety of responsibilities and access to senior managers/key stake holders across all parts of the business.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage, develop, coach and motivate colleagues to create high performing teams to deliver business objectives.
- Provide senior professional audit/specialist expertise and input into the development of methodology and standards
- Contribute to the development of the audit plan for assigned areas and prioritise work based on risk and an understanding of business objectives
- Lead, manage and/or undertake a complex portfolio of audits in terms of scale, scope, cross-divisional impact and technical specialism to provide reliable, independent assurance and agree management actions with the business to enhance the control framework
- Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships with business/specialist areas to influence change and educate the business in the control framework and provide guidance and counsel
- Develop and engage with relevant external advisers to keep abreast of audit best practice and manage external audit involvement
- Initiate and deliver agreed initiatives to achieve continuous improvement
- Maintains up to date awareness of relevant regulatory and statutory environment
- Apply and champion the Group Audit methodology and standards to deliver high quality audit papers and files.
- Consistently demonstrates group values
Candidate requirements:
- Qualified accountant - ACA / ACCA / CIMA and / or IIA/ISACA/CCAB
- Experience of working with financial institutions
- Track record of engaging and influencing with senior finance management
- Identifying business and financial risk
- Understanding of management reporting and statutory reporting processes and associated financial controls
