Internal Audit Manager

Internal Audit Manager

Posted 1 day ago by Gresham Hunt

Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom

Summary: The Internal Audit Manager will play a crucial role in the Corporate Functions Internal Audit team of a leading global financial services group. This position involves assisting the Head of Audit in executing the audit plan for corporate functions, including HR, Risk, Compliance, and Legal. The role requires extensive experience in audit functions within the banking sector and a strong understanding of compliance and risk management frameworks. The successful candidate will lead audits, manage stakeholder relationships, and ensure adherence to audit methodologies and best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Structure and execute efficient and effective audits to identify potential risks.
  • Assign and review the work of audit team members for assigned engagements.
  • Assess the governance, risk management, and control environment aspects relevant to identified risks.
  • Report results in a timely manner, leading to appropriate remedial actions.
  • Maintain compliance with audit methodology and industry best practices.
  • Effectively manage stakeholder relationships to ensure mutual accountability and trust.
  • Act as a leader and role model, continuously improving self and department.

Key Skills:

  • Extensive experience in an audit function within the wholesale/investment banking sector or similar 'Big-4' experience.
  • Experience in Corporate Functions Audits.
  • Comprehensive understanding of current Compliance rules and regulations.
  • Solid understanding of risk management frameworks and associated controls.
  • Excellent skills in internal audit methodology, practices, and report writing.
  • Experience with auditing and testing of Compliance programs.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Title – Internal Audit Manager 12 month FTC (Banking) My client, a leading global financial services group, is looking to hire an AVP (Audit Manager) into their Corporate Functions Internal Audit team. Main objective for this role is to assist the Head of Audit to deliver on the Audit plan covering corporate functions of the bank including HR, Risk, Compliance & Legal.

Responsibilities:

  • Structure and execute efficient and effective audits to: Identify potential risk, including awareness of risks both within span of control as well as enterprise-wide
  • Assign and review the work of audit team members for assigned engagements in coordination with Audit Director
  • Assess the state of the governance, risk management, and control environment aspects relevant to that risk
  • Report results in an effective and timely basis, leading to appropriate remedial action and ongoing management of risk.
  • Maintain compliance with audit methodology, while also operating within industry best practices, applicable regulations, and internal and external professional practice expectations.
  • Effectively manage stakeholder relationships to a mutually accountable, productive, respectful, and trusted level
  • Act as a leader and role model and continuously improve self and department.

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience of working in an audit function (leading audit assignments) within the wholesale / investment banking sector, or similar 'Big-4' experience with relevant industry exposure.
  • Experience of Corporate Functions Audits
  • Comprehensive understanding of current Compliance rules, regulations, and expectations relevant to the business within region.
  • Solid understanding of risk management frameworks, expected processes, key risks and associated controls
  • Excellent skills in relation to internal audit methodology, practices, issue and report writing.
  • Experience with auditing (3rd line) and testing (2nd line) of Compliance programs.