Senior Consultant - Internal Audit

Senior Consultant - Internal Audit

Posted 5 days ago by Klarna

£68,126 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
London, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The Senior Consultant in Internal Audit at Klarna will play a crucial role in delivering assurance across financial, operational, and compliance processes. This position involves planning and executing audits, identifying significant issues, and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience in internal audit within regulated financial environments and possess strong analytical and communication skills. This role is integral to supporting governance and effective risk management within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Plan, execute, and report on audits spanning multiple entities, focusing on risk areas and business-critical processes.
  • Identify and challenge significant issues impacting business operations, driving management towards effective remedial actions.
  • Prepare clear and insightful audit insights for management review.
  • Develop and maintain constructive communication and relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Key Skills:

  • Experience delivering internal audit or assurance services within a highly regulated financial services, banking, fintech, or related environment (Big 4 audit firm experience preferred).
  • Strong analytical skills, with acute attention to detail and ability to engage with complex, geographically diverse stakeholders.
  • Proven capability to perform detailed audit execution and analysis.
  • Confident communicator who can clearly and concisely explain the value of Internal Audit and third line of defense.
  • Business partner mindset: able to build relationships, challenge norms, and support meaningful change.
  • Proactive, resourceful, curious, and adaptable; highly capable of working independently as well as collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Respectful, professional, conscientious, and driven by continuous improvement for self, team, and processes.
  • Enjoys navigating complexity and collaborating to enable first and second line teams to improve and evolve controls and risk management.

Salary (Rate): £68,126.00 yearly

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

About Us With 100 million global active users and almost 3 million transactions per day, Klarna is on the way to becoming the world’s favorite way to shop. To help us get there, we’re assembling an unparalleled global talent team—accelerating individual careers, and disrupting entire industries. We’re looking for people ready to achieve the extraordinary and embrace our bold ambitions as we shape the future of payments and fintech. Will you join us? We are looking for a driven Senior Consultant to join our Internal Audit team, reporting to the Group Head of Internal Audit (GHIA). This role is integral to delivering assurance across financial, operational, and compliance processes through leading audit programmes and executing audit assignments. You will work collaboratively with Control Functions and first-line teams to support strong governance and effective risk management.

What You Will Do Plan, execute, and report on audits spanning multiple entities, focusing on risk areas and business-critical processes. Identify and challenge significant issues impacting business operations, driving management towards effective remedial actions. Prepare clear and insightful audit insights for management review. Develop and maintain constructive communication and relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Who You Are Experience delivering internal audit or assurance services within a highly regulated financial services, banking, fintech, or related environment (Big 4 audit firm experience preferred). Strong analytical skills, with acute attention to detail and ability to engage with complex, geographically diverse stakeholders. Proven capability to perform detailed audit execution and analysis. Confident communicator who can clearly and concisely explain the value of Internal Audit and third line of defense. Business partner mindset: able to build relationships, challenge norms, and support meaningful change. Proactive, resourceful, curious, and adaptable; highly capable of working independently as well as collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Respectful, professional, conscientious, and driven by continuous improvement for self, team, and processes. Enjoys navigating complexity and collaborating to enable first and second line teams to improve and evolve controls and risk management.

Closing Klarna's Compensation model To ensure fairness and maintain global market competitiveness, each role in a specific location has a set base salary. During the recruitment process, we will assess your skills and experience to determine which role is the best fit for you. Additionally, you may qualify for our Contribution-Based Reward (CBR) program, which recognizes and rewards significant contributions to our success. Please include a CV in English. Since 2005, Klarna has been on a mission to reimagine how consumers spend and save in their daily lives. We help people save time and money and reduce financial worry. With over 85 million global active users and 2.5 million transactions per day, our vision is a world where Klarna empowers everyone, everywhere, through seamless financial and commerce experiences—as a personalized, trusted assistant making financial empowerment effortless. Over 575,000 global retail partners, including H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macys, IKEA, Expedia Group, and Nike have integrated Klarna's innovative technology to deliver a seamless shopping experience online and in-store.