- Leading organisation
- Hybrid working
- Key stakeholder exposure
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Assessing the control environment and drive real change in the organisation through insightful audit outcomes.
- Develop and maintain an understanding of the businesses including related support activities.
- Lead all stages of audit work including review of associated documentation:
- Understand the business objectives and the environment in which they operate.
- Assess the business processes, create, and execute a testing strategy to assess the key controls.
- Assess the risk and impact of issues identified and communicate the results to Internal Audit and stakeholder senior management.
- Assist in audit report preparation and presentation.
- Ensure that commitments on improvements made by the business are adhered to.
- Establish stakeholder relationships and develop continuous risk and assurance approaches to effectively assess the various businesses throughout the audit cycle.
- Contribute to team discussions, openly sharing experiences and ideas to improve audit practices and coverage.
- Ongoing engagement with colleagues globally to share best practices and facilitate alignment in coverage.
- Constantly learn and develop your financial services knowledge and leadership skills.
- Professional: Financial designation (CA, CPA) and/or relevant academic/ professional designation (CIA, CRMA, GARP, CFA, CAMS, CFE or equivalent).
- Extensive work experience in auditing controls either within internal audit or related control/testing functions preferably covering financial services activities.
- Strong understanding of Capital Markets business activities, processes, and regulations. Minimum 8 years financial services experience (at least 5 years audit experience) in capital markets, banking, and finance. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Project management experience including oversight and leadership of junior staff members.
- Must have the ability to quickly understand the evolving business risks and formulate a strategy to assess them using both traditional audit techniques and data analysis.
- Ability to work under minimal supervision on tasks and audit projects.
- Highly organised and strong attention to detail.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- An ability to both work independently and collaboratively within the team with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Comfortable working on multiple projects with varying and changing demands.