Vacancies in Capital Markets Category

Audit Manager - Global Markets

Salary up to £80K plus significant flexible benefits scheme, bonus and other associated benefits.

Our client is a Tier 1 Global Banking Group who seeks an experienced professional to join their Internal Audit team within the Financial Markets Division. As an Audit Manager, your primary responsibility is to deliver individual audits as Team Leader as well as promoting proactive and professional relationships with the business, providing robust and challenging insight on business risk and control processes.

Specific Responsibilities:
• To identify and negotiate the required audit team for the scope of the given project, and to manage, coach and mentor staff as required.
• To carry out necessary audit preparation, by means of liaison with the business over timescales, context, and scope of the audit being carried out, ensuring all necessary controls are in place.
• To lead the team in carrying out necessary fieldwork, and coordinate, review, and document the work of the team.
• To ensure accurate reporting is carried out in the prescribed manner by the team, and to manage and feedback the findings of the audit to Senior Management in a timely fashion.

Candidate Requirements:
• Audit experience, or relevant knowledge of Capital Market activities and other primary investment banking activities as well as associated risk and support functions
• A high level knowledge of banking / financial services business processes
• Experience of developing relationships with the business
• Finance, banking, accounting, audit or risk management qualification desirable

Audit Manager - Capital Markets

Up to £70000 + bonus + Banking Benefits

Our client is a mid tier banking group who provide a wide range of capital market, banking and global transaction services products to corporate and institutional clients globally. The Audit Director is currently looking for an Audit Manager to join their London based team.

This is a small, local team that utilises an integrated audit approach where the successful individual will work with specialists from Credit, IT and Market Risk and take responsibility for actively managing individual audits on a day-to-day basis, whilst developing the appropriate risk and control matrixes and resulting audit programs.

This is a very "hands on" role which will include auditing the front office business activities as well as the related middle office and back office operations both locally in the UK and occasionally in South East Asia.

You should be a qualified accountant ideally from the Financial Services Division of a Big 4 accountancy firm or from the Internal audit function of a bank and possess a good understanding of traded financial products.

Audit Manager - IFRS - Major Bank

Up to £70000 + excellent Bonus and Benefits Package

This major banking group is looking for a strong Auditor with detailed knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP to working closely with the Treasury function. This multidisciplined team comprised of finance and risk professionals carry out reviews to assess and report on the capital positions and liquidity across each of the bank's UK businesses. You will have a strong background UK and international accounting standards probably gained within a Big 4 or large international accountancy practice where you will have worked on large financial services clients.

This is a unique opportunity to gain strong business exposure and make a real strategic difference to this globally recognised institution.

Audit Manager - Banking Markets

£70,000 per annum, + 30% cash bens, + bonus, London, permanent.

Working for a major Tier 1 Institution, this post is based in the Global Banking and Markets (GBM) division, which delivers award winning finance, risk management and investment solutions to corporations, financial institutions and governments worldwide. You will be working as a Manager in a pooled team of auditors, providing the assurances and controls which the business needs to deliver a Portfolio of Award winning products to the market.

The audit team delivers product-based front-to-back audits, mirroring the Markets, Coverage and Origination and Global Portfolio businesses as well as functional audits of key support areas such as Finance, Risk and Operations. As part of a team of over 100 based across Europe, the UK and Asia, you will have the opportunity for some travel, as well as the potential for career development both within the Group Internal Audit function, and the wider business. Within GBM, opportunities are available for candidates with audit experience and/or relevant knowledge of Markets, Banking or Risk Operations, and Finance within an Investment Bank.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and participate in audits within an assigned business unit, in line with Group Internal Audit standards and procedures
  • Deliver individual audits as the team leader
  • Foster proactive and professional relationships with the business, providing robust and challenging insight on business risk and control processes
  • Lead and manage audit teams from a pooled team of auditors
  • Initiate and carry out fieldwork as required

Candidate Requirements

  • Audit experience or relevant knowledge of Markets, Banking or Risk, Operations and Finance within a complex Financial Services business
  • Experience of managing relationships in a business
  • Related business specific product and technical knowledge
  • High level knowledge of banking and financial services business processes
  • Finance, banking, accounting, audit or risk management qualification
  • Experience of leading team projects desirable

General Banking - Senior Auditor

£50,000 per annum, bens, bonus, London, permanent

Working for a major Tier 1 Institution, this post is based in the Global Banking and Markets (GBM) division, which delivers award winning finance, risk management and investment solutions to corporations, financial institutions and governments world wide. You will be working as one of a team of auditors providing the assurances and controls which the business needs to deliver a Portfolio of Award winning products to the market.

The audit team delivers product-based front-to-back audits, mirroring the Markets, Coverage and Origination and Global Portfolio businesses as well as functional audits of key support areas such as Finance, Risk and Operations. As part of a team of over 100 based across Europe, the UK and Asia, you will have the opportunity for some travel, as well as the potential for career development both within the Group Internal Audit function, and the wider business. Within GBM, opportunities are available for candidates with audit experience and/or relevant knowledge of Markets, Banking or Risk Operations, and Finance within an Investment Bank.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver specific aspects of an audit against time and quality standards, using GIA methodology.
  • Work on own initiative to conduct interviews and to deliver the specifics of fieldwork within the scope and timescales of the project.
  • Mentor and give feedback to more junior members of staff as required.

Candidate Requirements

  • Previous audit experience within Financial Services is highly desirable.
  • Audit experience or relevant knowledge of either Markets, Banking or Risk, Operations and Finance within an Investment Bank.
  • Audit experience within a complex Financial Services business.
  • Related business specific product and technical knowledge.
  • High level knowledge of banking / financial services business processes.
  • Finance, accounting, banking, audit or risk management qualification.

Senior Manager - Finance Audit

Up to £136,000 per annum, £20k cash bens, bonus, London, Permanent

This major global banking group seeks a Senior Manager to lead a team of up to 6 people with responsibility to support the Audit Partner in delivering the audit plan through appropriate planning and resource management, managing the on-going relationship with Group Finance, Treasury and HR, and to provide leadership for a team of professionals within the team

You must have:

  • Either significant financial services experience in internal audit or Big4 or significant experience in a finance function in banking.
  • Banking product knowledge and technical accounting knowledge (IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 9)
  • Sound understanding of Basel 2 and Basel 3

Coverage:

The role will cover Group Finance and HR, including regulatory reporting, tax, treasury and financial reporting. The Senior Manager is responsible for managing a portfolio of audits, for maintaining relationships in Group Finance and for driving the Finance audit opinion. You will interact with divisional Finance auditors to ensure seamless audit coverage across the Group.

The successful candidate will have audit or accounting experience in the financial services industry at a senior level. The candidate needs to have proven leadership skills and a flair for developing relationships and interacting confidently at executive / senior level.

Responsibilities:

  • To manage the delivery of a portfolio of audits to time and plan sing the Audit methodology to quality standards.
  • Line manage a team of Senior Auditors and Audit Managers (typically 3-6)
  • Ensure audits are properly resourced and down time is minimised Support the Audit
  • Partner and Audit Director in providing motivation and direction for the audit team
  • Manage underperformance and develop career paths for top talent
  • Provide on-going feedback on performance
  • Carry out performance reviews
  • Coach and develop staff

£80-£110000 + Bonus + Banking Benefits, London, Permanent

Our client, a major household name in investment banking, seeks a top decile individual to work with their global markets audit group covering the Bank's trading businesses across all asset classes from front to back office.

You should possess solid experience of auditing trading functions and have detailed knowledge of financial products, including derivatives, in at least one asset class whether it be Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Commodities or Credit products.

This is an outstanding opportunity to gain demonstrable career development as well as some significant and diverse markets experience within an evolving audit function of a strong international banking group.

VP Audit Capital Markets

Up to £120,000 per annum, London, Permanent

Our Client is a Tier 1 Global Investment Bank, with a highly respected Internal Audit Function. They are currently seeking to recruit a new Financial Auditor at VP level for the Institutional Securities Group of their Capital Markets Function.

The Post

Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, the right candidate will be competent in the planning and execution of risk based auditing procedures, communicating findings to senior management, and providing recommendations for improvements.

The Audited Functions Include

  • Sales and trading activities and procedures
  • All traded products (equities, fixed income, commodities)
  • Operations, financial accounting, compliance and legal protocol
  • Other aspects of the Sales & Trading business

The post includes the supervision and mentoring of junior staff in carrying out the audit process, as well as budget management, and will therefore clearly require strong report writing skills.

The Candidate... For more information see 'further out more'.

£120,000 - £140,000 pa + Bonus + Banking Benefits, London, Permanent

Our client, a global investment bank, seeks a Senior Audit Manager to take charge of the Fixed Income Audit team. Reporting directly to the Regional Chief Auditor and Audit Committee you will have full responsibility to manage the team and the audit process.

You will act as the key contact point for the business and take responsibility for the IA planning process and value-added reporting to enhance the control culture within the group. The Head of Audit accordingly manages the day to day relationship between IA and business leaders in the respective FI teams.

You must have experience of managing, leading and developing audit teams as well as very strong knowledge of Fixed Income/Debt products and trade flows. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships is a key in this senior role.

This is an outstanding opportunity to gain extensive exposure in a senior 'head of function' role.

Associate Manager - Banking

Salary: £50 - 65k + travel allowance + benefits

The Banking and Capital Markets division of this leading US Global Banking group are currently looking for an experienced and career minded Capital Markets Associate/Executive to work on key banking operations with a view to promoting them into a lead operations or front office role.

This is an excellent role for an experienced capital markets auditor within a big 4 firm or someone who has recently gained banking experience having previously been in practice. The successful candidate will have an ACA / ACCA qualification, be able to plan and execute a risk based audit strategy for complex Global Markets products.

You must also be able to identify control trends, regulatory themes and emerging risks in assigned business areas and their impact on the business and to the Bank overall by applying business acumen and experience.

Product areas covered will include:

  • Commodities,
  • Equities
  • Credit/Rates
  • Currencies
  • Market/Credit Risk
Please forward your CV to the above email to be considered for this position

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