Our client is seeking a Senior  Internal Auditor with Conduct Risk, AML/STF experience, to join their internal audit team. The successful candidate will be degree educated and hold a relevant professional qualification in addition to having demonstrable experience in auditing and managing risks in Conduct and Financial Crime.  Using excellent communication skills to develop and maintain positive working relationships, the ideal candidate will also manage small teams.

Essential:

• Expert understanding of Anti-bribery and Corruption, Financial Crime (AML/STF) and Fraud requirements for UK and USA.   In addition to expert knowledge of sanctions, transaction monitoring and Due Diligence.

• Expert understanding of UK Conduct of Business requirements which includes Retail Conduct Risk.

• Experience managing and leading teams.

• Minimum of four years current experience  in a regulatory function of a financial services organisation or large bank.

• Knowledge of UK Financial Crime Regulations

Desirable:

• A relevant qualification in either auditing / accounting (IIA, ACA, ACCA), Financial Crime (CAMS) or Compliance.

A tier one bank is seeking an experienced risk professional, with experience managing and developing audit teams to lead their market risk Audit section.  With excellent communication skills, you will develop and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders and senior management in addition to facilitating a culture of shared knowledge and experience amongst team members.  With a strong understanding of market Risk and some exposure to credit/ liquidity/ or ops risk, the ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of regulatory frameworks and global developments in risk and controls applicable to large banking groups.

Our client, a leading global investment bank seeks a Senior Liquidity Risk VP to join its dedicated risk audit team.  With a background in audit, preferably gained in treasury, the ideal candidate will be an expert in liquidity risk, treasury and controls.

Key responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Global Head of Risk Audit

• A key point of contact for liquidity risk for technical expertise and continuous monitoring

• Keeping abreast of regulatory developments affecting liquidity risk

• Contributing to controls and frameworks supporting risk management,

• Identifying training requirements across the internal audit function for Liquidity risk.

• Responsibility for entity risk assessment process for liquidity risk

• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal audit, stakeholders, senior management and regulators

Essential

• Accounting qualification

• Experience in an audit role

• Further qualifications on treasury e.g. Corporate Treasurer (desirable)

• Experience:

• Thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements of liquidity risk management, ILAA and Basel III developments, an overview of global regulatory requirements and developments would be an advantage.

• Proven experience, ideally within a global investment back within treasury, of risk audit and liquidity risk audit

• Excellent communication and relationship management skills the successful candidate will have the ability to influence and advise team members, stakeholders, senior management and regulators.

Our client is seeking a Credit Risk Audit VP with a thorough understanding of credit analysis across a broad spectrum of borrowers including SME, property and large corporations.  Reporting directly to the Head of section, the ideal candidate will be degree educated and hold a relevant professional qualification and will have a proven track record of credit skills gained in the financial services sector.    The role requires a thorough understanding of Basel II in addition to detailed knowledge of OCC and FED guidelines impacting on loan classification and the shared national credit process.

Due to the technical nature of the subject matter our client is open to Auditors with Credit Risk exposure or Credit Risk practitioners.

With a keen eye for detail, the successful candidate will use excellent interpersonal and communication skills to leverage the broader audit function through their relationships with senior management and by developing and mentoring junior team members.

Our client, a leading global investment bank seeks an associate market risk auditor. As part of a market risk team reporting to the Global Head of Risk Audit, the successful candidate will be part of a specialist team tasked with the global market risk audit. This role would suit someone currently in practice/with a Big 4 firm who is looking to expand their knowledge and expertise in market risk as a foundation for future career development.

• Experience:
• Extensive knowledge of market risk, ideally gained through an advisory/practitioner experience in financial services.
• Thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements of market risk management, Basel II & III developments, an overview of global regulatory requirements and developments would be desirable.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills the successful candidate will have the ability to influence stakeholders, senior management and regulator in addition to strong team working skills.

Qualifications:

• A postgraduate degree in quantitative finance or related discipline (2:1 minimum)
• Accounting qualification (desirable).

Our client, a leading global investment bank seeks Liquidity Risk VP to join its dedicated risk audit team.  With a background in audit, preferably gained in treasury, the ideal candidate will be an expert in liquidity risk, controls and treasury.  Reporting to the Global Head of risk Audit, the successful candidate will be part of a specialist team tasked with the global liquidity risk audit.

Key responsibilities:

• A key point of contact for liquidity risk for technical expertise and continuous monitoring
• Keeping abreast of regulatory developments affecting liquidity risk
• Contributing to controls and frameworks supporting risk management,
• Identifying training requirements across the internal audit function for Liquidity risk.
• Responsibility for entity risk assessment process for liquidity risk
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal audit, stakeholders, senior management and regulators
• Essential
• Accounting qualification
• Experience in an audit role
• Further qualifications on treasury e.g. Corporate Treasurer (desirable)

Experience:

• Thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements of liquidity risk management, ILAA and Basel III developments, an overview of global regulatory requirements and developments would be an advantage.
• Proven experience, ideally within a global investment back within treasury, of risk audit and liquidity risk audit
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills the successful candidate will have the ability to influence and advise team members, stakeholders, senior management and regulators.

Our client, a leading global investment bank seeks an operational risk auditor.  As the lead within the global operational risk team, the successful candidate will report to the Global Head of Risk Audit.  This role would suit someone with extensive experience in operational risk and a strong technical expertise as the lead within a collegiate global operational risk audit team.

Key responsibilities:

• A key point of contact for operational  risk for technical expertise and continuous monitoring programme.
• Having a current, thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements governing operation risk, ideally a global overview of regulatory developments.
• Contributing to controls and frameworks supporting operational risk management, embedding pivotal elements of Operational risk control framework across business functions including IT audit.
• Identifying training requirements across the internal audit function for operational risk.
• Responsibility for entity risk assessment process for operational risk
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal audit, stakeholders, senior management and regulators

This role would suit someone with a background in internal audit in a large organisation with an interest in Treasury. The successful candidate will be accountable for the standards of reports and plans undertaken by the audit team while maintaining on overall view of the internal audit plan. With excellent communication skills and ability to develop, maintain excellent relations with stakeholders, senior management and your audit team, the Vice President of Treasury Audit will be committed to raising standards within their own team and the organisation as a whole.

Essential:

Proven experience and understanding of control, risk and regulatory issues for liquidity and capital risks. With knowledge of funds transfer pricing and rates submission process as well as an understanding of capital supply versus capital demand and RWA calculations.

Experience with stress testing modelling and those models relating to Liquidity and Capital.

Understanding of the correlation between liquidity buffers, hedging activities and related risks. As well as a parallel understanding of regulatory and financial reporting impacts.

Knowledge of BIPRU and US regulatory requisites over liquidity management and reporting.

Proven experience managing and developing relationships with senior management and team members in a large matrix organisation.

With appropriate qualifications and excellent communications skills, you must have proven experience planning and implementing strategic initiatives.

Considerable experience leading and developing teams as well as maintaining excellent relationships with senior management and stakeholders to effect change and meet targets.

Desirable:

Previous experience in a treasury role with international experience.

This role would suit someone with a background in a large financial services organisation gained in quantitative finance audit with a thorough understanding of traded credit and market risk techniques, BASEL III requirements and emerging regulations.

The successful candidate will be accountable for the standards of reports and plans undertaken by the audit team while maintaining on overall view of the internal audit plan.

Essential

•  Expert knowledge of traded credit/market risk modelling  (CVA, DVA, PFE, VaR, IRC, APR/CRM etc)
• Comprehensive experience of validating and evaluating models
• Thorough understanding of BASEL III credit and market risk requirements in addition to current knowledge of emerging regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships

Desirable

• Programming experience, experience e.g. C++, SQL, Matlab.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject
• Managing an audit plan

Leading the Credit Risk Audit team in the UK and liaising with global counterparties….

This role would suit someone with strong experience of counterparty credit risk, either as an auditor or as a credit risk analyst with report writing ability or previous audit / controls experience.

As part of the team completing the annual audit, the role will involve reporting to the Board Audit Committee and senior management; providing recommendations for areas of improvement and evaluation of the risk monitoring process and its capability.

The successful candidate will also advise on credit risk across Internal Audit and act as ‘knowledge expert’ to the financial markets teams on products relating to credit risk. You will also have the opportunity to gain exposure of operational market and liquidity risk. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in these areas.

An understanding of Basel 2/3, BIPRU, credit risk modelling. (Internal Models, Stress Testing, CVA (Credit Valuation adjustment) Stress Testing, back testing) would be useful.

You must have excellent communication, including report writing, and team working skills, and be able to build successful working relationships across the Global risk function.