Our client is seeking an Internal Auditor to join their Internal Audit Team.  The ideal candidate will be degree educated with a relevant professional qualification.  Ideally with a good understanding of the fundamental aspects of middle and back office banking operations, candidates with general financial services audit experience will also be considered.   The ideal candidate profile will be:

• A Big 4 firm, with controls or assurance experience from large banking, asset management, insurance or  investment clients.
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• An Internal Auditor within a large private banking, investment banking, asset management, insurance  or investments company.
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• An Operations role in an associated discipline eg Compliance, Finance, Accounting, Controls within a banking, settlements, Investment house or Asset Management company

You must have excellent communication and team working skills.

The successful candidate will join an organisation with a strong global reputation and very strong future career opportunities.

The successful candidate will lead the Payments Technology Audit team in a tier 1 institution with a strong global presence.   With a proven track record of leading audit teams, allocating resources and managing budgets, the ideal candidate will maintain high standards of reporting across the function.  In addition to having responsibilities for motivating and inspiring the broader team, the successful candidate will foster a team environment where junior talent can thrive and develop.  With an excellent understanding of trends impacting on client’s business areas and their potential impact on audit plans, the successful candidate will deputise for Executive staff as required.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in a leadership role, maintaining and developing excellent working relationships with team members, stakeholders and senior management .

• An expert knowledge of IT applications audit including risk profiles and regulatory controls.

• Excellent working knowledge of technology, operations, risk management, finance and product control activities.

Desirable

• Degree educated with an appropriate audit qualification (CISA)

• Good working knowledge of payments (CHAPS, SWIFT) and technology infrastructure

• Understanding of financial services industry including its products and services

• Prior experience managing a global team and resources.

Our client, a tier one global bank is seeking an Auditor to join their team.  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 financial services background gained in a large bank or investment firm, the ideal candidate will use their prior experience in traded products, ideally equities, to maintain the organisation’s rigorous internal audit standard.

Our client, a leading Financial Services organisation seeks a junior auditor to join their internal audit team.  Degree educated and holding a professional qualification, the successful candidate will have excellent team and networking skills as well experience in the UK Financial Services industry.  Using excellent communication skills to build successful working relationships with clients, stakeholders and senior management, the ideal candidate will have a basic understanding of controls and risks in financial services business.

Our client, a leading niche Financial Services organisation seeks a junior auditor to join their  new internal audit team.  Degree educated and holding a professional qualification, the successful candidate will have excellent team and networking skills as well experience in the UK Financial Services industry.  The ideal candidate will have a basic understanding of controls and risks in UK financial services business gained either from either a big 4 Assurance / Audit or financial services internal audit role.

Our client, a leading global investment firm, seeks an experienced Auditor to join their internal audit team.  With a background in audit or accountancy gained in a Big 4 or investment firm, the successful candidate will be degree educated and hold a relevant professional qualification (eg., CPA, ACA).  Using their prior years of experience conducting audits, the ideal candidate will use excellent communication and networking skills to build successful working relationships with the internal audit team, clients, stakeholders and senior management.

Essential:

Professional audit or accountancy qualification.

Strong practical understanding of the audit process and regulatory developments, ideally for a global team

Expert knowledge of mutual funds, brokerage or related banking or financial businesses and related internal controls

Willingness to undertake travel for required training or short assignments

The successful candidate will join a tier 1 organisation with a clear structure and strong global presence.  As part of a dedicated Audit function, you will lead the change audit team. With a proven track record of leading teams, allocating resources and managing budgets, you will maintain high standards of reporting across the function.  Through fostering an open team environment you will encourage the sharing of knowledge and expertise between all team members.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in a leadership role, maintaining and developing excellent working relationships with team members, stakeholders and senior management.

• An expert knowledge of Change Management audit including documentation standards, risk modelling, change controls, quality frameworks and compliance.

• Charismatic leadership skills with desire and personality to inspire other team members.

Desirable

• Degree educated with an appropriate audit or accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, IIA).

• Good working knowledge of current business operating models and systems.

• Prior experience managing a global team and resources.

Our client is looking for four experienced senior auditors to join their Internal Audit Outsourcing team working predominantly on Private Wealth and other Financial Services clients.  Based in London, you will be educated to degree level and hold a relevant professional qualification.  As part of their dedicated audit team, the ideal candidate will have a strong background in establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with clients, team members, stake holders and senior management.  A willingness to conduct some travel and a current understanding of private wealth audit is essential.

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 tier 1 investment bank, is seeking for an auditor to join their Internal Audit team.  With experience in asset/investment management and exposure to capital markets, preferably gained in an investment bank or big four organisation, the ideal candidate will be seeking an opportunity to further develop their technical knowledge to expert level.

Essential Skills/Knowledge:

• A strong understanding of financial products, preferably asset/investment management, you will ideally have a thorough understanding of laws and regulations governing these.  Expertise in Sarbanes-Oxley would be an advantage.