Senior IT Auditor
- Recruiter
- Reed Finance
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £50000 - £60000 per annum
- Posted
- 25 May 2017
- Closes
- 01 Jun 2017
- Ref
- 15412544
- Contact
- Gavin Kendall
- Job Title
- Audit
- Category
- Banking and Financial Services
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
As a Senior IT Auditor you will be entering this Financial Services organisation at a key point with a recently hired CEO and Head of Internal Audit looking to drive change and improvement through the business and the audit function. This will mean lots of opportunity to get involved in interesting work and to upskill yourself for future career progression. The business is looking to attract high calibre individuals from across all sectors as FS experience is secondary to a strong IT Audit background and the right attitude.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan and perform audits of the Group to a standard that meets IIA professional standards within agreed timescales and to report findings to management.
- Lead others in planning individual internal audit reviews which will require the development and agreement of a scope with IA managers and members of the Group's SLT. The reviews will identify key risks and relevant controls which mitigate these across a range of business functions.
- Leading, coaching, and supervising colleagues to deliver internal audit reviews. This could be up to 3 individuals on any one assignment. These individuals may be more experienced than the role holder but not necessarily have the same level of technical expertise in the area under review.
- Deliver the work through a combination of meetings with managers and staff, critical appraisal of documentation and testing of controls.
- Develop new and maintain existing relationships with internal stakeholders (Business teams and Management) to enable the efficient and effective communication through the audit cycle of work planned, in progress and the agreed final outcome.
- Identify issues on a timely basis, assess their significance and, depending on this, escalate them to colleagues and managers in IA to ensure 'no surprises'. They will express an opinion at the conclusion of their work.
- Undertake a number of reviews at the same time which may be at different stages of their delivery and provide regular updates to lead auditors and managers on the status of their work.
- Develop commercially sound recommendations and suggested business improvements to mitigate identified weaknesses.
- Articulate internal audit findings with all levels of management, which convey their importance, the risk they pose and the likely impact to the Group, in a concise, unambiguous and timely manner to ensure 'no surprises'.
- Communicate the findings of their work, draft formal reports of the work and follow up the issues raised with managers until their resolution.
- Develop new and maintain existing knowledge of specialist areas to provide comprehensive coverage of audit work.
- Train new members of the Department in relevant auditing techniques and / or technical areas of expertise.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- A relevant professional audit or accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, CISA, QICA or IIA IT Auditing Certificate)
- Can build excellent relationships with internal stakeholders at all levels
- Can demonstrate how they 'flex their style' to differing demands and challenges
- Can communicate risk and control issues and their associated impact effectively to management at any level
- Can write accurate, concise and logically structured reports to support the audit opinion
- Can demonstrate how they keep up to date with the changing nature of IT risk
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