Audit Manager
- Recruiter
- MERJE Limited
- Location
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Salary
- Up to £70,000 plus car and benefits
- Posted
- 25 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 02 Oct 2017
- Ref
- AV12106
- Job Title
- Audit
- Category
- Banking and Financial Services
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is an award winning banking and financial services business going through a period of rapid growth and change. Group Internal Audit plays a key role in ensuring that the governance and internal control environment keeps pace and as a result they require an Audit Manger to support the Head of Audit and Senior Audit Manager.
Key requirements:
• Develop an understanding of the business and future changes and perform a risk assessment to produce audits for inclusion in the audit plan.
• Ensure the audit strategy provides assurance over new and emerging risks.
• Execution and delivery of audits in line with audit methodology and IIA standards and budget
• Produce IA reports which are impactful, balanced and address the root cause of issues. Ensure recommendations are commercial and address the on-going sustainability of the control environment.
• Ensure recommendations are followed up to closure and drive timely issue resolution and sustainability of implemented controls.
• Develop and maintain credibility with key business stakeholders from team leader to director level.
• Stay abreast of internal change strategy and external audit best practice, particularly areas of regulatory focus.
• With the agreement of the Head of Audit and IA Director perform risk advisory projects to support the business with high impact change initiatives.
Being a qualified Accountant, ideally with a big 4 background, you will have experience of Audit in the banking sector, from either an internal or external perspective. With a good knowledge of audit methodologies you will additionally have an understanding of the UK FCA regulations and the key risk areas in a banking environment including credit, capital, liquidity, regulatory and conduct. Some product exposure is desirable. With the ability to work under your own initiative and as part of a team you will have excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.