Senior Audit Manager - Marks Sattin : Job Details

Marks Sattin are currently working with a leading financial services organisation who are recruiting for a Senior Audit Manager to join the Internal Audit team on an 18-month Fixed Term Contract Basis.This is a very exciting time to be joining the business as they embark on their period of transformation, and it would be a great chance to join the journey of business growth! The business offers some great opportunities for progression as well as having some amazing attributes such as being able to have work life balance, supportive of wellbeing and being able to support charities and the local community.Reporting into the Chief Internal Auditor, the purpose of the role will be to help improve independent assurance and oversight of the core replacement programme alongside the technology team. This will be seen as a project to plan and deliver internal audit assurance services on the multiyear core platform replacement programme. You will provide input and oversight of the audit plan for other change and managing stakeholders across this portfolio. You will lead on the delivery of the plan shadowing the Core programme and drawing on your technical expertise and credibility to offer constructive and live challenge to support the business to establish and manage the risk.Role will include:

• Design and deliver a programme of independent assurance work covering the Core replacement programme, providing outcomes to the Audit Committee and Board. Work may include audits and evidence reviews and challenge at stakeholder meetings and programme forums
• Engage regularly with other internal and external assurance providers to ensure that plans for both the core programme and the change portfolio are aligned to their activities where appropriate
• Ensure that audit planning and delivery processes provide the Audit Committee with sufficient evidence to execute their duties
• Deliver thought leadership, identifying transformation assurance industry trends from a range of sources, and take the lead in utilising these to continually work towards futureproofing the Internal Audit team and delivering high quality assurance
• Manage stakeholders, up to and including Chief Officer level, sharing plans, influencing and providing independent opinions on risk and control matters

Experience:

• Seeking someone with experience and understanding of internal audit change methodology and in-depth knowledge of IT Change in a Financial Services context
• You must be a passionate individual keen to demonstrate advanced skills and leadership experience going into this role
• Ideally you will carry a professional qualification such as CIA, IIA, ACA, ACCA desirable but not essential