Job purpose
This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring audit professional to join our expanding Internal Audit team within a growing organisation. You should possess excellent team and project management skills and you will be supporting the Head of Internal Audit, EMEAA in providing objective assurance effectiveness of the organisation’s governance, risk and systems of internal control to Executive Management, Board and Audit Committee.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assisting the Head of Internal Audit, EMEAA in ensuring that effective assurance is provided to the Executive Management, Board and Audit Committee
- Support the Head of Internal Audit in the oversight and delivery of the rolling programme of focused and risk-based assurance activity
- Build own skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of the business
- Develop strong relationships with senior stakeholders as well as driving initiatives across the department
- Ensure that audit reports and plans are proportionate, practical and aligned to risk appetite
- Make sure that audit reports are clear, insightful, accurate and focused
- Knowledgeable on industry trends and policies and their impact upon business, adapting the audit approach where necessary and providing insight to executive and governance committees
- Adhere to internal audit methodology, procedures and standards
- Work closely with stakeholders to challenge and provide recommendations for improvement with respect to governance, risk and control frameworks
- Follow up on audit actions and provide robust assessment on how effectively these have been addressed
- Prepare audit plans, develop audit programs for evaluation of the controls over various systems and processes, perform data analysis, conduct interviews / discussions with relevant personnel and quantify impacts of control deficiencies / process weaknesses. Accountable for communicating control deficiencies / process weaknesses and recommending improvements to management
- Provide support, guidance and insight to the organisation including through audit reviews
- Execute complex end-to-end reviews of various systems and processes relating to financial, operations to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of internal controls, systems and business processes to identify areas for improvement, control deficiencies
- Providing assistance to external auditors during annual reviews (when required)
Qualifications:
- MUST have minimum 4 years of experience working with a Financial Services company, especially Broker Dealers.
- A recognised degree in Accountancy / Business / Commerce / Finance or related fields
- Professional qualifications (e.g. CA/CIA/CPA or equivalent)
