Internal Audit Manager (Financial Services)

Management

• Line management responsibility for a number of more junior members of the FSRA team.
• Resource planning to ensure all client engagements are adequately resourced in a timely manner
• Assisting the Senior Manager in recruitment future team members

Client Delivery
Oversee delivery of client work as part of the engagement delivery team, being a recognised the Manager for client engagements:

• Agreeing engagement scopes with clients
• Overseeing client delivery by team members
• Quality assurance reviews of internal audit files and reports
• Approval of work in line with professional standards and mandated delegated authorities.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and relationship management;

Financial

• Work towards achievement of a client revenue target commensurate with the nature of the role.
• Manage internal audit contracts in line with the agree budgets

Business Development

• Assist the Senior Manager and Partner in business development initiatives, including writing tender proposals, being involved in tender presentations and visits to target clients
• Contribution to wider FS faculty
• Contribute to the firm wide FS faculty through:
• Cross referral of opportunities to other service lines and disciplines
• Playing full role in FS sector groups and initiatives
• Joint targeting with other service lines.

Professional requirements
Extensive practical experience of working in an equivalent position in a professional services firm or large in-house function within industry. Technically proficient in executing and leading audits in accordance with IIA standards and the standards on effective audit in financial services across several of the following areas, such as:

• Regulatory reporting (COREP/FINREP)
• Client Money and Assets (CASS)
• CRD IV
• MIFID II
• Recovery & Resolution Planning (RRP)
• ICAAP and Pillar 3 reporting
• Senior Managers & Certification Regime
• FCA Systems and Controls - especially in relation to Compliance and Risk Management Frameworks
• Governance Conduct Risk Management

The role holder will have extensive experience of working in different financial services sectors, such as:

• Insurance
• Banking
• Alternative Finance / Lending
• FX Trading
• Investment Management and funds
• Asset Management
• Broker/dealers and Prop traders
• Investment banking and stockbroking

Individual Specification

• Audit / Assurance qualification
• Team player
• Dynamic, ambitious, proactive and resilient
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• High standard of written and verbal communication