Our client is a European Bank with a strong presence in the London market.  They are seeking someone to join the Audit Team covering Operational Risk Audit in London. The role offers excellent exposure to all the main risks of the firm across a range of business and product lines. The ethos of the business is one of professional nurture, and they offer great career development potential for the right candidates.

Requirements

• A good understanding of Internal Audit process, and risk and controls within audit reviews
• An awareness of model risk, Stress Test exercises and Basel regulation
• Strong analytical skills, and capability in the use of Excel and SAS
• Great communication skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy

Main Duties

• Management of small / non-complex audits
• Providing guidance to more junior team members
• Contribution to the audit planning process.
• Contributing to the drafting of Findings, Recommendations and sections of the Audit Report.
• Supervising and providing coaching and support for more junior team members

In addition to base salary, the role offers an excellent flexible benefits package including Private medical Insurance, Pension, and generous holiday allowance, and all benefits you would expect from a financial institution of stature.

A rare opportunity to join a Corporate and Private Bank as sole Head of Audit. The ideal candidate will either be a Senior Audit Manager / No2 from a Corporate Banking and / or Private Wealth firm seeking a ‘step up’ to a role with executive and board level reporting responsibilities, or a previous head of audit looking for a strong career move.

Applicants must have a degree and a professional qualification as well as previous Banking or Wealth Audit experience from the UK or Europe.

Our client, a leading Bank, is looking to expand it’s Internal Audit function and recruit a Corporate Operations Auditor for their Chester Office.

Their ideal candidate will be from a Big 4, or similar Practice background, and will either hold, or be working towards a relevant professional accountancy qualification. A minimum of 2 years experience, either pre or post qualifying is required. Experience in either Wholesale Banking or Corporate Banking (Capital Markets Sales & Trading, Investment Banking, M&A or Corporate Finance) is essential. This is a great opportunity for candidates from practice or with a few years experience to enhance your banking experience.

Requirements:

• Qualified or part qualified with ACA / ACCA or similar
• Relevant Banking experience
• Enthusiasm and a good team attitude

Our client, a leading Cards Business, is looking to recruit an Retail Banking Internal Auditor (Credit Cards) for a Supervisory role in their Chester office.

Their ideal candidate will be from a Big 4, or similar Practice background, and will either hold, or be working towards a relevant professional accountancy qualification. A minimum of 2 years relevant experience in the retail banking audit space is required. This can either be pre or post qualification, and experience of credit card audit would clearly be ideal. This is a great opportunity for candidates fresh from practice to gain banking audit experience.

Requirements:

• Qualified or part qualified with ACA, ACCA or similar
• Relevant experience from Practice or another bank
• Enthusiasm and a good team attitude

My client, a Top tier Investment Bank are looking for a Senior Business Audit Manager or a junior Audit VP from a Bank to join their progressive organisation. The remit of the role will mainly focus on key Business Infrastructure such as Support functions including Finance, Operations, Treasury, Compliance, HR etc.

As part of the Corporate Audit team, the role will enable you to work on challenging and varied projects, acquire strong business knowledge across the Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Investment Management divisions. You will lead interesting and complex projects, face off to regulators and manage stakeholder relationships.

The organisation offers excellent career progression opportunities and is one of the few banks which provide a platform for internal mobility and promotion within Audit, Business and specialist subject areas. The Audit function comprise highly technical, talented and driven senior professionals from other tier 1 institutions, which subsequently helped to create a deep and strong Audit team, hence are looking for high calibre Audit professionals who will help maintain their high standard.

Essential skills:
* Degree educated and qualified Audit professionals from a Bank
* Wholesale/ Global Markets / Investment Banking background would be preferred but would consider Auditors from Retail and Corporate Bank
* Experience of auditing support functions would be a huge advantage, equally would suit a Capital Markets auditor with an interest in diversifying their experience across to other business functions within a bank
* Strong analytical and technical skills
* Excellent communication skills
* Experience of leading projects, coaching and managing junior auditors
* Strong time and project management skills
* Deep working knowledge of risk and control
* Ability to engage and build relationship with auditees

Our client is a boutique Internal Audit and Governance Consultancy firm operating an experienced hire model with a strong financial services client base. They are looking to build on their existing team by engaging a professional to carry out IT Audit reviews within the Financial Services sector.

You should possess:
– a minimum 6-15+ years experience carrying out applications and infrastructure reviews with financial services clients, whether banking, investment management or insurance;
– a good understanding of COBIT;
– strong stakeholder management experience.

The organisation has a great team environment consisting of peers from audit groups in Tier 1 institutions and offers an excellent package with flexible working conditions.

Our client, a leading global investment bank is seeking an experienced Director to lead their Internal Audit, Corporate (Operations) team.  With prior experience gained in a similar financial services organisation or a global bank, you will have considerable understanding of operations supporting a global markets business. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience leading and developing teams in addition to fostering excellent working relationships with stakeholders and senior management.

Essential:

• Experience in a management role

• Experience managing and developing large teams

• Degree educated

• Professional Audit or Accountancy qualification

• Experience in all aspects of planning and executing audits across a range of functions, preferably:  Risk, Regulatory finance, Compliance and Legal.

Our client is seeking a Credit Risk Auditor to join their internal audit team. The successful candidate will be degree educated and hold a relevant professional qualification with prior experience in financial services and/or banking.  Using excellent communication skills to develop and maintain positive working relationships, the ideal candidate will also have experience managing small teams.  As part of the audit team in a leading European Bank with clear career progression this opportunity would also suit candidates with experience in the corporate retail arm of the larger UK banks.

Essential:

• Experience and strong knowledge of credit portfolios.
• Excellent working knowledge of the risks and controls governing Commercial and/or Corporate Audit.
• Experience in all aspects of planning and conducting internal audit.
• Demonstrable experience leading small teams including coaching team members where required.

Our client, a leading global bank is seeking a Senior Auditor Manager to join their internal audit team.  With extensive experience leading and conducting Market Risk audits, the successful candidate will have a proven track record leading and developing teams in addition to fostering a team environment with an open, shared knowledge culture.  The successful candidate will use their excellent communication skills in addition to experience in similar roles within investment banking to foster positive working relationships with team members, senior management, stakeholders and clients.

Essential:

Relevant Professional Qualification (ACCA, ACA, CFA, FRM)

Thorough technical knowledge and experience of Market Risk and traded products.

Strong understanding of the current regulatory environment particularly those impacting on investment banking.

Desirable:

Experience in investment banking market risk audit or market risk management process.
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Our client, a leading global bank is seeking a Senior Auditor Manager to join their internal audit team.  With extensive experience leading and conducting Corporate Banking audits, the successful candidate will have a proven track record leading and developing teams in addition to fostering a team environment with an open, shared knowledge culture.  The successful candidate will use their excellent communication skills in addition to experience in similar roles within investment banking to foster positive working relationships with team members, senior management, stakeholders and clients.

Essential:

Relevant professional qualification (CIA, MIIA, ACCA)

Extensive experience managing corporate audits including risks and controls

Strong understanding of regulatory environments and frameworks impacting on corporate banking including recent developments in the regulatory field.

A willingness to travel overseas, approximately 40% per annum.

Desirable:

Prior experience in financial services and a strong working knowledge of emerging products and services.

Understanding of Corporate Banking products.