Our client is a leading Financial Consultancy Firm with a significant Global and UK presence, and a diverse client base, ranging from large financial institutions to manufacturing, retail, technology and service industries.  They are currently seeking to appoint a Senior Manager to head up a team of technical experts.

This role is pivotal to the Business Risk side of the business, and is effectively that of a subject matter expert in Oracle, and as such, the individual and their team will feed into any advisory or assurance work, as necessary.

Role Highlights

• Oversee and  grow the Oracle E-Business Suite risk and assurance division of the firm
• Lead and manage existing Oracle EBS based clients, with regards to both internal and external audits
• Manage ongoing assignments, as well as take responsibility for developing staff and supporting the Senior Management Team.

Requirements

• A relevant IT Audit qualification
• In depth knowledge and experience of Oracle based audit / assurance engagements, including auditing the EBS Suite of applications, extracting data, understanding key workflows, and reviewing user access permissions and system configuration.
• Experience of managing multiple clients
• Experience of business development

A market leading investment bank are in the process of creating a new area within their established IT Audit function hence require an exceptional IT Applications Audit professional to come on board and play a pivotal part in developing this new area. Given this is a stand alone role – effectively the first one to join the London team you will have more ownership, visibility and autonomy compared to your peers and work directly with the Head of IT Audit. Working so closely with the Head of a function is indeed a rare opportunity for Auditors at AVP level, hence this is a truly exciting opportunity for those who thrive on new challenges.

You will also interact with IT Applications Auditors in the core IT Audit team, they typically foster a culture whereby cross sharing of skills and knowledge is vitally important. Given the depth of the technical reviews, cutting edge technology and complexities involved you will certainly be challenged but also have the opportunity to deepen your technical nous and learn from the best.

Key requirements:

• Degree educated
• IT Applications controls (General Controls work experience will not be sufficient for this role), must possess automated business controls experience
• Investment banking experience/ background would be an added advantage but those from other sectors will be considered
• Technically astute and genuinely passionate about technology
• Those form a technical background i.e. programming or developing applications will also be considered, but must possess good understanding of risk controls / end to end risk management / audit
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build and develop relationships within the team and business stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills; able to explain challenging technical jargon in clear and concise form
• Adaptable and flexible mindset

For further details or to refer individuals in your network please get in touch for a confidential discussion. Or to apply, please send your CV to [email protected] / 0203 397 1779

Our client is a Global Investment Bank Global Investment banking firm with a strong footprint across EMEA, USA and Asia.  They are looking for an experienced IT Applications Audit professional to join their EMEA IT Audit division.

The nature of the bank’s business is within the wholesale / global markets space hence front office reviews will be part of your wider mandate, whilst the main focus will be within Support functions including Finance and Operations. Experience of client money, transaction reporting, collateral settlements would be a huge advantage. The role offers a wealth of opportunities for those wanting to deepen their technical knowledge, take leadership of projects, work on high profile engagements, face-off to regulators and progress further in their career. You will be part of a deeply technical IT Audit team who have consistently added value, hence the expectations are high but you will gain enormously from a thriving organisation.

Essential skills:

• Strong working knowledge of IT Applications Audit or Technology Risk
• Management with sound understanding of risk and control
• Sound understanding of Corporate Division / Support functions within an
• Investment Bank and technology which are relevant to these business areas
• Experience of managing projects / leading Audit engagements
• Ability to identify key risks and make sound judgement
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to build relationship with stakeholders/ auditees/ external parties, ie regulators
• Experience in coaching and managing junior staff
• Ability to lead regional and / or global projects
• Experience of data analytical tools

Senior IT Auditor – Banking – Chester

Our client, a tier 1 Bank is seeking an IT Audit Associate VP to join their Internal Audit team.

Ideally with a Financial Services background gained in a large bank or investment firm, the candidate will use their prior experience in IT infrastructure, security and controls Audit to maintain the organisation’s rigorous internal audit standards. The successful candidate will use excellent communication skills to develop and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders and senior management in addition to facilitating a culture of shared knowledge and experience among team members.

There is opportunity to engage in Operational Audits if interested.

• Experience of IT Audit, either in a Financial Services group, or on a Consultancy basis with a Big 4 firm
• An understanding of the interaction of IT Audit with the rest of the business
• Relevant higher education qualifications
• Relevant professional qualifications i.e. CISA

Our client, a European Investment Bank with a global presence are looking to appoint a Head of IT Audit to their London Office.  This role is being appointed on a consultancy basis for a 6-12+ month contract, and as such attracts a good day rate.  The right candidate will have significant experience at this level, and will be well versed in both infrastructure and applications audit within the Capital Markets and Investment Banking arena. The Bank cover a wide range of products including commodities, debt and equities markets, and asset management.  This is a great opportunity for a senior individual to work with a highly experienced team in a very technical audit environment.

Requirements

• Degree educated with relevant IT Audit qualifications
• Significant experience of Investment Banking Applications Audit at this level
• Previous ‘Head of’ or equivalent departmental leadership experience. [deleted requisite]
• Sound technical background

Our client is a Tier 1 Bank with a worldwide presence. The internal audit function has recently undergone significant change and expansion, and as a result, they are currently looking to recruit experienced hires at AVP level to join their IT Infrastructure Audit Team.

The successful Candidate will be experienced in all the relevant technical and professional qualifications listed for the role. Ideally this experience will be gained through working technology audit in a banking environment, either directly, or potentially as part of an audit team in a Big 4 or similar Practice Firm.

Relevant qualifications:

• CIA, CISA, CISSP, CEH, relevant graduate degree
• Experience of managing audits and leading audit teams, and a proven track record of high performance in previous roles that includes communicating
  with senior client management

Technical Requirements:

• Network Security, including firewalls, intrusion detection) protocols, network services, security
  testing techniques (penetration testing, vulnerability scanning), end point protection, and
  networksecurity architecture.
• Systems Security Management including encryption techniques – public key infrastructure (PKI)
  components and digital signature techniques), antivirus, vulnerability assessment, alerting and
  monitoring, secure software development, and identity and access management.
• Information Risk Management including data leak prevention, records management, and information classification and handling, logical access management.
• An understanding of technology resilience and IT operations management processes (e.g. incident and problem management, disaster recovery, IT change, capacity and performance, asset and configuration management, data centres).

Global Investment banking firm with a strong footprint across EMEA, USA and Asia are looking for an experienced IT Applications Audit professional to join their EMEA IT Audit division.

The nature of the bank’s business is within the wholesale / global markets space hence front office reviews will be part of your wider mandate, whilst the main focus will be within Support functions including Finance and Operations. Experience of client money, transaction reporting, collateral settlements would be a huge advantage.

The role offers a wealth of opportunities for those wanting to deepen their technical knowledge, take leadership of projects, work on high profile engagements, face-off to regulators and progress further in their career. You will be part of a deeply technical IT Audit team who have consistently added value, hence the expectations are high but you will gain enormously from a thriving organisation.

Essential skills:

• * Strong working knowledge of IT Applications Audit or Technology Risk Management with sound understanding of risk and control
• * Sound understanding of Corporate Division / Support functions within an Investment Bank and technology which are relevant to these business areas
• * Experience of managing projects / leading Audit engagements
• * Ability to identify key risks and make sound judgement
• * Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• * Ability to build relationship with stakeholders/ auditees/ external parties i.e. regulators
• * Experience in coaching and managing junior staff
• * Ability to lead regional and / or global projects
• * Experience of data analytical tools

This major banking group seeks a strong IT Auditor to conduct reviews across all of the bank’s technology infrastructure. You should possess detailed knowledge of at least two of the following technology platforms:

• * Operating systems – UNIX, LINUX, Windows
• * Networks – Cisco
• * Firewalls
• * Databases – SQL, Sybase, Oracle
• * Datacentres

Specific banking experience is not essential, as candidates with appropriate experience gained in the internal audit function of a practice firm will be considered. This is an outstanding opportunity to develop your career within a major banking group as a  Senior IT Infrastructure Auditor, where you will be well rewarded.

Our client is a European Investment Bank with a global presence. They are looking to appoint a senior VP in IT Audit in their London Office. Covering a wide range of products including commodities, debt and equities markets, and asset management, this role offers the right candidate a great opportunity to gain a wide breadth of experience, and provides the opportunity to develop their career within a highly experienced team. Using an integrated audit approach the role will focus on application reviews mainly within the fixed income business, however there will also be some opportunity to develop within the infrastructure space, and to work on associated projects.

Requirements for VP IT Audit role:
* Degree educated with relevant IT Audit qualifications
* Significant experience of auditing Investment Banking Applications particularly front office applications
* A strong technical background, ideally with some relevant application development experience

Our client, a tier 1 Bank is seeking an IT Applications Audit Associate VP to join their Internal Audit team. With a financial services background gained in a large bank or investment firm, the ideal candidate will use their prior experience in IT applications audit to maintain the organisation’s rigorous internal audit standard. The successful candidate will use excellent communication skills to develop and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders and senior management in addition to facilitating a culture of shared knowledge and experience among team members.