Excellent opportunity for an experienced Auditor / Internal Auditor / Risk Assurance professional with large corporate experience to join a Global Banking Firm.

No previous Banking experience required!

You will be joining a small team and is an ideal position if you are from an Audit or Risk Assurance team in a Big4 / large practice firm looking for a more strategically important role within an investment / wholesale Banking firm, or have Internal Audit experience already and are looking for your second move.

You will work closely with the Head of Audit and senior team members and enjoy an open and honest dialogue with engaged high level stakeholders in an established banking brand. Working both independently and with like minded team members you will review interesting product lines from: Treasury, Corporate Credit, FX trading, and Private Banking to Risk and Compliance operations, within the London offices (and remotely on global Audits).

Internal mobility is actively encouraged and opportunities within the business will present themselves for upwards career progression.

Unfortunately this client are unable to sponsor VISA’s therefore you must be a UK citizen or have an unrestricted UK Visa to apply

Apply to Paul Stanbridge for more information or an informal conversation.

We are expecting a high degree of interest in this role and unfortunately won’t be able to reply to all applicants.

Head of Audit – Compliance and Financial Crime.

Managing a team of 5 covering all areas of Compliance and MLRO/ FC Audit

The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role managing Audit for Compliance and / or Financial Crime within a Global Banking group in London.

Role Responsibilities:

• Establish compliance with global audit standards for financial crime entities by managing and upholding risk assessments within the Fin. Crime and Compliance areas.
• Offer SME and assistance in the financial crime and compliance risk strategy within group Audit, which includes developing necessary strategy documents.
• Create an approach and guidance for evaluating financial crime and compliance risks, if needed, and oversee its implementation throughout group audit. Collaborate with relevant leadership teams to supervise the coverage of significant financial crime and compliance risks.
• Ensure timely delivery of the audit plan and validation of issues related to financial crime and compliance while meeting KPIs.
• Provide SME input for the audit scope and test programs, and offer continuous support and valuable challenges.
• Ensure necessary skills are available to execute planned tasks effectively by recruiting, training, or co-sourcing as required.

Must haves:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in auditing within a banking regulated environment, with a significant focus on Compliance and Financial Crime.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in in a related field.
• Strong knowledge of corporate or investment banking operations.
• String knowledge of banking FCA and PRU regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• UK VISA.
• A professional certification in audit, risk management or Audit, such as IIA, ACA, ACCA or CFA.

If you are a self-motivated individual who is passionate about your work and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

The firm offer a competitive salary package and excellent benefits, as well as opportunities for career growth within the organization.

Apply now to be considered.

We will review all applicants but unfortunately we won’t be able to reply to everyone directly.

Banking Internal Audit – Great Small Team, Global Firm, London

Head of Audit at a Global Bank is seeking an enthusiastic and bright recent or newly qualified accountant (CA / ACA / ACCA / CIMA) to join their London team.

This is an ideal position if you are a qualified Senior Associate with financial services clients from an Audit or Risk Assurance team in a Big4 / large practice firm looking for a more strategically important role within an investment / wholesale Banking firm, or have Internal Audit experience in financial services already and are looking for your second move.

You will work closely with the Head of Audit and enjoy an open and honest dialogue with engaged high level stakeholders in an established banking brand. Working both independently and with like minded team members you will review interesting product lines from: Treasury, Corporate Credit, FX trading, and Private Banking to Risk and Compliance operations, within the London offices (and remotely on global Audits).

Internal mobility is actively encouraged and opportunities within the business will present themselves for upwards career progression.

Unfortunately this client are unable to sponsor VISA’s therefore you must be a UK citizen or have an unrestricted UK Visa to apply

Apply to Paul Stanbridge for more information or an informal conversation.

We are expecting a high degree of interest in this role and unfortunately won’t be able to reply to all applicants.

Capital Markets & wholesale Banking Audit – London

£70-80K + Bonus + Bens

Friendly smaller team environment with a GREAT WORK / LIFE BALANCE and an opportunity to increase your knowledge of Capital Markets & Banking.

You will be a Senior member of a small Audit team reviewing strategic controls for high-risk operations of this Global Financial Services firm and offer recommendations to mitigate key risks. You will gain exposure to senior-level management including board members.

The successful candidate will be:

1. Big 4 Risk Assurance or External Auditor with Capital Markets and Banking client exposure at Manager level

and/or

2. Senior Internal Audit professional seeking their second move within Banking.

Given the size of the firm the ability to audit end to end business processes across a wide range of areas  including: front office trading (principally Rates, FX and equities, research, trade finance), Compliance / Fraud, Risk and Operations

Unfortunately, the bank are UNABLE ABLE TO SPONSOR people outside of the EU.

Apply to Paul Stanbridge with your CV to be considered for the role.

We expect to receive a very high number of applications and may not be able to reply to everyone.

Internal Audit – VP Team Manager – Banking & Capital Markets – London

Are you an Internal Audit professional with a background Auditing Banking Markets? If you are looking for a move from an AVP to a VP role or are at the start of your Audit Manager career but need a change, apply with a CV for an informal discussion about this VP Audit VP role.

Our global banking client are seeking an experienced Internal Auditor with any one of the follwing markets experience:

• Equities: Cash and Equity Dervitaives,
• Fixed Income: Bonds,  Inflation Swaps, Repos, IRD (FRA’s, Exotic IR’s).
• FX

You don’t need to be an expert in product pricing or structuring but you must have an excellent understanding of the key risks and controls in a traded function around the some of the above products.  Moreover, you must be able to demonstrate you can lead and manage multiple audits and understand the current regulatory changes and pressures in Global Markets.

You are likely to have been leading audits and have experience of coaching junior staff.

You must have:

•  Previous experience of working in an Internal Audit function
•  A good understanding of Risk within the Capital Markets
•  Excellent Project Management skills
•  A good knowledge of either Interest Rate, FX or Equity product flows
•  Excellent stakeholder management skills
•  Experience of managing other people
•  Right to work in the UK

Apply to Paul Stanbridge with your CV to be considered for the role.

Risk Assurance or Internal Audit Managers

£75-90000 plus Excellent Banking bonus and benefits.

If you are a Risk Assurance or Internal Audit professional with 2-5 years post qualified experience (or equivalent) within a Capital Markets / Wholesale Banking environment and are looking to expand your career within a tight, dynamic and highly professional small team of an International Banking group, read on.

You must have;

• 3-5 years pqe (ACCA / ACA) or equivalent Risk Assurance or Internal Audit experience within: banking sales and trading, and ideally Fixed Income / Rates products but Equities, FX and Commodities are also highly desirable
• Have a keen interest in expanding your career with a highly successful team environment with very good internal mobility and promotion prospects
• Are able to Manage and lead more junior staff and wish to further your career within the Banking sector

You must have a UK / European Visa to be considered.

We may not be able to reply to every one who applies as we have a high volume of interest in these roles.

£60-70,000 plus Excellent Banking bonus and benefits.

If you are a Risk Assurance or Internal Audit professional with 1-4 years ACA / ACCA post qualified experience (or equivalent) within a Capital Markets / Wholesale Banking environment and are looking to expand your career within a tight, dynamic and highly professional small team of an International Banking group, read on.

You must have;

• 1-4 years Risk Assurance / Internal Audit experience within banking sales and trading, ideally of Fixed Income / Rates products but Equities, FX and Commodities are also highly desirable
• Have a keen interest in expanding your career with a highly successful team environment with very good internal mobility and promotion prospects
• Are keen to learn from highly experienced peers and wish to further your career within Banking long term.

Please apply to Paul Stanbridge with your CV. You must have a UK / European Visa to be considered.

This is a fantastic role offer from a Global Investment Bank. They are offering an AVP role within their internal audit team to a candidate with either a product control type background or risk based audit background.
If you seek a Bank where you can:

– Broaden your asset class exposure across a full spectrum of Fixed Income, Currencies and FICC derivative products (they also have a sizeable Equities function – Contact me for more information).

• Enjoy an open and collaborative leadership style from a Senior Management team with a spread of backgrounds from tier one institutions, that bring their collective knowledge to influence all aspects of team management, methodology and strategy.
• Rely on a strong history of high bonus awards and competitive pay package.
• Work as part of a team and have your personal achievements recognised.
• Have a chance to work with the banks Global heads along with other members of the senior management team helping more junior members understand the given work.

If any of the above interests you, or you would like further information on the role
please call – 020 3397 1779

Salary: £55,000 – £75,000 (+bonus)
Location: London
Level: AVP

Our Global banking client has an excellent opportunity within their London Audit team for an experienced Internal or External Auditor with knowledge of CFO operations within the Banking sector. The successful candidate will predominantly focus on Finance as well as audit across corporate and traded functions. They will also assist team members on other functional audits within Compliance, Credit Risk and Operational Risk.

This is a VP Finance Audit lead role, you will have ownership of this area hence subject matter expertise in Finance as well as solid managerial skills and leadership qualities are essential.

Reporting to a Divisional Manager in London, you will work with local and EMEA teams with responsibility for planning and testing audits in conjunction with team managers. You may also lead engagements of two to four staff.

You must be a qualified Accountant and have strong banking finance knowledge which is likely to include:

•  Financial and regulatory expertise
•  ICAAP
•  ILAAP
•  Basel
•  IFRS
•  Financial Control Operations
•  Balance Sheet Substantiation

You must be able to exercise excellent judgement skills and influence business partners by applying your deep Audit and Finance knowledge.

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

Are you a market risk professional who is looking to leverage your skills and knowledge in a different discipline with varied exposure? or perhaps you already possess a combination of both market risk and Audit experience looking for a new challenge in a top tier investment bank with long term career growth opportunity?

My client, a global investment bank with an enviable reputation are looking for a Market Risk Auditor who is technically astute, intelligent and personable to join their specialist market risk audit team. This role would suit individuals who are well versed in market risk process and have an appreciation for risks and process controls looking for more variety and challenges. Equally, it would suit an auditor who has a good working knowledge of market risk, understanding of investment banking products looking to strengthen their technical skills, conduct deep dive assessment and an opportunity to add real value to a business.

Due to the size and stature of the organisation, there is certainly plenty of opportunity for internal mobility, upward progression and continuous learning and development, you will also be supported by your peers and senior management who have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within market risk audit, many of whom have come from a traditional market risk background.

Responsibilities:

•  Contributing to the Market Risk Audit team’s enterprise-wide coverage and play a key part in the team’s development of audit process improvement
• Conducting audits from planning through to completion
• Responsible for delivering audit reviews of global markets’ portfolios focusing on market risk & valuation
• Providing subject matter expertise to the wider audit group
• Participating in mainstream audit work, acting as subject matter expert for risk, valuation, derivatives
• Continuous monitoring of the risk environment and assesses the emerging risks in global markets portfolios; Value at Risk estimates, Stress testing results at many different levels of granularity for positions and portfolios in global markets.
• Recommending appropriate and practical solutions to risk and control issues.
• Coaching junior members in all aspects of the audit process
• Stakeholder relationship; engaging professional in trading and risk management in frequent dialogue regarding portfolios, markets, positions, liquidity, funding, pricing, valuation
• Working as part of a team within Audit and other business areas
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively

Key Requirements:

• Degree (minimum BSc/ BA level) with good academic record
• Ideally audit related qualification for those from an audit background
• Internal audit experience is desirable but would also consider market risk specialists who can demonstrate they have the capability to diversify into audit/ have an appreciation for risk and process controls
• Those from a traditional audit background, must possess good working knowledge of market risk
• Working knowledge of investment banking and associated products
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to manage relationships both within the core team, other business areas and stakeholders at all levels of seniority
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal), especially the ability to write reports
• Capable of undertaking new challenges and tasks even in unfamiliar territories and able to learn new things quickly
• Eager for continuous learning and development

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