A market leading investment bank require an exceptional IT Applications Audit professional to come on board and play a pivotal part reviewing multi feed trading applications, a truly exciting opportunity for those who thrive on new challenges.

You will also work with IT Applications Auditors who typically foster a culture of sharing skills and knowledge which they see as 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, 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] / 0207 099 7180

Tier 1 Banks Advisory Firm, London.
Salary – Up to £40k

If you are a junior Data Analyst with a hunger for knowledge and skills from a vast variety of Tier 1 banks and also have an interest in Data Governance and Data Management, this is most likely the opportunity to grant all your wishes.

If this sounds like you and would like to hear more, and possess:

Essential
Minimum 2 years’ experience.
An Undergraduate degree or equivalent with a minimum 2.1 class.
Coding skills in VBA, SQL.
Robust and demonstrable understanding of IT general controls and experience performing such audits.
Technical awareness and auditing experience of common operating systems, financial applications, and underlying databases.
Evidence of experience in IT auditing and risk management.
Evidence of experience of preparing and delivering presentations.

Desirable
First time passes at each stage of professional exams.
Professional Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA)
Relevant IT audit qualification (CISA,QiCA,CISM etc).
Awareness and experience in applying recognised IT audit/governance frameworks such as Cobit, ITIL,Prince 2.
Tableau, Matlab, Qlikview, Power Bi skills.
Experience delivering Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (IDEA or ACL) to support external audit and internal audit work.

Kindly send an updated CV and contact details to [email protected]

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, service industries, and public sector.  They currently have need of a Technology Risk Services (TRS) Senior Manager  to help clients manage risk, and improve their business performance around information technology and information security.

Key Elements of the Role

• Responsible for allocated engagements, and managing staff and client requirements
• Undertake business development, bringing on board new clients, and developing sales opportunities with current clients
• Assist Senior Management Team in the development of new products and services.
• Act as an ambassador of the firm at marketing events, and develop an in depth knowledge of the wide range of services offered by the firm.
• Manage key internal and external clients
• Lead new proposals and participate in presentations
• Act as a subject matter expert in technical services, contributing as necessary to other areas of the practice

Skills and Education

• Educated to degree standard with Professional IT audit qualification (eg CISA, CISM, or similar)
• Proven portfolio management experience, including the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Good client relationship management skills
• Sound technical knowledge, and auditing experience of common operating systems, financial applications, and appropriate databases
• Substantial experience in IT auditing and risk management
• Experience leading IT audit teams and engagements from end-to-end
• Good people management and coaching skills

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

Senior IT Auditor – Walsall / Birmingham

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

Ideally with a Financial Services 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
• An understanding of the interaction of IT Audit with the rest of the business
• Relevant higher education qualifications
• Relevant professional qualifications i.e. CISA

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 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.

A tier one bank is seeking a senior IT Infrastructure Auditor to join their team.  Building on similar experience gained in a large financial services organisation you will work as part of a team to maintain consistently high reporting standards.

• Excellent understanding of risks, controls and testing methods for commonly used platforms such as Unix, Windows, Data networks for mobile and voice, Mainframe, Midrange amongst others.
• Degree educated with an appropriate audit or accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, IIA, CISA).
• Experience operating one of the above mentioned platforms.
• Good working knowledge of current business operating models and systems.
• Understanding of controls and governance relating to Information Security and IT Risk Management.