Senior IT Audit Manager - Economic Crime (Edinburgh)

My client, an International Bank, is looking for a Senior IT Audit Manager to join their growing team in Edinburgh. For this role you will have to be in their offices at least 2 days per week.

About the Senior IT Audit Manager Economic Crime role:

My client has an exciting opportunity to join the Group COO audit team as a Portfolio Lead within Group Audit & Conduct Investigations (GA&CI). As a Portfolio Lead, you'll lead and shape in the Audit plan, using deep knowledge of technology and change risks to deliver high-quality, timely, and independent assurance on risk management and internal controls.

Day to day, you will:

• Be responsible for the end-to-end audit execution and related action follow-ups through effective planning and relationship management across portfolio of audits. Delivering risk and control assurance activity that is timely, impactful, insightful and valued.
• Prioritise your work and that of others effectively with adaptability to ensure timely and valuable delivery. Understand the critical path for delivery, removing obstacles; planning and preparing to ensure resources are used efficiently and effectively. A drive for personal development and growth, and accountability for your work and behaviours.
• Provide timely, actionable feedback, empower colleagues and contribute to their development through collaboration, career coaching and mentoring to maintain a positive and high-performing team.
• Lead and own delivery, and champion colleagues' growth and development. Actively role model the Group values and behaviours when managing and leading others.
• Understand and interpret Group and Business Unit Strategy and connect audit and business monitoring insights to such strategies at the macro level.
• Independently undertake business monitoring through regular conversations with senior leaders and representing Group Audit at Committees, to influence decisions.
• Manage relationships with colleagues including senior executives and work collaboratively with colleagues across the function, First and Second Lines of Defence.

What you'll need:

• Experience of auditing private and public cloud platforms, software development life cycle, modern engineering practices and tools. Good understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and application in Economic Crime.
• Proven track record of leading Economic Crime audits with expertise in auditing key products, front-to-back processes, channels and IT systems.
• Experience of identifying key risks associated with the use of technology in business processes, applying IT controls knowledge to audit automated business controls, and influence implementation of controls by design during transformation initiatives. Highly skilled in writing and agreeing high quality findings and audit reports.
• Critical thinking ability to use internal, external, business and technology information to provide forward-looking and impactful insights on current and emerging risks and opportunities.
• Ability to analyse, understand and communicate data as information, and use data to drive effective audit outcomes.
• Demonstrating strong communication to effectively manage and influence senior relationships independently whilst building credibility and trust.
• Strong project management skills to multitask and succeed in a fast-paced environment.
• Extensive experience of working in Financial Services, Internal/External Audit or a Risk Function with a good knowledge of financial products in Banking and Insurance.

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Knowledge of Economic Crime regulations.
• International Compliance Association (ICA) qualifications or equivalent

If the above is of interest please apply to this role or call me to find out more.

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