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IT Senior Auditor
Gloucestershire, Lytham, Bristol or Basingstoke
£30,400 - £50,160 + company car, company pension, company medical cover
Group Internal Audit is a key function in the business, providing independent assurance as to the adequacy of the firms systems and controls to manage risk effectively. Our client is therefore looking to recruit a Senior Auditor.
The role:
The role, based at either Lytham, Bristol or Basingstoke, demands a wide technical knowledge of information systems and business, both in terms of understanding and evaluating business systems and arrangements and in influencing the business managers to enhance those arrangements. This information systems technical knowledge spans several aspects including application development and change management, project management and IS security. Relevant business knowledge includes customer service, regulation and financial control. The role does not including the audit of IT infrastructure or networks. The job requires the ability to handle all reviews conducted by GIA including the most technically and organisationally complex areas.
Job Purpose:
To conduct assigned internal audit reviews within the AXAUK Group businesses (including shared services and ABS) in order to provide assurance on the adequacy, appropriateness and effectiveness of the internal control environment and risk management framework.
Key Accountabilities:
1. Lead the planning of Internal Audit Reviews
- Engage with business to gain clear understanding of the control environment under review and any concerns they may have
- Develop audit scope and objectives for each review
- Clearance of audit scope and objectives with management
- Gain understanding of business and technical environment to enable identification of key risks to be reviewed during each review
- Developing detailed fieldwork plans and time budgets for each review
2. Lead the execution of Internal Audit Reviews
- Perform audit fieldwork to assess the adequacy of control environments, risk management, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring in the areas under review
- Document fieldwork results and conclusions
- Identify emerging issues for consideration in reporting
- Flag potentially serious issues to audit and business management as they emerge
- Conduct close out meeting with management to agree audit findings
3. Reporting Internal Audit Reviews
- Drafting audit reports for review by audit and business management
- Agree management action plans and target dates
- Ensure all reported issues are evidenced in audit documentation
4. Monitoring Management Action Plans
- Monitor progress of assigned management actions plans resulting from audit reviews
- Liaise with management to agree status of management action plans and update GIA action tracking database accordingly
- Where appropriate, contribute updates on management actions to GIA monthly report to Executive Management
5. Manage Business Relationships
- Identify, build and maintain relationships with appropriate members of the business within assigned relationship management areas
- Use these relationships to provide early warning of potential control or risk management issues and identify areas for inclusion in the annual audit plan.
- Use these relationships to keep the business informed of GIA activity
- Use these relationships to influence improvement in risk management and control in business processes, projects and change management
6. Develop and Maintain Strong Business Understanding
- Develop and maintain a good awareness and understanding of key business, finance, regulatory and IT activities and risks
- Develop and maintain an awareness of significant developments within the financial services industry
- Use this understanding to influence the annual audit planning process.
7. Internal Audit Standards and Best Practice
- Develop and maintain strong understanding of GIA process and procedures and apply these in the execution of audit reviews.
- Develop and maintain good understanding of internal audit standards and best practice
- Develop and own a personal development plan to support the above.
- Develop clear understanding of GIA KPIs and metrics and achieve these in the execution of audit reviews.
Skills & experience:
Essential:
1. Experience of auditing application development and change management, project management and IS security
2. Very good oral/written communication, planning, project management, analytical, networking and influencing skills
3. Very good stakeholder management and relationship building skills
Desirable:
1. Experience in insurance business environment and in an audit, control or risk management function
2. Degree and / or relevant professional qualification and/or significant relevant audit, risk management, control or financial services qualification
Key Benefits include:
- Salary range depending on skills & experience:
- Lytham or Basingstoke - £30,400 to £45,600
- Bristol - £33,400 to £50,000
- Annual Bonus Scheme – Up to 20%
- Competitive Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance - A lump sum benefit of 4 x gross basic annual salary
- Child Care Voucher Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Annual Holiday - 28 days
Additional Keywords:
IT Auditor, Information Systems Auditor, Senior Information Systems Auditor, Sr. Auditor, Sr. Internal Auditor, Internal Audit, Senior Internal Auditor, Audit Senior.
To apply for this role, please simply send your CV via the button shown. If your skills and experience meet with our client's requirements, they will be given full exposure to your details. Applicant details submitted will only be used in conjunction with this vacancy.
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