IT Audit Manager (Financial Services)

Join our team as an IT Audit Manager in the financial services sector. You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of IT audit engagements for various clients, including banking, insurance, asset management, fintech, and payments.

SOC 1/ISAE 3402 reporting experience

Responsibilities

• Your role will involve planning, performing, and reviewing testing of IT general controls, application controls, and information produced by the entity.
• You will also provide assurance that supports financial statement audits and the IT element of regulatory frameworks.
• Additionally, you will coach and develop your team, manage engagement budgets, and build relationships with client finance, technology, and information security teams.
• Manage the day-to-day delivery of IT audit engagements for clients in the financial services sector, from planning to reporting.
• Plan, perform, and review testing of IT general controls, application controls, and information produced by the entity.
• Build relationships with client finance, technology, and information security teams, and manage engagement budgets and resources.

Requirements

• Experience of managing IT audit engagements day to day and supervising junior colleagues
• A record of high audit quality, shown by strong inspection or internal quality review results

Preferred

• Strong knowledge of ITGCs, application controls and ISA (UK) 315
• A professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CA or an international equivalent), or a recognised IT audit or security qualification (CISA, CISM or CRISC) with relevant experience
• A good understanding of the UK regulatory environment, including the FCA and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
• Solid IT audit experience in financial services, ideally from a Big 4 or mid-tier firm, or from internal audit or technology risk in a regulated firm
• CASS and safeguarding assurance experience
• Audit analytics and automated testing
• Experience of fintech, payments, crypto or digital assets