Senior IT Audit Manager (Financial Services)

• Oversee end-to-end IT audit engagements across a portfolio of banking, insurance, asset management, fintech and payments clients
• Report directly to directors and partners, keeping them informed of progress, risks and issues
• Plan, perform and review testing of IT general controls (ITGCs), application controls and information produced by the entity, and ensure the IT audit plan responds to risks of material misstatement
• Provide assurance supporting financial statement audits and the IT element of regulatory frameworks, including service organisation reporting (SOC 1/ISAE 3402), client assets (CASS) and safeguarding work monitored by the FCA
• Review and sign off deliverables, and escalate complex issues such as ineffective controls or major IT migrations early, with a recommended response
• Build new business relationships with finance, technology and information security leaders, heads of internal audit and audit committees
• Contribute to proposals, tenders and client conversations, and identify opportunities for wider technology, risk and advisory teams
• Manage engagement financials, including scoping, budgeting, resourcing, fee recovery and the impact of scope changes
• Lead and coach multi-location and offshore teams, set high standards, give honest feedback and support wellbeing and progression
• Be accountable for quality, including in regulatory inspections by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), where relevant

Benefits

• Income protection
• Matched pension
• Life cover
• Private medical, including anytime access to Doctor@Hand and Stronger Minds
• Professional subscriptions

• Experience overseeing IT audit engagements end to end and supervising teams across a portfolio
• A good understanding of the UK regulatory environment, including the FCA and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
• Experience reporting to and working directly with directors or partners
• Significant 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
• 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
• Strong knowledge of IT general controls (ITGCs), application controls and ISA (UK) 315, and of linking IT risk to the financial statement audit
• A track record of high audit quality, demonstrated by strong inspection or internal quality review results
• Experience in fintech, payments, crypto or digital assets
• Experience with audit analytics and automated testing
• SOC 1/ISAE 3402 reporting experience
• CASS and safeguarding assurance experience