Business Auditor - Global Private Banking and Wealth Management Firm - Competitive Base Salary [...]

Intertek Holding Deutschland GmbH; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the quality assurance sector seeks an internal auditor responsible for conducting audits of control frameworks and compliance processes. Ideal candidates will be finalist or fully-qualified auditors with relevant experience, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach. The role offers hybrid work options and a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Good work-life balance

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Finalist or Fully-Qualified auditor with 3-5 years of experience.
• Experience from private banking, wealth management or asset management sectors.
• Hands-on self-starter with proactive working manner.

Responsibilities

• Participates in audit assignment planning and execution.
• Documents work performed and provides assurance with conclusions.
• Assists Head of Internal Audit in reporting findings to key stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Skills

Education

ACA / ACCA / IIA

Job description

The individual will be responsible for conducting local, regional, or global independent reviews of control frameworks, governance structures, and compliance processes, reporting audit findings, risks, and control deficiencies to the Board, Audit Committee, and Senior Management. The company offers good work-life balance and hybrid working (4 days from the office and 1 from home).

Profile Criteria:

1. Finalist or Fully-Qualified auditor (ACA / ACCA / IIA) with a min. of 3-5 years of experience either from industry or from a chartered accountancy practice
2. Must bring experience from the private banking, wealth management or asset management sectors
3. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
4. Ambitious individual who is hands-on self-starter, with a proactive work manner with ability and maturity to work in a small IA function
5. Willingness to travel (average 4-6 weeks a year)

Responsibilities / Tasks:

• Audit assignment planning - Participates in the effective and efficient diagnostic work on audits, by collecting, organising and analysing the relative information for the specific audit.
• Audit assignment execution.
• Executes the assigned audit work in accordance with Head of Internal Audit instructions.
• Documents work performed in workpapers referencing the relative documents and sources used.
• Provides assurance and identifies potential findings.
• Determines the causes, effects, and significance of the findings.
• Develops recommendations and collaborates with management to develop action plans.
• Develops conclusions.
• Audit assignment reporting - Working with the Head of Internal Audit to deliver well written and clear audit reports.
• Assist the Head of Internal Audit in the reporting of audit findings, risks, and control deficiencies to the Board, Audit Committee, and Senior Management (reports, presentations, and statistics).
• Contribute to the preparation of the internal audit's annual Risk Assessment, continuous monitoring to derive the Annual Audit Plan.
• Must perform and document all aspects of audit work in accordance with set departmental quality standards, in particularly any local regulatory requirements and the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Must be able to travel for regional assignments.