IT Audit - Manager or Senior Manager - Insurance

Forvis Mazars; London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars is seeking an IT Audit Manager or Senior Manager to lead complex audit engagements within the Insurance sector in London. This role involves overseeing audit teams, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and ensuring compliance with quality standards, contributing to a culture of collaboration and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in IT external audit, preferably within the Insurance sector.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in IT Audit.
• Strong knowledge of auditing standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver complex audit engagements in the Insurance practice.
• Oversee junior team members, ensuring compliance with audit methodology.
• Build and maintain relationships with audited entities' senior staff.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology, business studies, accounting, finance, or related field

Professional certification (e.g., ACA, CISA, CISSP)

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IT Audit - Manager or Senior Manager - Insurance, London

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Forvis Mazars

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London, United Kingdom

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

24.06.2025

Expiry Date:

08.08.2025

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Job Description:

ForvisMazars cares about your career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

Are you looking to make an impact in IT Audit? Are you looking to grow our business as if it was your own? And are you looking for open, engaged and collaborative teams? Then apply to the role today!

About the role

As a Manager or Senior Manager in our Insurance practice, you will play a crucial role in managing and delivering complex audit engagements. You will lead a team, oversee audit processes, and maintain stakeholder relationships. Your expertise in IT external audit within the Insurance sector will contribute to our commitment to excellence. You will need excellent communication and written skills, an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

The key responsibilities as a Manager or Senior Manager in the National ITAudit team:

• Plan, coordinate, and control audit engagements on a number of audit entities based in London, but also working as part of a national practice on UK based audit entities, according to firm requirements.
• Oversee junior team members, ensuring compliance with audit methodology.
• Manage all aspects of audit delivery, including timelines, team briefings, and reviews, ensuring work is conducted in line with Forvis Mazars Quality standards.
• Act as the primary contact for audited entities throughout the year.
• Build and maintain relationships with audited entities' senior staff as well as within Forvis Mazars itself.
• Facilitate execution of audits by maintaining effective communication.
• Manage engagement finances, including budgeting, budget negotiation, and budget management.
• Collaborate with partners and directors on audit involvement.
• Identify, research, and resolve IT audit matters.
• Communicate with audited entities and specialists on technical issues.
• Performance manage juniorteam members, supporting their growth and career progression.

What are we looking for?

• Extensive experience in IT external audit, preferably within the Insurance sector.
• Experience of building and managingrelationships.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in ITAudit.
• Professionalcertification (e.g., ACA, CISA, CISSP) preferred .
• Bachelor's degree intechnology, business studies, accounting, finance, or related field.
• Have a sound technicalunderstanding of IT risks and hot topics.
• Strong knowledge of auditing standards andregulations.
• Excellentcommunication and leadership skills.
• Desire to help the ITAudit Practice develop and grow, contributing to new initiatives and methodologies;

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network. The network operates under a single brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.

Both member firms share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, tax and advisory services around the world. Together, our strategic vision strives to move our clients, people, industry and communities forward.Through our reach and areas of expertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainability issues in the global marketplace including human rights, climate change, environmental impacts and culture.

We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action.

At Forvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality. We thrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight and give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential.

Central London based office location with a hybrid working model!

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read more about our approachclick here.

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible - please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

Visit forvismazars.com/uk to learn more.