Senior Internal Auditor: Risk & Controls Lead

ICE Clear Europe Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ICE Clear Europe Limited is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to own and deliver audit engagements end-to-end within a London-based team. You will identify risks, design tests, collect evidence, draft issues, and ensure work papers meet standards for independent review.

You will work with governance and risk frameworks, collaborate across geographies, and contribute to cross-cutting audits in areas like financial crime controls and operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Internal Audit, assurance, risk or control experience in a regulated environment.
• Understanding of governance, risk and control frameworks.
• Strong written communication, concise and plain English.
• Ability to work across geographies with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned sections of audit engagements end-to-end: risk and control identification, walkthroughs, testing, evidence retention, conclusions and first-draft issue writing.
• Contribute to scoping by identifying key risks, controls, data sources and required procedures.
• Manage multiple engagements across the year with competing deadlines.
• Contribute to integrated audits with Global IT audit team and cross-cutting thematic work.
• Apply professional skepticism, deconstruct processes, follow evidence, escalate when misalignments occur.
• Design tests proportionate to risk and materiality using data analytics and sampling.
• Prepare self-explanatory workpapers capable of withstanding independent review.
• Build knowledge of exchange microstructure, order life cycle, market conduct, margining and collateral management.
• Conduct interviews to learn processes, confirm facts with management, stay composed under challenge.
• Monitor business changes and support validation of remediation actions.
• Coach staff auditors and contribute to reusable test programs and progress.

Skills

Strong written communication

Collaborative work

Professional skepticism

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

ICE Clear Europe Limited is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to own and deliver audit engagements end-to-end within a London-based team. You will identify risks, design tests, collect evidence, draft issues, and ensure work papers meet standards for independent review.

You will work with governance and risk frameworks, collaborate across geographies, and contribute to cross-cutting audits in areas like financial crime controls and operational resilience.