Vice President Senior Audit Manager

MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Audit Manager for their IT audit team. This role involves planning and executing application audits, managing risks, and mentoring team members. Candidates should have a strong background in IT audit and relevant qualifications like CISA or CISSP. The position demands excellent communication skills to influence senior stakeholders and a keen focus on technology risk management. Flexible working arrangements may be considered.

Qualifications

• Experience working in IT audit or equivalent First Line risk and control role.
• Deep understanding of Technology risk and control areas.
• Good understanding of business risks and controls.

Responsibilities

• Planning and executing Application audits across Business Divisions.
• Performing risk assessments and supporting the audit planning processes.
• Building and maintaining trusted relationships with key stakeholders.
• Leading audit engagements to the required methodology standard.
• Coaching junior team members on IT related topics.

Skills

IT audit experience

Communication skills

Risk and control focus

Decision making skills

Attention to detail

Education

CISA, CISSP, CISM, CIA

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we have 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long‑term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

EMEA Internal Audit Office (EIAO), as the Bank's third Line of Defence, provides independent assurance to the Board and Executive Management on the quality and effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls to monitor, manage and mitigate key risks to achieving the Bank's objectives, in accordance with the Global Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards.

Main Purpose of the Role

An exciting new opportunity has emerged for an Application Audit - Senior Audit Manager (VP) to join our IT audit team within the EMEA Internal Audit function. In this role the Senior Audit Manager will support the Chief Auditor and Audit Director by executing and delivering key Application related audit engagements and reporting issues to senior management. The Senior Audit Manager will also partner closely with the Cyber & Infrastructure and Business Audit teams to identify risks and drive control improvements, including evaluating application related controls, such as Access Management and Segregation of Duties, Change Management and SDLC, Data Integrity, Interfaces and Reporting Controls, Application Functionality and Automated Controls, Resilience and Disaster Recovery, and End of Life and Capacity Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning and executing Application audits across the different Business Divisions and Functions, including managing the IT Audit team and working closely with Business Audit teams and delivering audits to budget and agreed timelines.
• Performing risk assessments and continuous risk monitoring activities across the technology control environment, as well as supporting the audit planning processes.
• Keep up to date with the evolving IT risk landscape through continuous learning and participation at key industry events / forums.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders so that audit planning and delivery is achieved smoothly and professionally.
• Lead audit engagements to the required methodology standard.
• Provide ongoing feedback to the Audit Director throughout each engagement; elevate any performance related issues to the Audit Director. Coach junior team members on IT related topics as well as audit methodology requirements.
• Display strong appreciation of application and technology risk and control areas, promoting risk awareness throughout the Internal Audit department and among key stakeholders.
• Agree Management Action Plans with stakeholders, ensuring that remedial actions address the underlying root causes to mitigate the risks, and lead issue validation activities to verify that remedial actions are designed and operating effectively.
• Work collaboratively with all Internal Audit colleagues regionally and globally.

Work Experience

• Experience working in IT audit, or equivalent First Line risk and control role.
• Experience working in Financial Services is preferable.
• Deep understanding of Technology risk and control areas, including Identity & Access Management, Privileged Access, Change Management and SDLC, Data Integrity and Interfaces, Resilience & Disaster Recovery, End of Life and Capacity Management, and Application Functionality and Automated controls.
• Good understanding of business risks and controls and experience working with business audit teams.
• Strong knowledge of IT and Cyber Security risk Frameworks, such as NIST, COBIT, DORA, ISO27001.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant technology and industry qualifications e.g. CISA, CISSP, CISM, CIA are preferable.

Personal Requirements

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders on risk and control issues.
• Strong risk and control focus with the ability to focus on the areas of highest risk.
• The ability to manage and prioritise large workloads and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail with a structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong decision making skills and the ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements. MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership. We make our recruitment decisions in a non‑discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.