Audit Manager - Fixed Term

ACCA Careers; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture Celebration Day

Community Service Day

Private medical care

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Professional trainings and qualificat­

Wellbeing Program

Online Social Fund benefit platform

Social, sport and integration events

Onboarding Program for new hires

Job summary

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is seeking an Audit Manager for a fixed-term role in Kraków. You will lead audit projects, supervise teams, and ensure high-quality deliverables while aligning with BBH’s internal audit standards.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in financial services auditing, a relevant degree, and professional certifications. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential in a collaborative, global environment.

Qualifications

• Overall minimum 8+ years of professional auditing experience in financial services.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree (accounting, finance, information technology or related discipline preferred).
• Professional certification (CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, CAMS, ACCA) will be considered as a plus.
• Strong knowledge of financial services products, services, regulations and governance, risks and controls.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the proven ability to provide leadership to a team.
• Works well individually and in teams by sharing information and supporting colleagues, while remaining independent and objective in line with the IIA standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise audit project teams and ensure the overall quality of audit deliverables.
• Coach/train, supervise and develop staff and provide feedback to the Senior Audit Manager.
• Research auditable entities and develop evaluation/testing techniques.
• Prepare planning-related documentation for audit management review.
• Assist in developing evaluation/testing techniques and finalize the testing program.
• Gather and analyze data for audit activities.
• Identify key risks and controls for assigned audits.
• Execute audits with focus on high quality deliverables and timely delivery.
• Review audit workpapers for policy adherence.
• Escalate issues constructively and contribute to annual planning.

Skills

Auditing experience

Leadership

Team collaboration

Risk & controls knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in accounting/finance/IT

Job description

Brown Brothers Harriman

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

Join us as an Audit Manager

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH’s Internal Auditing Division) has an opening for a Fixed-term Audit Manager who will report to the Senior Audit Manager.

The Audit Manager delivers audit services that consistently satisfy the needs and reasonable expectations of auditees by helping them improve the control environment, streamline their business and achieve operational excellence. Leading an audit, s/he has responsibility for evaluating risks and controls, executing audit reviews, supervising others during the planning and fieldwork phases of the review, communicating issues and findings to management, devising solutions for business improvements, and following up on corrective actions. The Audit Manager will need to work effectively in a team setting to perform all audit work in accordance with department and professional standards. Additionally, the Audit Manager will prepare detailed reports of audit findings, recommend control improvements as appropriate and complete assignments in an efficient manner with sufficient attention to detail to ensure accuracy and thoroughness of coverage.

Leadership

Some of your key responsibilities include:

• Supervise and execute the work of the audit project teams, draft audit reports and ensure the overall quality of audit deliverables.
• Coach/train, supervise and develop staff and provide constructive and timely feedback on staff performance to the Senior Audit Manager

Auditing

• Perform adequate research to ensure thorough understanding of auditable entity and/or related activities to develop evaluation/testing techniques.
• Complete all planning-related documentation for audit management review in adherence with the BBH Internal Audit Department policies and procedures.
• Assist in providing guidance on developing evaluation/testing techniques and materially assist with finalizing the overall testing program for the audit in adherence with the BBH Internal Audit Department policies and procedures.
• Gather and analyze data to conduct audit-related activities.
• Identify the key risks and controls related to the assigned audits.
• Timely execute all assigned audit projects and/or special projects (e.g., effective, and efficient prioritization and planning) with a focus on high quality deliverables
• Conduct detailed review of audit workpapers for adherence with the BBH Internal Audit Department policies and procedures.
• Assess and escalation issues identified during audit assignments or special projects in a constructive manner.
• Draft audit reports that provide a clear, detailed description of issues identified, root cause and risk impact of the issue, and suggested recommendations to resolve the issues.
• Provide insight and contribute towards the annual audit planning process.

Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain relationships with key business contacts. Provide guidance to supervisory/middle management personnel as it relates to the mitigation of risk and control environment within a business line/function.
• Effectively communicate complex audit results to business line management and audit management (e.g., good negotiating/influencing skills).

External Reviews/Audit/Regulators’ Requests

• Address outside regulators queries and information requests.
• Coordination of workflows/audit workpaper requests with external auditors.

Desired Qualifications

• Overall minimum 8+ years of professional auditing experience (external and/or internal) in diversified financial services or work experience in relevant fields (Fund Industry, Investment Banking, Accounting, Finance)
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree (accounting, finance, information technology or related discipline preferred).
• Professional certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, CAMS, ACCA) will be considered as a plus
• Strong knowledge of financial services products, services, regulations and understanding of governance, risks and controls
• Strong interpersonal skills and the proven ability to provide leadership to a team
• Works well individually and in teams by sharing information and supporting colleagues, while remaining independent and objective in line with the IIA standards

What We Offer

• To encourage cultural awareness and philanthropy, BBHers have 1 Culture Celebration Day and 1 Community Service Day in addition to their paid standard vacation allowance
• Private medical care
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program - offering independent and confidential counselling services for you and your family. You can get support for topics including family, marriage and relationships, finances, and legal issues.
• Professional trainings and qualification support
• Wellbeing Program
• Online Social Fund benefit platform
• Social, sport and integration events
• Onboarding Program for new hires

We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets.

If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description.

About BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.

We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.

We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.

Go to BBH.com to learn more about our rewards and benefits, philanthropy, approach to sustainability or how we support you to thrive personally, physically and financially.