Assistant Vice President, Internal Audit

What we're looking for

• Experience working within Internal Audit in a financial services environment (ideally banking) and / or financial and operational audit experience across a range of business audits in a financial institution.
• Ability to provide technical subject matter expertise during integrated operational audits.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience of dealing with all levels of management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience and understanding of regulatory requirements, e.g., FRBNY.

Professional Qualifications / Certifications

• Must have 5+ years of relevant industry and auditing experience
• Qualified Accountant (desirable) - ACA / ACCA (UK), CPA (US)
• Audit Certifications (desirable) – CMIIA (UK), CIA (US)

Experience

• Audit Delivery Management: (90%) Execution of planning and testing for complex audits and high-level reviews, including designing test strategies, audit test papers and drafting of audit findings.
• Validation to confirm management's remediation of audit and regulatory issues.
• Tracking of management's remediation activities.
• Actively contributing to the ongoing improvement of audit practices and methodology.

Stakeholder Management / Strategic

• Develop and maintain working relationships with peers across the organization.
• Monitor strategic developments and highlight any unidentified risks or potential control issues.

Professional Development

• Proactively maintain knowledge, skills and disciplines, with on-going professional development.
• Maintain the professional standard of the Internal Audit function and work within its agreed Terms of Reference and IIA standards/guidelines, Charter and Mandate.
• Demonstrate adaptability to ensure that the audit focus is maintained on key issues, under the guidance of audit senior management.