Position Overview

Our client is a leading global financial services firm. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior IT Audit Manager with excellent relationship management and business facing skills to build up a local IT Audit function.

Reporting to the Group Internal Audit Business Partner – IT (located in Amsterdam), the Senior IT Audit Manager is responsible for the management and execution of IT audits relating to strategic IT projects, the IT data centers, operational systems, and applications. Furthermore, the Senior IT Audit Manager will assist the BP IT Audit with the IT quarterly reporting, preparations for the audit committee meetings, and other managerial tasks. Travelling (< 20%) to offices and data centers will be required.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing, planning and overseeing multiple types of IT audits, ranging from General IT Controls reviews to Project audits and technical IT audits of operating systems, applications, and databases
• Relationship Management – establish and maintain professional relationships with the CIO, and relevant IT Directors and Managers in the various locations
• Formally reporting back on audit findings and initiatives in a timely and accurate manner
• Liaising with business partners and auditors on findings
• Ensuring audits are consistent with and implemented in accordance with policies
• Maintaining expertise and pursuing training to keep abreast of new and proposed developments in the Auditing field
• Evaluating existing policies and procedures and identifying controls
• Performing audit procedures to test the effectiveness of controls
• Making recommendations to develop and enhance current audit tools and techniques

Key Skills and Competencies

• 10+ years of hands-on IT audit work experience, preferably with some years (5+) of work experience at an Internal Audit Department of a financial institution; Hedge Fund Administration Services experience and asset management would be preferred.
• Certified IT auditor or IT security specialist (e.g. CISA, CISM, CISSP, or CIA).
• Experience with and a good understanding of (audits) of SWIFT Alliance and other SWIFT infrastructure components.
• Strong technical auditing skills on operating systems and databases (e.g. network, UNIX/Wintel based operating systems, Oracle / MS SQL databases).
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and project management methodologies and audit thereof.
• Extensive experience of data analysis and tools in data warehouse environments (e.g. ACL, WinIDEA, or Monarch).
• Effective decision making skills and the capacity to draw on reasonable conclusions.
• Strong communicator (written and verbal).
• Good relationship management skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, willingness to engage positively with internal clients, and be able to manage and coach other IT audit team members.

To apply for the Senior IT Audit Manager role please click on the apply button or contact Hugh McCarthy on 01 662 1000

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