Assistant Vice President, Audit Manager – HR and Compliance (12 month FTC)

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EMEA Internal Audit Office (EIA), as the Bank’s third Line of Defence, and in accordance with the Global Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Standards (IIA Standards), 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.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS

None

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced audit professional to join HR and Core Compliance audit team as an Assistant Vice President (Audit Manager) for a 12- month fixed-term period. Audit Managers are responsible for the execution and delivery of audit engagements, working within audit teams on the scoping, planning and delivery of audit engagements, occasionally acting as audit lead.

Delivery and execution of all engagements must adhere to audit methodology and standards and include formal sign-off of key documents and processes within an audit file.

The successful candidate will also support prior audit issue validation, risk assessments and continuous monitoring.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Key responsibilities of the Audit Manager – HR and Core Compliance will include:

• Executing and delivering audit engagements to the required methodology and Quality Assurance standards, occasionally acting as the audit lead supervising other members of the team.
• Undertaking analysis and performing audit testing by applying data analytics solutions or effectively collaborating with the EIA Data Analytics team.
• Discussing potential findings and management action plans with key business stakeholders.
• Drafting audit issues and occasionally other elements of the audit report such as Executive Summary and Management Control Approach paragraph.
• Ongoing monitoring and validation of the prior audit issues.
• Executing and delivering all assigned work to the required methodology standard (Agile), seeking guidance as required.
• Developing knowledge in key areas of the HR and Core Compliance portfolio.
• Supporting Head of Audit and Senior Audit Managers in ongoing monitoring of HR and Core Compliance portfolio and contributing to the periodic risk assessments impacting the annual audit plan.
• Supporting Head of Audit, Audit Director and Senior Audit Managers on strategy and approach papers for entities and risks within their Head of Audit’s portfolio.
• Building and maintaining constructive relationships with key stakeholders and auditees within their audit engagements or areas of continuous monitoring.
• Developing an appreciation of risk and control more generally in banking.
• Working collaboratively with all Internal Audit colleagues regionally and globally.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Experience of working in an audit, compliance or risk management function within the Financial Services sector.
• Experience in managing and executing audits primarily in HR and Core Compliance audits

Preferred:

• Experience of working in a similar audit function for a major corporate/investment bank or Big-4 firm.
• Experience in utilising data analytics tools to execute testing
• Experience of banking environments and applicable HR / Compliance regulations across EMEA would be useful.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Knowledge of auditing methods and industry practices.
• An understanding of banking and financial services is required.
• Understanding of financial products, their risks and processes associated.
• Good knowledge of controls is required to mitigate those risks.
• Good understanding of risk management and compliance matters.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in written form.
• Solid project management skills allowing for taking on leadership of complex/large audits.

Education / Qualifications:

• Higher education or equivalent industry experience.
• Professionally qualifications (CFA, CIA, etc.) are desirable but not essential.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills which allow confident and independent interactions with stakeholders
• Collaborative nature and good team working ethos
• Results driven and proactive with a strong sense of accountability
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work to meet the delivery milestones and avoid overruns
• Good decision-making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement and propose solutions to complex problems
• Demonstrate curiosity and seek out new experiences, ideas and knowledge, seek feedback and learn new things to develop Learn from mistakes in the organisation and the industry
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a creative and innovative approach to work
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong numerical skills

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.