Head of Assignment MARK

Job Description

Societe Generale, one of Europes leading financial services groups and a major player in the economy for over 150 years, supports 30 million clients every day with 133,000 staff in 61 countries.Our Group draws on our European roots to develop our activities internationally. Our unique geographic positioning enables us to connect Europe, Russia, and Africa with major global financial centres in Asia and the Americas.The Group combines financial strength, proven expertise in innovation and a sustainable growth strategy with the objective of creating value for all our stakeholders. We seek to be a trusted partner in the projects of those building tomorrows world today.This engagement informs our mission: to protect and manage assets and savings, finance projects, protect clients in their both their day-to-day lives and in their professional activities, ensure secure transactions and offer the best technological solutions.Inspection and Group Audit Division (IGAD) is the group audit division of the Socit Gnrale Group and as such conducts independent and objective audits reviews of all its activities, aiming at providing the Group with assurance as to how effectively itis controlling its operations, advises on improvements and contributes to the creation of added value. It also assesses the quality of risk management within an audited scope, the appropriateness and effectiveness of the permanent control framework, the risksensitivity of management and compliance with codes of conduct and expected professional practices. This is in accordance with the Socit Gnrale Code, which includes the mandate and role of the Third Line of Defence.IGAD issues recommendations to remedy any shortfalls they identify and, more generally, to improve the Groups operational management and risk control. The Audit teams cover all the risks of the jurisdictions they oversee. General Inspection, besides auditwork, has a general mandate to carry out any kind of analysis or study and to take part in assessing strategic projects or intervening in specific issues at the request of the General Management. Internal Audit and Inspection define their audits and inspectionsusing a risk-based approach and define an annual work programme, comprising the inspection route map and audit plan. After inspections and audits, IGAD teams follow up implementation of their recommendations.The London Audit team carries out audit assignments aimed at ensuring the effectiveness of the internal control system, across the SG entities in the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, Gibraltar and the Middle-East region.Summary of the key purposes of the role

• Complete planning, execution and reporting of audits both within the covered locations mainly or as a team member of the assignment;
• Perform projects and special assignments as required;
• Ensure timely and complete follow-up (review, validation, and documentation) of outstanding audit recommendations;
• Coaching and supervision of less experienced staff;
• Work closely and maintain a good level of interaction/co-operation with auditees as well as with direct team members and Auditors of other locations;
• Actively participate and/or perform the yearly risk assessment as supervised by Regional Supervisors and Management.

Summary of responsibilities

1. Performing audit assignments

As Head of assignment, ensure that:

• Audit assignment Planning - Effective and efficient diagnostic work on audit is performed.
• Audit assignment execution - Audit work if properly assigned to team members and monitored, ensuring that less experienced team members execute their work in accordance with departmental standards.
• Fully adhering to departmental assignment management requirements, e.g. Tollgates process.
• Complete audit assignments within assigned budgets and agreed timelines.
• Audit assignment reporting - Deliver well written and clear audit reports (Head of Assignment has ultimate responsibility).
• Manage the staff evaluations process on assignments, ensuring that assignment staff objectives are set for all auditors on their assignments (in line with individual development objectives), and ensuring that honest, constructive and timely feedback isprovided. Timely escalation of any staff performance issues to the Regional Supervisors/Audit Management.

As assignment team member when required:

• Execution of audit work on business audits in the locations covered by the UK regional team.
• Participation in Audit Diagnostic work under the supervision of Heads of Assignment.
• Audit testing in accordance with test plans assigned by Heads of Assignment.
• Document audit issues and all work papers in standard departmental formats and perform operational debriefs to auditees in conjunction with the Head of Assignment.
• Follow up outstanding audit recommendations until implementation.

1. Occasionally, perform other Projects and perform Special Assignments

• For example, on Assignments requested by Audit Management, with other SG Audit departments or with Inspection Gnrale.
• From time to time Audit management may assign specific tasks related to the organization and running of the department, e.g. some projects related to various aspects of departmental efficiency and effectiveness.

1. Proactive follow-up of outstanding audit recommendations until implementation

• Timely and rigorous (i.e. reviewed, validated and well-documented) follow-up of allocated audit recommendations until completion
• Anticipation and identification of delays and issues in relation to deliverables
• Appropriate escalation and active assistance in the resolution of issues raised during the recommendation implementation process
• Reporting on recommendation follow up status to Audit Management on a regular basis.

1. Tasks related to the Audit Departments organisation

• Assist in the preparation of presentations used for various Control Committees (reports, presentations and statistics).
• Contribute to the preparation of internal Audits annual Risk Assessment and continuous monitoring
• From time to time Audit management may assign specific tasks related to the organization and running of the department, e.g. some projects related to various aspects of departmental efficiency and effectiveness.
• Comply with the requirements of the SG & IGAD policies and procedures and International Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Standards.
• All audit staff are required to sign the IIA Declaration of Professional standards and Code of Ethics on an annual basis.

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