Senior IT Auditor

Job Description

Rutherford Briant have just registered a new Senior IT Auditor role to join a market leading insurance company. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a growing audit team, which is a critical area of the business. The right candidate will have provenexperience within internal IT audit, being able to utilise different auditing techniques and contributing to the overall group internal auditing key deliverables.Our client encourages all employees to create balance, offering a fantastic hybrid way of working.Responsibilities

• Providing input into the development of an effective audit plan for agreed areas of responsibility by maintaining a good awareness and understanding of key business (Insurance /Health), developments in IT, finance, and regulatory activities and risks andthrough pro-active involvement in major change. Also, providing input to the leadership team for other areas of the annual plan.
• Participating in the planning of Internal Audit reviews through business engagement, developing and agreeing the audit scope, identifying key risks for each review and detailed fieldwork plans and time budgets for each review.
• Executing Internal Audit reviews through assessing the adequacy of control environments, risk management, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring in the areas under review. Also, flagging potentially serious issues to audit andbusiness management as they emerge.
• Contributing to reporting on Internal Audit reviews through drafting audit reports for review by audit and business management, agreeing management action plans and target dates and ensuring all reported issues are evidenced in audit documentation.
• Monitoring the progress of management action plans resulting from audit reviews through liaising with business management and updating GIA action tracking database accordingly. Where appropriate, contribute updates on management actions for reporting toExecutive Management
• Identifying, building and maintaining relationships with appropriate members of the business within assigned relationship management areas. Using these relationships to provide early warning of potential control or risk management issues and identify areasfor inclusion in the annual audit plan. To influence improvement in risk management and control in business processes, projects and change management.
• Developing and maintaining an excellent understanding of GIA process and procedures and apply these in the execution of audit reviews. Taking a proactive role in the support and continual improvement of the audit team, particularly in the areas of investment,life & pensions.

What Youll need to Succeed

• Good knowledge of finance services industry, regulation, operating practices and technology.
• Relevant professional qualification (e.g. CISA, CISM, ITIL etc) desirable.
• Excellent knowledge of established IT disciplines, such as security, service management, operational resilience and emerging technologies and trends.
• Developed knowledge of data analytics techniques and tools ( SAS, PowerBI, etc).
• In-depth understanding of best practice in auditing and a knowledge of enterprise risk management practice.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management, networking, relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Solid understanding of project management principles.
• Project Management and Operational experience in Insurance & Health desirable.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.If you would like to feel valued and be an integral part of the audit team, please get in touch.

Keyskills :
AssessingAuditingInternal AuditITILRisk Management