Financial Services Group - Insurance & Investments

• Develop a thorough understanding of the business processes, risk profile and strategic objectives and apply this in ongoing audit work, proactively reacting and responding to the evolving demands on the business.

• Provide input into the development and ongoing appropriateness of GIA's risk based audit plan to assess the effectiveness of governance, risk management and systems of internal control.

• Engage with business process owners to agree audit scope and deliverables.

• Take responsibility for end-to-end audit delivery on a timely basis and within budget, through the supervision, execution (including fieldwork) and reporting of audit assignments, including those with a particular focus on finance, risk and regulatory.

• Act in a specialist/ advisory capacity for finance, risk and regulatory topics.

• Provide clarity of messaging, both verbally and in report writing which clearly communicates control weaknesses identified and demonstrates application of root cause analysis to drive impactful value add audit findings.

• Develop, coach and manage Audit Specialists to support their ongoing development and in the execution of the annual audit plan.

• Support in the development of opinions on the risk and control environment across the Group.

• Seek and analyse relevant information and integrate data from different sources.

• Support in Audit and Risk Committee reporting.

• Deliver multiple audit assignments on time, in accordance with IA methodology and agreed quality standards.

• Manage and perform issues assurance activities on a quarterly basis.

• Establish, influence, build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and be accountable for understanding the risks and control environment within your areas of focus (leveraging both stakeholder relationships and industry expertise and networking), most notably in relation to finance, risk and regulation.

• Support in the delivery of GIA's continuous improvement programme, including through the implementation of innovative approaches and applying the use of Data Analytics, Agile Auditing and Continuous Risk Monitoring.

KEY KNOWLEDGE:

Preferably 5+ years' experience performing a risk and controls/ regulatory focused role e.g. Internal Audit

• Must be comfortable managing audits requiring multi-disciplined teams, working collaboratively with peers;

• Strong technical skills and advanced understanding of risk and controls in the asset management and wealth management environment, to include the following areas:

o Financial controls;

o Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks and processes including risk appetite and operational risk; o Capital & liquidity management processes including ICAAP and ORSA; and

o Wealth Management regulatory environment, both conduct and prudential.

• Experience of stakeholder relationship management at a senior level including Business Unit CEOs and Group Executives; and

• Exposure to leading and managing specialist audit teams, including development, coaching and budgets