Senior Internal Audit Manager, IT in Bilston, Midlothian

Aberdeen Group plc is one of Europe’s largest investment companies, and we are built on a long-standing culture of caring about the future and making a positive impact. Aberdeen Investments, Aberdeen Adviser, and interactive investor. As part of our Internal Audit function, this role offers the opportunity to shape technology assurance across the Group while investing in your tomorrow through meaningful leadership, development and impact. Internal Audit plays a critical role in helping Aberdeen achieve its strategic objectives while managing risk effectively. Working across Aberdeen Investments, Aberdeen Adviser, interactive investor and central functions, the team provides independent, risk-based assurance that supports strong governance and decision-making. The function is collaborative, forward-thinking and increasingly focused on data, technology and innovation to help enable our clients to be better investors. As IT Senior Audit Manager, you will be a senior leader within Internal Audit, reporting into the technology audit leadership team and acting as a key partner to senior stakeholders across the business. You will lead complex technology audits, oversee technology risk assessments and audit planning, manage integrated audit engagements and help shape the future direction of technology assurance across Aberdeen. This is an opportunity to influence decision-making at the highest levels, coach and develop talented audit professionals, and provide assurance across a diverse and evolving technology landscape. The role offers significant exposure to senior executives and major strategic initiatives, helping you invest in your tomorrow while delivering meaningful impact. Lead the annual technology audit planning process, technology risk assessment activity and development of risk-based audit coverage across the Group. Deliver complex technology audits and technology assurance workstreams within integrated audits, ensuring high-quality and timely outcomes. Build trusted relationships with C-suite and senior technology stakeholders, providing insight on emerging risks and assurance priorities. Oversee issue validation, portfolio quality and reporting, identifying themes and opportunities for sustainable risk reduction. Lead, coach and develop audit professionals, allocating resources effectively and supporting capability growth across the team. Act as deputy to the Head of Audit IT when required and represent Internal Audit at senior governance and leadership forums. Significant internal audit, risk or assurance experience within financial services, including leadership responsibility. Proven ability to lead complex, risk-based technology audits across multiple business areas and control environments. Experience of integrated audits and partnering effectively with business audit teams and senior stakeholders. Strong understanding of technology risks affecting large financial services organisations. Experience in technology risk functions, knowledge of COBIT, ITIL, ISO 27001 or NIST frameworks, exposure to cyber security, resilience, cloud, data, AI and third-party technology assurance, and experience using data analytics or AI-enabled audit tools. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. Sharing your diversity information helps us understand the reach and impact of our hiring practices, and build a workplace where all people can thrive and belong. There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help. #We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.