IT Audit Manager

Salary: £45,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Extensive experience in internal audit, with a focus on IT audits within financial services or a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of IT governance frameworks such as COBIT, cybersecurity principles, IT general controls, and regulatory requirements such as DORA or GDPR.
• Ability to assess technology-related risks across infrastructure, applications, and third-party services, and design effective audit procedures.
• Proficiency in interpreting complex technical environments, identifying control gaps, and leveraging data analytics for audit testing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate technical findings clearly for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience in leading IT audit engagements, mentoring team members, and managing competing priorities.
• Ability to engage with senior IT and business leaders, influence decision-making, and maintain strong professional relationships.
• Capacity to handle challenging discussions and present issues confidently to senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with banking technology environments, including core banking systems, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity practices.
• Understanding of financial sector regulations impacting IT, such as DORA, PRA, and ECB guidelines.
• Experience with audit management systems, data analytics tools, and automated testing solutions.
• Exposure to managing IT audit projects end-to-end, including planning, execution, and reporting.
• CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or equivalent qualifications are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• We are responsible for managing the delivery of planning, fieldwork, and reporting for audit assignments as Auditor in Charge under the direction of the IT Audit Partners.
• We prepare planning material to ensure internal controls covering key risks are appropriately tested and provide reasonable assurance to the Board, Group Management, Entity Management, and other stakeholders, including regulators.
• We oversee the work performed by other team members during the audit assignment, providing guidance and support as necessary.
• We direct testing to cover key areas of risk, determine the scope and focus with the Audit Partner, and share our expertise with other team members.
• We prepare draft audit findings for review by AD Management, ensuring findings are factually accurate and clearly communicate recommendations.
• We communicate issues to AD Management and business management, including senior stakeholders, in a clear and resilient manner.
• We prepare the final internal audit report, clearly communicating positive assurance and areas where improvement is required.
• We undertake follow-up and closure of internal audit recommendations, validating actions taken by line management for High and Moderate Priority Findings and supporting management as needed.

This is a contract IT Audit Manager role in London/Hybrid, running to 31/03/2027, with a day rate from £700 DOE via an umbrella company. We offer hybrid working, with 2-3 days in the office each week and the remainder from home, alongside standard Monday to Friday office hours with occasional out-of-hours work as business needs require. We are committed to equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion, and we use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process while keeping final decisions with our hiring team.