Director, Senior Audit Project Leader in London

hackajob is collaborating with BNY to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting‑edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

This role is located in London. This is not a traditional QA role. It combines real‑time engagement reviews, thematic intelligence, and structured learning loops with a clear mandate to modernise how audit works—including the thoughtful adoption of AI and advanced analytics to enhance coverage, efficiency, and insight. The successful candidate will help shape a QA function that is dynamic, tech‑enabled, and intellectually curious—one that not only assesses quality but actively makes audit better, faster, and more impactful.

• Real‑Time Audit Quality Review: Perform ongoing, in‑flight reviews of audit engagements to assess the quality of planning, fieldwork, testing, and reporting. Provide timely, actionable feedback to audit teams and leadership to enhance audit execution before finalisation. Challenge audit scope, risk assessment, testing depth, and conclusions to ensure appropriate rigor and coverage.
• Methodology & Standards Adherence: Evaluate compliance with Internal Audit methodology, policies, and tools; ensure alignment with GIIA Standards, regulatory expectations, and leading industry practices; identify gaps in execution versus methodology and drive remediation.
• Thematic Analysis, Lessons Learned & Retrospectives: Aggregate QA review outcomes to identify recurring themes, systemic issues, and emerging risks across audits; lead structured post‑audit retrospectives and lessons learned reviews; establish a closed‑loop feedback mechanism; track recurring findings to root cause and ensure sustainable remediation across the audit lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement & Transformation: Partner with Audit leadership to enhance audit methodology, tools, and practices; drive initiatives to improve audit efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency globally; contribute to the design and implementation of quality metrics and KPIs.
• Training & Capability Building: Translate QA insights, themes, and retrospective outputs into targeted training and development programmes; develop and deliver practical, experience‑based learning interventions grounded in real audit examples; provide coaching and direct feedback to audit teams; support onboarding and ongoing education on methodology and quality expectations.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to IA staff on audit quality matters; interface with regulators and external reviewers as needed on QA‑related topics; support internal and external quality assessments of the Internal Audit function.
• Innovation, AI & Intelligent Efficiency: Champion the use of AI, automation, and advanced analytics within the QA function and across Internal Audit; identify opportunities to leverage AI to enhance audit quality reviews, including testing validation, documentation review, and thematic analysis; drive initiatives that create capacity through efficiency—reducing manual effort while increasing coverage and depth of review; partner with Audit leadership to embed technology‑enabled practices into audit methodology and QA processes; foster a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and continuous innovation, encouraging teams to challenge traditional approaches and adopt smarter ways of working.

• Possess bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Extensive total work experience; prior experience in a mid‑to‑high‑level managerial role in Audit.
• In‑depth understanding of audit methodologies and an in‑depth knowledge of financial services, with the ability to evaluate the appropriateness of audit results across multiple lines of business.
• Strong decision‑making, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Core skill requirements include understanding the application and interpretation of analytics results for Audit, critical thinking and problem solving.
• Enthusiastic, self‑motivated, effective under pressure, and willing to take personal responsibility/accountability.
• Proven track record in communicating well with clients while building strong working relationships.
• ACA, ACCA, CIA or related certification preferred.

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programmes rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey, focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team. Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.