Senior Audit Manager (Commercial Banking)

Requirements

• A highly trusted senior assurance leader (typically 8+ years’ experience) who sets the standard for high quality risk and control insight, shaping executive decision making, influencing senior leaders, and strengthening confidence in the control environment through authoritative, clear and impactful communication.
• A digitally fluent audit leader with advanced capability in data analytics, audit technology and emerging AI tools, who champions and embeds their practical application at portfolio level to drive smarter, more efficient and value adding assurance outcomes.
• A strategic, enterprise minded thinker who interprets Group and Business Unit strategy, connecting audit delivery, thematic insights, and continuous business monitoring to enterprise wide risks, opportunities, and long term organisational priorities.
• An influential and credible communicator who applies strong professional judgement to interpret complex information, identify systemic root causes, and deliver clear, outcome focused conclusions that resonate with Executive and ExCo level stakeholders and drive meaningful change.
• A confident portfolio owner and prioritiser who balances multiple high impact audits and competing demands, dynamically planning and reprioritising delivery to ensure assurance activity remains timely, high quality, and focused on where it adds the greatest value to the Group.
• (Desirable) Expertise in the Commercial Banking businesses (across Business and Commercial Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking) Lending, Transaction banking, and Commercial Credit risk. Best practice control knowledge and experience in risk management is needed, ideally also including:
• (Desirable) Proven 1st, 2nd or 3rd line Audit experience.
• Experience of leading multiple audit engagements simultaneously.
• (Desirable) Experience in leading, coaching and managing teams.
• (Desirable) Good knowledge of the Commercial banking external environment.
• (Desirable) Excellent collaborator experience with a track record of partnering with senior leadership up to executive level.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

What the job involves

• As a Senior Audit Manager you’ll ensure reliable and high-quality delivery of an assigned area of the audit plan and providing assurance on risk management and internal controls on relevant issues across portfolios.
• You’ll oversee the end-to-end execution of audits and related action follow up through effective planning and collaborator management, manage quality across the portfolio as necessary and ensure timely actionable development feedback to all colleagues delivering on your behalf.
• You’ll contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of GA&CI through a strategic and integrated audit focus, collaboration and agile delivery methods.
• Actively oversee and assure delivery of multiple audits within the audit plan, personally leading complex or higher risk audits where required.
• Plan and structure audits across the portfolio, appointing, briefing and supporting Engagement Leads to project manage audits on your behalf.
• Monitor audit progress and quality, applying judgement on the use of automated and data driven testing, and providing clear, timely updates to Audit and Business leadership on status, risks and insights.
• Work closely with the resource scheduler to secure and adjust resourcing required to deliver the portfolio effectively.
• Build and maintain strong collaborator relationships, providing assurance, insight and challenge on risk management and the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Introduce innovative thinking by bringing external perspectives into audit delivery, challenging existing approaches and ways of working.
• Find opportunities to improve audit impact and efficiency, driving new ideas and approaches that make valuable contributions and shape team direction.
• Role model Group values and behaviours, setting clear expectations through visible leadership and inclusive management.
• Coach and manage colleagues as a career coach, performance manager or pastoral line manager, supporting development, wellbeing and progression where applicable.
• Deliver timely, honest and constructive feedback, supporting continuous development for direct reports and wider team members.