IT Audit Manager in London

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

Internal Audit at Swift is comprised of a team of highly skilled, experienced, and dedicated professionals which provides the Board of Directors and Management with independent assessments of Swift’s risk and control environment. As the assurance and advisory provider for Swift, our processes and practices are designed to add value by independently and objectively reviewing, assessing and reporting on the company’s governance, risk management, and control functions/environment on an ongoing basis to:

• Help ensure compliance with laws, regulations, requirements of regulatory overseers, corporate policies, established procedures and sound business practices;
• Assist in the achievement of the company’s strategic objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the company’s operations, and in particular its risk management, control, and governance processes;
• Promote continuous improvement.

The Internal Audit function has teams in Belgium, the US, the UK and Malaysia.

You will be part of the Audit Team based in London, following current best practices in Internal Audit and make recommendations contributing to the continued achievement of Swift's strategic goals and objectives. Your responsibilities will include:

• To coordinate the execution of assigned audits within pre-established budgets and scope statements, and ensuring assigned team members remain productive throughout the audits by assigning work appropriate to their level and coaching them as appropriate.
• To develop detailed test plans enabling adequate testing of the specified controls.
• To perform audit fieldwork and validate findings.
• To take responsibility for the clearance of audit exceptions raised during fieldwork and preparation of concise and clear audit reports with pragmatic and effective recommendations to address control issues.
• To ensure documentation of the audit work is in accordance with applicable guidance in the Internal Audit Manual.
• To take ownership of the preparation of and leading key meetings during the audit process.
• To follow-up in a timely manner on audit recommendations and audit issues requests for closure.

What Will Make You Successful

• University degree, preferably in Information Systems.
• Professional certification (CISA, CISSP, CRISC or equivalent) or post university degree is (are) a plus.
• At least 5 to 10 years relevant professional experience in Internal and/or External Audit, Cyber or IT Security within a large consulting firm or a multinational company.
• In depth knowledge of at least three of the following areas: SAP, Cyber defense, security architecture/design, cloud, networks.
• Excellent analytical, communication and planning skills, eager to learn and with a constructive attitude.
• Able to work as part of a team, work independently as required and communicate effectively with internal and external customers.

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact accessibility-Sysgroup@swift.com or indicate this in your application.

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Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.