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The Curve Group
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Reading, Berkshire
Internal Audit Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Heard of us? We're an award-winning bank; backing people to fulfil life's hopes and dreams. Now is your chance… Group Internal Audit is a key enabler for business success, ensuring that the governance and internal control environment keeps pace with the rapid growth and change within Aldermore Group. We execute technical audits covering Treasury, Finance and Credit Risk to high quality standards and ensuring scope is risk based. In turn you will take ownership and manage projects, end to end, delivering to key business stakeholders. We are a high performing, high profile team. We have worked hard to establish ourselves as trusted advisors; providing the correct balance of knowledge and challenge which supports managers and leaders make the right decisions. Our objective assurance goes beyond overseeing structures, policies and processes to promote and support efficiency and continuous improvement. It's a business-critical area that offers lots of scope for career-building experience, including the opportunity to acquire a Group-wide view across both Aldermore Bank and the recently integrated motor finance business (MotoNovo Finance). What would your day look like? Contribute to the assessment underpinning the selection of audits for inclusion in the audit plan. Ensure the audit strategy provides assurance over new and emerging risks. Execution and delivery of audits in line with audit methodology and IIA standards and budget Produce IA reports which are impactfully balanced and address the root cause of issues. Ensure recommendations are commercial and address the ongoing sustainability of the control environment. Ensure recommendations are followed up to closure and drive timely issue resolution and sustainability of implemented controls. Develop and maintain credibility and develop working relationships with key business stakeholders from team leader to director level. Stay abreast of internal change strategy and external audit best practice, particularly areas of regulatory focus. With the agreement of the Audit Director perform risk advisory projects to support the business with high impact change initiatives. Contribute to the development of the audit function and continuously share knowledge amongst the audit team. What do we expect of you? Relevant Professional Qualification (e.g. ACA/ACCA/IIA). Non-audit/accountancy qualifications will also be considered where the candidate is willing to undertake IIA audit training. Minimum 2 years post qualification experience. Experience of risk based auditing in financial services/banking either in an external or internal audit capacity, OR extensive experience of risk management in financial services. Strong analytical skills and ability to critically challenge existing business frameworks, processes and controls. Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to persuade and influence senior management. Solid track record of operating effectively in a fast moving and changing environment. Strong work ethic and willingness to lead from the front to get things done. Ability to deliver high quality outputs/results and to communicate these effectively to senior management. Familiarity with standard control frameworks (eg COSO) and risk management frameworks. Good knowledge of the challenges facing the financial services industry. Familiarity with the UK regulatory environment for financial services including the SMCR requirements. Good understanding of the risks associated with financial services products (preferably banking products). What can you expect of us? A friendly and flexible culture, synonymous with our proposition to our Customers. A smart yet comfortable working environment, well located for the daily commute and those lunchtime errands. A growing organisation that defines itself as being nimble, lean and strong. A drive for continuous improvement, for which you will be empowered to get behind from day one. A visible and approachable ExCo; who you will very likely to bump into whilst making your morning coffee. And of course you will be compensated competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential. Still Curious? A lot can happen in a year In 2019 Aldermore Group was formed; bringing together two very successful businesses, Aldermore Bank and MotoNovo Finance, under the First Rand umbrella. Whilst our parent company operates internationally from their HQ in South Africa, we are a UK-based financial services specialist that supports our customers across a range of products and services, with hubs throughout the UK, including London, Reading, Manchester and Cardiff. We also celebrated our 10th Birthday and fundamentally 10 years of helping those with ideas; by saying yes to our customers. We've propelled entrepreneurs on their journeys; we've given first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; and we've opened up the lending market to many. As for what the next 12 months has to offer; we are embarking upon the delivery of our Purpose; a Purpose that underpins our next 3 to 5 years as a growing business. Join us today and we will make the same Promises to you as an employee, as we do to each of our Customers. We do not accept speculative agency CVs. Any CV received by Aldermore will be treated as a gift and not eligible for an agency fee. PSL agencies should only send CVs if authorised to do so by HR. Where a DBS check or CIFAS check is identified as necessary, all application forms, job adverts and recruitment briefs will contain a statement that an application for a DBS certificate or a CIFAS check will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position. Aldermore is an equal opportunities employer .