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Morgan McKinley

Vice President, Internal Audit – Information Security

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Senior

Full Time

10-12-2025

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Skills

Adaptability Monitoring Test Stakeholder Management Coaching Risk Assessment Organization Analytics

Job Specifications

What you will be doing:

Internal Audit (IA) is an independent function. The Chief Internal Auditor (CIA) reports functionally to the Chairman of the Audit & Finance Committee and administratively to the Chief Executive Officer. The IA team provides a comprehensive audit service to the Group of Companies and controls advice to the Board and senior management.

The Vice President will support the Director in providing risk-based integrated audit coverage and independent assessment of the effectiveness of key applications, projects, and related IT controls and risks across. IA's ways of working reflect the requirements of the designation as a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU). The requirements of the Audit Plan are diverse and challenging. The Vice President will be primarily focused on leading audits, continuous monitoring, issue validation, and leading on departmental improvement initiatives. It is important that the Vice President be versatile and flexible in working in a team on a larger/complex audit, or individually on less complex audits under the direction of the Director. Importantly, the Vice President will be expected to have a good understanding of financial services business practices and will be able to contribute to integrated audits of the firms various business divisions.

Stakeholder Management / Strategic: (15%)
Develop and maintain working relationships with peers across the organization.
To monitor strategic developments within the firm to highlight any unidentified risks or potential control issues.
Perform continuous monitoring of the business through frequent stakeholder engagement, under the direction of the director, to identify emerging risks and issues and report to audit management and the Audit & Finance Committee.
Identify areas for improvement within Internal Audit and play a leading role on department improvement initiatives.
Support and provide input into the Internal Audit risk assessment process to inform the Audit Plan.
Support the director in strategic improvements including Continuous Auditing, Data Analytics, Development of control Dashboards, and Automated Testing Capabilities.
Stand in for the director in times of absence to represent the Internal Audit Information Security team at Tollgates, Continuous Monitoring sessions, and provide Senior Management with progress updates.

Audit Execution and Management: (80%)
Execution of planning and testing for complex technology, information security audits and high-level reviews, including designing test strategies, audit test papers and drafting of audit findings.
Soft reviews of and coaching to more junior IA members’ work (Senior Associate and Associate).
Validation to confirm management’s remediation of audit and regulatory issues.
Management and tracking of businesses remediation activities.
Actively contributing to the ongoing improvement of audit practices and methodology.
Assist the wider Internal Audit Division in areas of Information Security, including participating in integrated audits, providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in planning activities, and knowledge sharing.
Provide timely progress updates within the reporting system and to the director in the daily stand-up calls.

Professional Development (5%)
Proactively maintain knowledge, skills, and disciplines, with on-going professional development.
Identify and share useful learning opportunities for other Internal Audit team members.
Maintain the professional standard of the Internal Audit function and work within its agreed Terms of Reference and IIA standards/guidelines, Charter, and Mandate.
Demonstrate adaptability to ensure that the audit focus is maintained on key issues, under the guidance of audit senior management.

About the Company

Morgan McKinley is a global talent services expert, offering the full spectrum of solutions to meet both employers’ and jobseekers’ needs. With 19 offices in 10 countries and nearly 1000 employees, it provides 3 distinct solutions for customers. - Recruitment Solutions encompassing deep expertise across 10 professional disciplines offering temporary, contract and permanent recruitment; - Executive Search for targeted C-Suite talent searches; - Talent Solutions empowering talent acquisition to deli... Know more