IT Audit Manager (Financial Services)

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom; hybrid working with three days per week required in the office

Company

hirify.global is a financial services organisation providing investment and wealth management services.

What you will do

• Plan, lead, execute, and report end-to-end IT internal audit engagements.
• Evaluate and improve risk management, governance, and control processes across the business.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and constructively challenge management to improve control frameworks.
• Use data analytics to support data-led insights and effective audit testing.
• Lead small teams, including third-party auditors, and provide management and coaching.
• Improve audit methodology, quality assurance, automation, and Artificial Intelligence capabilities.

Requirements

• CISA or another relevant qualification, such as CRISC or CISSP.
• Significant experience in IT internal auditing within financial services.
• Experience auditing technical security and resilience IT controls across application and infrastructure layers.
• Experience with both on-premise and cloud environments.
• Experience auditing digital and organisational transformation or change.
• Working knowledge of data analytics and AI.
• Strong analytical, communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills, with close attention to detail.
• Proactive approach, effective multitasking, and ability to work independently or lead small teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Agile ways of working and integrated audits.
• Horizontal thinking across client or product journeys.
• Experience with operational resilience, GDPR, cloud environments, or payment services.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Hybrid and flexible working options.
• Discretionary annual bonus, annual pay review, 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and an additional Christmas closure day.
• Enhanced parental leave, pension contributions of up to 11%, income protection, life insurance, private medical insurance, and healthcare cash plans.
• Health screening, mental health counselling, remote GP support, on-site gym, wellbeing services, and travel-to-work facilities.
• Two paid volunteering days annually; employment sponsorship is not available.

Hiring process

• Two-stage interview process comprising competency questions, technical questions, and a task.
• Accessible recruitment adjustments are available on request.