Internal Audit - Global Banking & Markets Digital Assets - Associate - London London, England
Job description
Internal Audit (IA) supports the Board of Directors’ Audit Committee and senior firm leadership in fulfilling their oversight roles by independently assessing the firm’s internal control structure, raising awareness of control risk, providing advice to management in developing control solutions, and monitoring the implementation of management’s control measures.
DIGITAL ASSETS TEAM
Global Banking & Markets Digital Assets Audit are looking for highly driven professionals with subject matter expertise of digital assets. The team being established will be responsible for developing expertise of digital assets in the industry and within the firm, developing audit strategies to cover key risks and performing audit work to provide opinions on the control environment.
The role will require working closely with other members of the broader audit team and with key teams that drive the firm’s digital assets activities and related supporting control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Operations and Technology.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of digital assets including related business activities, relevant regulations and infrastructure such as distributed ledger technologies and Cryptocurrencies
- Maintenance of internal client relationships and regular interaction with the business to assess changes in the control environment and other matters arising in the business related to Digital Assets
- Develop and present audit strategies related to the coverage of Digital Assets
- Work closely with audit colleagues who cover traditional finance related areas and provide subject matter expertise on Digital Asset related activities
- Assess new Digital Asset activities within the firm and actively discuss with internal and external stakeholders on potential risk
- Assist/Lead in every step of an audit, including documentation, across scoping, planning, testing and reporting
- Performing walkthroughs with stakeholders to perform control design assessments and presenting results of work performed to management
- Execute audit testing to ensure audit fieldwork is focused on the right areas and documentation meets high quality standards
- Identify risks, assess mitigating controls, and make recommendations on improving the control environment
- Prepare commercially effective audit conclusions and findings, and present to Internal Audit senior management and business stakeholders
- Follow-up on open audit issues and their resolution
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Experience in distributed ledger technology such as blockchain, smart contracts, and DevOps
- Good understanding of digital assets and technology risk
- Degree in a finance, computer science, accounting, or quantitative discipline
- 5 + years of work experience
- Team-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and relationship management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work under minimal supervision on individual tasks or on team projects
- Highly motivated with solid analytical skills, willing and able to learn new business and system processes quickly
- Highly motivated with the ability to multi-task and remain organized in a fast-paced environment
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