Summary: The Associate-level Contingent Worker will join the Internal Audit GBM team to focus on auditing the Public Equities Function within the GBM Division. This role involves planning and scoping audits, engaging with stakeholders, assessing controls, and preparing reports for management and regulators. The position requires maintaining strong relationships with internal teams and external auditors to ensure effective audit coverage. Candidates must have internal audit experience within global financial institutions and a strong understanding of compliance frameworks and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and scope audits for the Public Equities Function.
- Engage with stakeholders to understand business and technology processes.
- Identify key risks and controls.
- Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls.
- Evaluate the impact of issues and prepare detailed reports for senior management and regulators.
- Monitor compliance with laws and regulations.
- Advise on control improvements.
- Support firmwide projects related to new processes and investigations.
- Maintain relationships with internal teams, global colleagues, and external auditors.
Key Skills:
- Internal audit experience within global financial institutions.
- Strong background in risk identification, assessment, and evaluation of control design and operating effectiveness.
- Experience auditing Capital Markets functions (e.g., FICC, Public Equities, Investment Banking).
- Deep understanding of compliance frameworks, regulatory expectations, and governance best practices in financial services.
- Demonstrated experience in internal audit methodology.
- Strong attention to detail and high sense of accountability.
- Ability to interpret and apply relevant regulatory requirements and guidance.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence to challenge senior stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience as a Quality Reviewer (QR) is a plus.
- Chartered Accountant qualifications (ACCA, ACA) are a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Law, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Experience with the global regulatory environment.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Insight Global is looking for an Associate-level Contingent Worker to join the Internal Audit GBM team on a contract-to-hire basis . As part of the Internal Audit GBM team, this role focuses on auditing the Public Equities Function within the GBM Division, which offers fundamental and quantitative approaches to equity investing. You will contribute to planning and scoping audits, engage with stakeholders to understand business and technology processes, and identify key risks and controls. Responsibilities include assessing the design and operating effectiveness of controls, evaluating the impact of issues, and preparing detailed reports for senior management and regulators. The role also involves monitoring compliance with laws and regulations, advising on control improvements, and supporting firmwide projects related to new processes and investigations. Maintaining strong relationships with internal teams, global colleagues, and external auditors is essential to ensure audit coverage aligns with evolving business activities and emerging risks.
Must Haves:
- Internal audit experience within global financial institutions .
- Strong background in risk identification, assessment, and evaluation of control design and operating effectiveness.
- Experience auditing Capital Markets functions. E.g FICC, Public Equities, Investment Banking
- Deep understanding of compliance frameworks, regulatory expectations, and governance best practices in financial services.
- Demonstrated experience in internal audit methodology, with the ability to lead audit engagements from planning to reporting.
- Possesses strong attention to detail, a high sense of accountability, and demonstrated resilience.
- Ability to interpret and apply relevant regulatory requirements, guidance, and best practices.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex audit issues and risks.
Plusses:
- Experience being a QR (Quality Reviewer) and having accountability for the work of others.
- Attention to detail is crucial
- Global Banking and Markets Background
- Chartered Accountant qualifications (ACCA, ACA)
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Law, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Experience with global regulatory environment
