As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue SS&C is headquartered in Windsor Connecticut and has 27000 employees in 35 countries. Some 20000 financial services and healthcare organizations from the worlds largest companies to small and midmarket firms rely on SS&C for expertise scale and technology.
Job Description
Job Title: Head of Audit
Locations: London/Essex Hybrid
Get To Know the Team
Join this dynamic team as Head of internal Audit and you will become part of a global financial services organization in a strategic leadership role taking responsibility for executing a risked based internal audit programme.
Why You Will Love It Here!
- Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code including jeans
- Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off Sick Leave Paid Holidays
- Your Wellbeing: Medical Dental Vision Employee Assistance Program Parental Leave
- Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
- Training: HandsOn TeamCustomized including SS&C University
- Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs travel and more!
What You Will Get To Do:
- Develop and lead the delivery of a riskbased operational and IT audit plan and advisory engagements aligned with regulatory requirements and organizational risk priorities.
- Build trusted relationships with senior leadership to facilitate ongoing consultation active participation in key risk and compliance committees and coordinated assurance activities with external parties.
- Actively contribute to the Global Internal Audit function exercising initiative and independent judgment to enhance audit activities and outcomes.
- Assist in assessing the impact of new and changes in business on internal controls and evaluating impact to internal audit plan and control environment.
- Manage all aspects of the audit lifecycle including risk assessment scoping planning and resource allocation and achievement of department quality and productivity targets.
- Work collaboratively with management to communicate audit observations and develop value added realistic and achievable audit recommendations.
- Develop and mentor our Internal Audit professionals fostering continuous improvement.
- Participate in the preparation and presentation of Audit Committee materials including summarizing key audit issues.
- Collaborate with the business and external auditors to deliver Financial Services and Technology Service Organization Controls Reports (AAF ISAE 3402 SOC1 SOC2) and facilitate client due diligence discussions.
What You Will Bring:
- 10 years of experience in internal audit advisory or external audit within the financial services industry including significant experience in execution of both operational and IT control evaluations
- Deep understanding of UK regulatory requirements (FCA GDPR CASS etc.)
- Excellent knowledge and experience issuing service organization reports (AAF ISAE 3402 SOC1 SOC2)
- Excellent knowledge of Internal Audit practices including IIA Standards and demonstrated experience with integrated audits or crossfunctional reviews
- Advanced knowledge of Financial Services processes (Transfer Agency Fund Accounting Wealth Services etc.) and supporting Information Technology governance and security processes and standards
- Strong leadership skills with a collaborative approach exceptional communication abilities and proven experience engaging with Executive stakeholders
- Strong ability to multitask effectively in a fastpaced environment responding to changing business priorities and quick deadlines
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of working time and participate in hybrid working environment
- Professional certification such as Qualified Auditor or Accountant CIA or CISA is strongly preferred.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies Inc. or any of its affiliated companies the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters recruitment agencies or feebased recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race color religious creed gender age marital status sexual orientation national origin disability veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
Required Experience:
Director