Responsibilities:
* Successfully execute the audit plan and ad-hoc engagements.
* Build-up and maintain relationships with the auditees and become a recognized partner to the business.
* Plan, lead and manage complex audit assignments, supervise audit projects (IT and integrated audits), define risk-based audit areas (both IT and business), audit business transactions, workflows, processes, and control systems as well as infrastructure and network with only limited supervision.
* Determine deficiencies and vulnerabilities to be remedied, analyze audit results, proposals for solutions, lead closing meetings and ensure progress as planned following applicable standards.
* Collaborate on departmental and inter-organizational projects.
* Ensure compliance with the audit policies and the respective standards (independence, integrity, confidentiality, truth and fairness, security, economy, system conformity).
* Support and review auditor's work (audit preparation, interviews, tests, evidence gathering, report writing and validation preparation).
* Be a center of Excellence for IT Infrastructure & Network Management, Information Security, Cyber Security, and Public Cloud, but also IT General Controls, integrated audits, business application controls, system development methodologies, Business Continuity Management, and IT best practices.
* Plan and implement technical training and information sharing (team/peer).
* Support and drive continuous improvement of audit function.
Experience:
* Minimum 5 - 7 years professional experience in internal/external IT audit, or as IT consultant or equivalent.
* Master's or Bachelor's degree (or comprehensive experience) in Information Technologies, Business Informatics or equivalent.
* Professional certification e.g. CISA, CISSP, or in COBIT, ITIL is an advantage.
* Broad IT skills on IT infrastructure and information & cyber security (e.g. operating systems, database, networks, public cloud, security related tools), and ideally also on web technology, IT governance, general IT controls, programming and software deployment.
* Experience in data analytics, including data cleansing and preparation, data analysis, data visualization, statistical data mining, or data science.
* Working knowledge of core Office applications, especially Excel and PowerBI.
* Knowledge of any data analytics tools (e.g. Phyton, Idea) is considered an advantage.
* Ideally experience in Asset Management or financial services, including financial industry products and services, securities processing, and related information systems.
* Experience in handling diverse personalities, intercultural differences and managing challenging situations. Team spirit, personal initiative and intercultural sensitivity is necessary to interact in a global work environment.
* Fluent English (verbal and written); German language skills are an advantage.
* Compliance with audit policies and respective standards (independence, integrity, confidentiality, truth and fairness, security, economy, system conformity).
* Willingness to travel up to 15% per annum
