The Internal Audit Group (IAG) provides independent, risk-based assurance, advice, and insight, conducting enterprise-wide process, financial, compliance, and technology audits, and special projects and investigations. IAG supports the Board’s governance, validates regulatory findings, and uses data-driven audits to enable responsible innovation, strengthen controls, and fuel sustainable growth.
As a Senior Manager within the EMEA Audit team, based in our London office, you will help leading risk-based audit engagements across businesses and functions throughout the International region. Working with colleagues across the global Internal Audit Group, you will evaluate governance, risk management and controls, deliver meaningful insights, and help drive continuous improvement across the organization.
- Lead multiple concurrent risk-based audit engagements across EMEA and global business areas, overseeing all phases of the audit lifecycle from planning through reporting and validation of management action plans.
- Develop audit strategies and annual planning input by assessing business processes, emerging risks, prior audit results, and regulatory developments.
- Ensure audits are executed efficiently and in accordance with Internal Audit methodology, professional standards, budgets, and timelines.
- Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal controls across financial, operational, compliance, and technology risks.
- Present audit objectives, findings, and recommendations to senior management, clearly communicating the impact of control gaps and opportunities to strengthen the control environment.
- Build trusted relationships with business partners and senior stakeholders, providing effective challenge while fostering constructive dialogue throughout the audit lifecycle.
- Identify emerging risks, control weaknesses, and thematic trends, escalating issues as appropriate and supporting sustainable remediation.
- Lead, coach, and develop auditors by supervising audit execution, reviewing workpapers, providing ongoing feedback, and promoting consistent application of audit methodology.
- Leverage data analytics and technology-enabled audit techniques to enhance audit quality, identify insights, and support risk-based conclusions.
- Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity
- Experience with GenAI, data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and scorecards / dashboards
- Partner with audit teams and business stakeholders to develop and interpret analytics that strengthen audit coverage and improve understanding of key risks and controls.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Internal Audit by sharing leading practices, supporting methodology enhancements, and maintaining technical expertise through ongoing professional development.
Minimum Qualifications
- Extensive amount of audit experience
- Significant experience in internal audit within the financial services industry.
- Experience leading complex audit engagements from planning through reporting, including evaluating governance, risk management, and internal controls.
- Experience working within a regulated financial institution and/or a leading professional services firm serving financial services clients.
- Strong knowledge of risk-based auditing principles, internal control frameworks, and professional auditing practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to assess risk, interpret data, and develop practical, risk-based recommendations.
- Experience reviewing the work of others and providing coaching and constructive feedback to support team development.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certification: CISA, CISM, CAP or other technology-focused certification
- Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.