Assistant Director, IT Audit

at  Prudential Plc

Assistant Director, IT Audit
Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
Assists the GwIA Senior Management Team in providing Group, Regional and Local Business Unit (LBU) Board and Management assurance on company’s internal controls and identifying opportunities for improvement over all aspects of the business.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Post Qualification - At least 9 years of relevant experience in the 3rd line (2nd line experience will be considered). People management experience required.
• Relevant degree (e.g. Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting)
• One or more relevant technical certifications (e.g. cyber, cloud, tech risk, project management)
• Preferred industries (in order of preference)Financial services (Banking, Insurance, etc)Consultancy (e.g. Big 4, Accenture, etc) - Technical advisory, internal audit servicesTechnology Companies (Digital Fintech, Digital Banks, etc)
• Experience in auditing the majority of the following areas:
• IT governance and risk management*
• Transformation and programme/project management
• Cybersecurity (e.g. cyber frameworks, tools, operations)
• Identity and access management
• Cloud (PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS)
• IT infrastructure (e.g. network, platforms, middleware, databases)
• IT operations (e.g. data centre, backups, batch processing, incident management)
• Resilience (e.g. business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resilience)
• Application development and change (e.g. SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD)*
• Third party management*
• Data privacy
• Data governance
• Note: This role will act as the Audit SME for the domains indicated with an * above
• Experience in the following will be an added advantage: Agile development, API management, containerization, AI governance, RPA, coding background, data analytics capability
• Known as an SME in functional area and is often sought after for advice / consultation
• An awareness of current and emerging industry risks within financial services and a clear appreciation of the regulatory environments within the industry
• Apart from business-as-usual audit work, has a track record of delivering impactful initiatives / products which have helped elevate the function (e.g. helped automate a certain manual process / delivered an automated dashboard for more efficient risk identification etc.)
• Good understanding of local regulations
• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrable experience of influencing and challenging senior management and building excellent relationships
• Track record of producing value-adding, commercially realistic recommendations in risk, consultancy or internal audit environment
• Leading edge risk management knowledge and expertise
• Relevant industry experience
• High attention to detail and rigorous logical thinking ability
• Good Team player, who can gain the professional respect of the team
  Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.
  Job ID 24050256

To provide value-adding contribution to audit reviews of processes, controls and systems, within Prudential and across the other business units in the Group as required: