Internal Audit Specialist

Job Description

abrdn plc is one of Europe’s largest investment companies, and we are built on a long-standing culture of caring about the future and making a positive impact. Together we invest for a better future. We do it to make a difference to the lives of our clients and customers, our employees, society, and our shareholders. Our business is structured around three distinct areas focused on our clients' changing needs. 

• abrdn Investments – a leading investment management business looking after £368bn of assets for Institutional, Wholesale and Insurance clients

• abrdn Adviser – one of the UK’s largest providers of platform services to financial advisers with £75bn in assets across our Wrap and Elevate platforms

• interactive investor – the UK’s most trusted investment platform for individual investors with 430,000 customers who have invested almost £75bn with us 

Our strategy is to build a vibrant and value-creating purpose-led organisation, with the current and future needs of our stakeholders at the heart of all we do.

About the role

We’re currently looking for a talented Internal Audit Specialist / Senior Auditor to join our Internal Audit team. The team are an ambitious function that seeks to innovate and will help you grow by recognising and leveraging your strengths and potential, supporting your personal development. In return, we will ask for your energy, enthusiasm, and the drive to deliver the results we aim to achieve.

Key Responsibilities

Audit Planning, Risk Assessment & Stakeholder Management:

• Support the development of the audit plan by taking ownership of audit universe risk assessments, meeting stakeholders, and conducting research to propose audit ideas.

• Take ownership of positive and proactive stakeholder relationships in the business and support the Audit Manager with more senior relationships.

Audit Delivery:

• Work under the supervision of an Audit Manager, responsible for detailed planning, scoping, and performing audit work to support the delivery of the Audit Plan.

• Ensure issues identified during audits are analyzed to determine the root cause.

• Ensure audit documentation meets methodology and quality requirements.

• Articulate and communicate audit findings effectively to senior business management in a clear, constructive, and accurate manner (with support from the Audit Manager on complex audits).

• Demonstrate willingness to be proactive and take on responsibility during audits.

Issue Validation:  

• Complete issue validation to a high standard, in line with abrdn’s methodology, and in a timely manner.

• Provide assurance that audit issues have been closed appropriately or, where this is not the case, identify where further work is required.

Other/Ongoing Responsibilities:

• Act as a role model for Internal Audit’s culture and behaviours, including transparency and empowerment.

• Support the delivery of abrdn’s strategy by focusing IA’s work on the highest risk areas.

• Support our agile delivery approach by performing the scrum master role where appropriate, helping the audit to deliver on time and to the expected quality.

About the candidate

• Educated to degree level with a relevant professional qualification or experience.

• Chartered Accountant with post-qualified experience.

• Experience of working in an external or internal audit team.

• Experience in planning and delivering audits in Financial Services firms

• A good working knowledge of risk and control disciplines and relevant regulation, particularly as they apply in Financial Services.

• A track record of high-quality work that is recognised by colleagues and stakeholders as adding good value.

Our Benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our Inclusive Culture

We are committed to exploring the possibilities of working smarter. This means we’d like to hear from you, whatever way you like to work.

We have a long-term commitment to building inclusive workplaces; we value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or a reasonable adjustment due to a disability, please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.