Internal Audit – Front Office Controls – Investment Banking My client, a Tier 1 Investment Bank, is looking for a number of Internal Audit specialists to join on a contract basis, The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with a professional services background. Key responsibilities: • Undertake periodic product and thematic reviews across the Investment Bank, challenging control design and control operating effectiveness. • Develop productive working relationships with senior Front Office management to ensure they understand their risks and have controls and processes in place to manage those risks. • Challenge the completion of operational risk and control self assessments. • Review how issues identified are resolved and whether actions taken are suitable and sustainably implemented. • Work with the Front Office Supervisor team in providing opinions and views on the status of controls in the various asset classes across the front office. Key requirements: • ACCA / CIMA / ACA qualified • Have a good understanding of Markets (traded products) and Investment Banking products within a major financial institution. • An understanding of modern governance, risk and control assessment techniques. • Experience in one or more of the following areas: a front office supervisor role, COO role, internal audit, operational risk management or related disciplines, in the financial services industry. • Networking & Senior Stakeholder Management skills and able to Negotiate and Influence effectively. • Good organization, planning and project management abilities. • Full understanding of the key market, credit and operational risks operating across each main asset class operating in a major trading floor and IBD business. • Excellent communication abilities with well developed report writing skills and presentational skills