Internal Audit Senior Specialist

A bit about the role

We are looking for an Internal Audit Senior Specialist to join our fast-growing Internal Audit team, specifically supporting our assurance work across the Finance & Treasury domain. Your main task will be to coordinate and execute internal audits at Wise, supporting teams to deliver the audit plan. You will provide assurance on high-risk financial and treasury processes as well as financial regulatory obligations, making recommendations to improve governance and internal controls.

The role presents a great opportunity to focus on the development and delivery of audit engagements in a fast paced environment, focussed on data driven audit techniques and continuous monitoring. Relevant experience working in assurance, risk or control roles and deploying technology enabled assurance is key to driving the internal audit agenda. We are a newly formed team, therefore you have the unique opportunity to collaborate and shape the operations, methodology and approaches of the Internal Audit function.

Your mission

• Execute the Audit Plan:
• Support the delivery of our risk-based Audit plan, specifically in the Finance & Treasury domain (including Financial Risk), to ensure timely and relevant audit outcomes.
• Responsible for planning, executing and reporting internal audits in accordance with the Wise Audit methodology
• Support the implementation of the internal audit assurance framework, developing continuous monitoring routines for high-volume financial data and automated audit routines.
• Build and support a strong and self-sufficient internal audit team.
• Monitor the implementation of Internal Audit recommendations by the business teams and measure the effectiveness of the improvements.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, internally and externally.
• The role is London based, but many of our teams are located across different office locations. You will travel as needed to meet your objectives.