Senior IT Audit Manager

Sector: IT

Reference: BBBH _

Senior IT Audit Manager

Location: Edinburgh, Birmingham or London - hybrid, minimum 2 days/week office. Regular business travel expected for stakeholder engagement across sites.
Salary: Up to 110,000 depending on experience, plus 30-60% bonus
Benefits: Private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, strong pension, life assurance, career breaks, income protection, enhanced parental/carers leave, 3 volunteering days

About the role

A leading UK financial services organisation is hiring a Senior IT Audit Manager to lead a portfolio of technology audits within a well-respected, board-trusted Internal Audit function. You'll take end-to-end ownership of audits across cyber security, IT operations, operational resilience and data governance, while coaching IA Managers and junior colleagues and acting as a senior advisor to leadership.

What you'll do

• Lead and prioritise a portfolio of IT audits and ad-hoc projects, resolving resource conflicts and keeping delivery on track from planning through to reporting and action follow-up
• Coach IA Managers and junior colleagues to strengthen issue framing and root-cause recommendations
• Build trust with senior stakeholders through evidence-led challenge, establishing credibility across audits
• Identify cross-cutting themes that reframe organisational risk thinking
• Partner with senior audit leadership to implement modern audit methods, including AI, and bring best practice into the function

What you'll bring

• CISA as a minimum; CISM, CISSP or AIAA desirable, with relevant post-qualification experience
• Proven senior stakeholder influencing skills at CTO, CISO and -1 level
• Leadership and coaching experience, with a track record managing or developing auditors
• Deep experience overseeing a portfolio of technical IT audits across Cyber, IT Operations, Operational Resilience and Data Governance
• Awareness of AI and Frontier AI risks
• Familiarity with key UK technology risk regulations
• Experience auditing outsourced processes and technical platforms (Microsoft Windows, Azure, AWS)

if the above sounds like you please send a copy of your latest CV or call for a confidential discussion!

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.