Total 3 Accounting / Auditing job vacancies in London, SW17 0QT

Join us as an Audit Manager in our Group Functions Technology team

• You’ll supervise the audit engagement team and support them through coaching to help them see their potential
• You can expect to enjoy an engaging and fast-paced environment, as well as considerable stakeholder interaction
• You’ll support the delivery of a flexible and risk-based audit plan that addresses regulatory requirements, provides independent assurance and opinions with impact

What you'll do

As an Audit Manager within our Group Functions Technology team, you’ll play a key part in providing independent assurance over the key applications that support many of the Bank’s key central functions, including Financial Crime, Core Banking and Finance.

You’ll be an ambassador for internal audit, demonstrating professional behaviours and helping to build on the reputation and integrity of the function.

Your role will also involve:

• Providing quality, efficient and effective assurance and influencing business managers to improve controls
• Leading and coaching your audit team as they deliver audit engagements and making sure they're delivered within budget and on time
• Leveraging audit methodology and tools
• Managing key stakeholders throughout audit engagements, ensuring a good understanding of business risks and an open and effective discussion on key risks

The skills you'll need

To join us in this role, you’ll ideally have worked in an internal or external audit environment, and bring audit, assurance or risk management experience. You’ll also need a strong background in auditing technology risks and controls, analytical and problem solving abilities and the ability to assess and prioritise data effectively. Chartered accountancy and/or CISA qualification or similar, and experience of financial reporting and/or financial crime systems from an audit or risk capacity is preferred. Data analytics skills, including experience in using Python is advantageous but not required.

You’ll also need:

• The ability to demonstrate leading a team in delivering projects while keeping a firm hand on budget, schedule and quality
• A proactive approach towards identifying and promoting talent
• The ability to support and supervise a team through coaching, feedback and development
• Proven stakeholder management skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Join us as an Audit Manager

• Joining our Payments & Fraud team, you’ll undertake key aspects of assurance fieldwork and supervise the audit engagement team, supporting them through coaching to help them fulfil their potential
• You can expect to enjoy an engaging and fast-paced environment, as well as considerable stakeholder interaction
• You’ll support the delivery of a flexible and risk-based audit plan that addresses regulatory requirements, providing independent assurance and opinions with impact

What you'll do

As an Audit Manager within our Payments & Fraud team, you'll play a key part in providing independent assurance over the key business processes that facilitate payment processing, wholesale cash management and fraud prevention. You’ll be an ambassador for internal audit, demonstrating professional behaviours and helping to build on the reputation and integrity of the function.

Your role will also involve:

• Providing quality, efficient and effective assurance and influencing business areas to improve controls
• Leading and coaching your audit team as they deliver audit engagements and making sure they're delivered within budget and on time
• Leveraging audit methodology and tools
• Managing key stakeholders throughout audit engagements, ensuring a good understanding of business risks and an open and effective discussion on key risk

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally have worked in an internal or external audit environment, and bring audit, assurance or risk management experience. You’ll also need a strong background in providing assurance over risks and controls, analytical and problem solving abilities, and have ability to assess and prioritise data effectively. Prior experience of auditing or working in a fraud or payments related business area is preferred.

You’ll also need:

• The ability to demonstrate leading a team in delivering projects while keeping a firm hand on budget, schedule, and quality
• A proactive approach towards identifying and promoting talent
• The ability to support and supervise a team through coaching, feedback, and development
• Proven stakeholder management skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills

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Term: Permanent
Location: We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.
Salary: £65,087 - £68,513 per annum, based on experience


What exactly will you be doing?

As the Senior Procurement Manager, you will lead our procurement function, aligning activities with organisational goals while ensuring transparency, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. You will develop procurement strategies, manage supplier relationships and drive compliance with company policies and industry regulations. Your role will be pivotal in professionalising our procurement processes and balancing strategic vision with operational excellence. This role sits with the Performance and Transformation portfolio and reports into Finance Director.

Major objectives 



Develop and implement a comprehensive procurement strategy
Identify and deliver cost savings without compromising quality
Enhance supplier relationship management and performance
Ensure compliance with procurement policies and regulations
Lead and develop the procurement team to achieve operational excellence
Drive innovation in procurement processes and systems


What are we looking for?



We are seeking a highly experienced procurement professional with a strategic mindset and strong leadership skills. The ideal candidate will have a CIPS qualification and a proven track record in senior procurement roles. You should excel in negotiation, contract management and strategic sourcing. We value someone who can balance short-term gains with long-term strategic goals, demonstrate commercial acumen and effectively influence at all levels of the organisation. A proactive 'can-do' attitude, analytical thinking, and a passion for procurement excellence are essential for success in this role.



What are the benefits?



At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:



Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in our London office) and opportunities for further flexible working.
25 days’ annual leave, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
Great pension scheme, life assurance, and critical illness cover.
Health cash plan.
Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.
Regular wellbeing initiatives.
Cycle2Work scheme and much more.


Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 26 November 2024 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.



It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2023 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.



We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.



Come and help us to make AAT an even better place to work!



Interested?



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