Job title: Senior Internal Auditor (IT & Business)
Company: Collinson Group
Job description: Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. Predominantly through the provision of travel related benefits within a market leading digital travel ecosystem. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle Benefits and Insurance.
The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.
We have more than 25 years’ experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.
We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.
Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.
Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.
Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 colleagues globally.
The Role
The Senior Internal Auditor-IT (SIA-IT) will assist in the delivery of the risk-based Internal Audit Plan (IAP) for the Collinson Group. They will be required to conduct reviews around all areas of the business (i.e. non-IT related audits, as per the IAP), in addition to complex reviews across the IT environment. This will include undertaking the end-to-end audit process from planning through to fieldwork and reporting, producing high quality deliverables and developing collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including presenting to the Audit Committee.
Key Responsibilities
Working as part of Collinson’s third line of defence, the SIA-IT’s responsibilities will include:
· Support the Internal Audit Manager in delivering internal audit activities across Collinson Group.
· Support the Internal Audit Manager in developing and maintaining the Strategic and Annual
Internal Audit Plans (IAP) for the Collinson Group, ensuring it is linked to Collinson’s wider strategic objectives.
· Perform risk-based internal audit assignments to deliver the IAP for Collinson Group.
· Perform IT internal audits across the IT environment, e.g. ITGC, IT Cyber Security, Data, IT Disaster Recovery, IT governance reviews, etc. · Perform Entity Healthchecks, focussing on the systems of internal control in place to mitigate key risks and those which ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reporting.
Key Knowledge and Experience
Must have a strong internal audit background and significant previous internal auditing experience (including IT and Finance internal audits). Experience of working with top ten audit firm is desirable.
· Must have a relevant internal auditing or accountancy qualification (e.g. CIA, CMIIA, ACCA) and a relevant IT Audit qualification (i.e. CISA, or similar).
· Strong organisational skills to plan and deliver audits, with a passion about internal audit.
· Self-starter with the ability to prioritise tight deadlines, organise and plan work to deliver IAP activities.
· Be a positive catalyst for change, using professional experience and knowledge to support management drive improvements to the business.
· A desire to raise Internal Audit’s profile and promote it as an effective commercial resource and advantage for the company.
Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.
We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.
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Location: London
Job date: Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:00:18 GMT
