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26/01/12
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  IT Auditor - Senior Manager
Morgan Stanley
London

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IT Auditor - Senior Manager
The EMEA Internal Audit Department is responsible for audits across all Morgan Stanley businesses, focusing primarily on London-based activities. The audits are designed to assess the adequacy of the control environment and to provide the Audit Board Committee and Regional Audit Committees with an independent assessment of operational risk across the Firm. The senior manager role will support the IT Audit Portfolio Managers and the European IT Audit Director in delivering the audit plan. The role will provide a broad exposure to technologies, applications and products while allowing the senior manager to develop areas of specialism and build senior client relationships.

Responsibilities
Managing a project and an audit team:
• Plan and execute own audits in accordance with departmental standards.
• Own the resource budget and perform regular oversight reviews of the budget versus actual.
• Monitor audit progress using required administrative management tools.
• Develop/review the audit report for content, obtain agreed actions from client management.
• Perform quality assurance self-assessments upon completion of the audit.

Client relationships:
• Maintaining frequent contact with senior client management as part of Client Relationship Management Program.

Risk assessment and annual audit planning:
• Take part in the annual risk assessment process.
• Work with the IT Audit Director and portfolio managers to prepare the Annual Audit Plan.
Qualifications: Bachelors
Other Certification (professional auditing qualification)
Experience: 10 years +
Languages: English : Speak / Write Fluently
Job-Type: open-ended
Remuneration: unspecified
Permit Type: EU National
Region: London
• Extensive amount of satisfactory IT audit and/or business work experience, with significant exposure to investment banking products, services and supporting technologies.
• A thorough understanding of common IT platforms.
• An excellent understanding of operational and technology controls comprising the organization’s overall internal control structure.
• Working knowledge of industry standard applications and technologies.
• Appreciation of innovative IT solutions and the ability to quickly understand them.
• A strong understanding of Financial services business processes, preferably within the Investment Banking environment.
• The ability to consistently complete work on time and within budget.
• Management of overall resources to meet client expectations.
• Handle multiple issues and tasks well under pressure.
• A professional auditing qualification.
• Demonstrate an ability to grasp fundamental technical concepts and assimilate information.
• Be willing to take the responsibility if necessary when the group receives criticism.
• Handle staff issues discreetly and fairly.
• Show an appetite for challenge and getting involved in unfamiliar areas.
• Excellent understanding of the function of an internal audit department.
• Excellent analytical skills, sound judgment and decision making skills.
• An excellent understanding of internal auditing professional standards, guidelines, and procedures.

Teamwork:
• Facilitate teamwork by contributing to team effort, sharing responsibility for team results, and exhibiting a positive attitude.
• Understand what is expected of other members of the audit team.
• Interact with global colleagues and be respectful of cultural differences.
• Lead by example, guiding the actions of others toward the organisation’s vision.

Communication:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Use good listening skills to build rapport and good working relationships with peers in the client’s organization.
• Convey a strong presence and influence.

Managing People:
• Handle staff issues professionally, discreetly and fairly.
• Interpret, execute and recommend modifications to organizational policies and structures.
• Manage staff career expectations and actively support training and career development.
• Encourage staff to develop their abilities by giving feedback, mapping out paths of progress and encouraging them to take on new responsibilities

Since its founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley and its people have helped redefine the meaning of financial services. The firm has continually broken new ground in advising our clients on strategic transactions, in pioneering the global expansion of finance and capital markets, and in providing new opportunities for individual and institutional investors.

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