AVP, Internal Audit - Information Security

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem.  Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective.  Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day. 

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies.  We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people.  Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.

Job information:

• Functional title - AVP - Internal Audit - Information Security
• Department - Internal Audit
• Corporate level - AVP
• Report to - Director - Internal Audit - Information Security
• Location - London

 What you will be doing:

Stakeholder Management / Strategic: (15%)

• Develop and maintain working relationships with peers across the organization.
• To monitor strategic developments within CLS to highlight any unidentified risks or potential control issues.
• Perform continuous monitoring of the business through frequent stakeholder engagement, under the direction of the director, to identify emerging risks and issues and report to audit management.
• Identify areas for improvement within Internal Audit and play a leading role on department improvement initiatives.
• Support and provide input into the Internal Audit risk assessment process to inform the Audit Plan. 

Audit Execution and Management: (80%)

• Execution of planning and testing for complex technology, information security audits and high-level reviews, including designing test strategies, audit test papers and drafting of audit findings.
• Validation to confirm management’s remediation of audit and regulatory issues.
• Management and tracking of businesses remediation activities.
• Actively contributing to the ongoing improvement of audit practices and methodology.

Professional Development (5%)

• Proactively maintain knowledge, skills, and disciplines, with on-going professional development.
• Identify and share useful learning opportunities for other Internal Audit team members.
• Maintain the professional standard of the Internal Audit function and work within its agreed Terms of Reference and IIA standards/guidelines, Charter, and Mandate.
• Demonstrate adaptability to ensure that the audit focus is maintained on key issues, under the guidance of audit senior management.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience working within Internal Audit in a financial services environment (ideally banking) and audit experience across a range of different information technology in a financial institution.
• Ability to provide technical subject matter expertise during integrated audits.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience of dealing with all levels of management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience and understanding of regulatory requirements, e.g., FRBNY, FCA.
• Strong IT security and technical knowledge with approximately 8 years of experience within the industry.
• Working experience with common security/technology risk frameworks, for instance, ISO 27000, NIST, CIS Critical Security Controls, COBIT, and IIA GTAGs.
• Working experience with regulatory standards / requirements (US, UK) i.e., GDPR, BCBS 239, FFIEC 101, 3402, CHAP.
• Working experience and/or knowledge of Security domains including Access management, Threat management, Incident response and recovery, Data protection, Vulnerability management, Monitoring and logging, Physical security, and Security risk management and governance.
• Working experience and/or knowledge of cloud, block chain, high volume transaction systems.
• Working experience and/or knowledge of application controls, input/output, configuration, application controls.
• Working experience and/or knowledge middleware, networks, operating systems, databases (Unix, Windows, AIX, DB2, Citrix).
• Working experience and/or knowledge of data analytics/ predictive analytics, data governance.

Professional qualifications / certifications

• Degree level education (desirable) - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related field of study preferred
• Audit Certifications (desirable) – CIA, CISA
• Security Certifications (desirable) - CISSP, CISM, CompTIA, SANS

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

• Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
• 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
• Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
• Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
• Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
• Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
• Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
• Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
• Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
• Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
• Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
• Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
• Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
• All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
• Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.