AVP - Internal Audit Technology & Change (Infrastructure and Resilience)

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 - Technology & Change

Department - Internal Audit

Corporate level - AVP

Report to - Director - Internal Audit Technology & Change

Location - London/New York/New Jersey

What you will be doing:

Audit Execution: (90%)

• Execution of planning, testing and reporting for complex audits, including designing test strategies, completing audit test papers and drafting of audit findings.
• Tracking of management’s remediation activities.
• Validation to confirm management’s remediation of audit and regulatory issues.
• Actively contributing to the ongoing improvement of audit practices and methodology.

Stakeholder Management / Strategic: (5%)

• Develop and maintain working relationships with peers across the organization.
• Monitor strategic developments within CLS and highlight any unidentified risks or potential control issues.

Professional Development (5%)

• Proactively maintain knowledge, skills and disciplines, with on-going professional development.
• Maintain the professional standard of the Internal Audit function and work within its agreed Terms of Reference and IIA standards/guidelines, Charter and Mandate.

What we’re looking for:

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (verbal and written).
• Must be a strong team player but also be able to work independently.
• Proactive, self-motivated, ability to plan, organize, perform and manage work with minimal supervision.
• Results orientated – able to deliver high quality results in an environment of changing demands, variable workloads and tight timescales.
• Ability to engage stakeholders.
• Innovative problem-solving approach. Able to think on a broad scale about issues affecting the company, not just those related to IA or the control environment.
• Able to interpret internal and external issues and recommend solutions/best practices.

Professional qualifications / certifications:

• Degree level education (desirable) - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related field of study preferred.
• Audit and technology certifications (desirable) -  CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, CISM, CompTIA, SANS, ISC2, etc.

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.