London, GB,

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Full-Time

The Audit team is a global function with presence in UK, US, Europe and Asia. The team consists of 29 individuals (i.e. 17 in London, 4 in Chicago, 4 in New York, 2 in Paris, and 2 in Singapore), with additional support sought from our co-source partners as required.

For more information visit https://www.marex.com/

Role Summary

The Internal Audit Operations Manager owns the day-to-day running of the IA function, providing direct operational support to the Head of IA Americas & Professional Practice and Group Head of IA. The role covers audit plan coordination, issue tracking, governance reporting, resounce planning and technology administration, ensuring the function delivers effectively and IA leadership can focus on strategy and assurance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the annual audit plan, tracking progress against milestones and escalating delays to the Group Head of Internal Audit.
• Coordinate team schedules and resource allocation in collaboration with IA leadership team.
• Help prepare the Internal Audit Committee pack, including status dashboards, KPIs, and thematic summaries for the quarterly Audit and Compliance Committee meetings.
• Manage the issue tracking register by coordinating status updates with IA leadership team and reporting them monthly to management.
• Maintain and update the Internal Audit charter, governance document, and methodology manual.
• Identify and implement enhancements to audit methodology, templates, and working practices.
• Support regulatory interactions, including coordination of responses to regulators (i.e. FCA, NFA, SEC, etc.) o external auditor queries relating to Internal Audit scope and outputs.
• Own the onboarding process for new joiners in the IA team.
• Manage and optimize the audit management system (TeamMate+).
• Run the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) process, including post-audit feedback loops.
• Support the preparation for, and coordination of, the External Quality Assessment (EQA).
• Act as a central point of coordination for cross-functional projects involving Internal Audit.
• Track the Internal Audit departmental budget including flagging variances.

Competencies, Skills and Experience

Competencies:

• Appropriate personal qualities and credibility necessary to operate effectively at Board level within Marex. Significant exposure to Senior Executives anticipated.
• Effective management and leadership skills.
• Deep understanding of risk management and the ability to communicate same.
• Understanding and commitment to diversity and equalities in the workplace.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Ability to take a high level of responsibility in a fast pace and high-volume environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness

Skills and Experience

• Experience in an Internal Audit Operations, COO office, oo Audit Management role within financial services.
• Strong understanding of the IIA Standards and internal audit methodology.
• Experience of creating, developing and implementing audit strategies, policies and procedures.
• Proven ability to manage governance reporting and committee-level documentation.
• Hands-on experience with TeamMate+ (or equivalent audit management system) and data analytics tool.
• Significant experience in managing relationships and influencing change at a senior level.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Professional Qualifications

• ACA Preferred

Conduct Rules

You must:

• Act with integrity
• Act with due skill, care and diligence
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Observe proper standard of market conduct
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Company Values

Be collaborative - by working together across the organisation, we foster teamwork, can better respond to challenges and successfully deliver for our clients

Act with integrity - we pride ourselves on our honesty and high ethical standards. We apply these values when working with all our clients, colleagues and other stakeholders

Be adaptable and entrepreneurial - we embrace change as markets evolve to constantly increase our efficiency and create innovative solutions for our clients. We are interested in the world around us and inquisitive about understanding the challenges and opportunities our clients face.

Be respectful how we treat each other, and our clients says everything about who we are. We always act respectfully and treat people fairly in everything we do.

Nurture talent we aim to grow our own talent and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking and talented people choose to build their career. This means giving and taking stretch opportunities, taking risks, and committing to career development and support for ourselves, and our teams.

Marex is fully committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.  We welcome applications from candidates returning to the workforce.  Also, Marex is committed to avoiding circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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