Vice President, Internal Audit - Credit Risk

Job Description

We are partnered with a global financial institution, looking to hire a Vice President into its Internal Audit team, with responsibility for Credit Risk coverage across its banking and capital markets businesses.

This is a hands-on role where the successful candidate will lead and execute risk-based audits, issue validations, risk assessments and continuous monitoring activities across the firm's Credit Risk framework.

Responsibilities include:

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• Lead end-to-end Credit Risk audits, including planning, fieldwork, reporting and issue follow-up.
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• Assess the effectiveness of credit risk governance, controls and risk-management practices.
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• Review credit risk across wholesale lending and capital markets activities.
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• Lead validation of regulatory and internal audit findings and assess remediation effectiveness.
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• Identify emerging risks and contribute to the annual audit planning and risk-assessment process.
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• Partner with senior stakeholders across Internal Audit, Risk Management and the wider business.
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• Support regulatory and external-audit interactions where required.
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• Mentor junior team members and contribute to the continued development of audit methodology, analytics and automation.
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Ideal Background:

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• Approximately 6–8 years of experience across Internal Audit, Credit Risk, regulatory supervision or another relevant financial-services control function.
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• Strong understanding of Credit Risk within a banking and/or capital-markets environment.
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• Experience leading audits, reviews, testing or issue-validation work.
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• Knowledge of wholesale credit, counterparty credit risk and/or traded products is highly attractive.
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• Strong stakeholder-management and written communication skills.
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• CIA, CPA, CFA, FRM or similar qualification is beneficial but not essential.
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