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:

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

Ideal Background:

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