Description

Our client, a Canadian multinational financial services company, is seeking a Director in their Cyber Security and Technology Infrastructure audit team. In this role, you will be leading a team of technical auditors to execute on core audit engagements focused on Cyber Security, Technology Infrastructure and Cloud. You will also be responsible for leading the enhancement and uplift of the global Cyber Security audit strategy, including further integration with regional teams to ensure continued global regulatory coverage. The day-to-day responsibilities include leading a team to plan, scope and execute risk-based audits, working with Management in achieving their business objectives and providing risk insights while remaining independent and objective. 

The Role:

·     Lead/manage a team of internal audit professionals and dynamically adapt to a changing environment to plan, scope, and execute audits, continuous monitoring/assurance, and thematic reviews.

·     Lead the uplift of the global Cyber Security audit strategy, further demonstrating ongoing audit coverage of emerging risks and changing cyber threats, including interfacing with regional teams to assess and ensure continued global regulatory coverage.

·     Integrating and advancing the data analytics capabilities in support of the audit transformation.

·     Provide input into the development of the annual audit plan and contribute to the development of multi-year approach and audit strategies for the assigned portfolio.

·     Foster the development of key relationships with Technology & Operations teams to understand key technologies, risks and controls including emerging risks/challenges.

·     Work collaboratively with and assess the effectiveness of key risk management strategies with 1st and 2nd Lines of Defense.

 Requirements

Requirements

About You:

You can deliver valuable advice that not only gives assurance, but that illuminates a bigger picture, connects dots, builds best practices, and broadens possibilities. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with Executive Leadership. You have demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to create an inclusive work environment, motivate/inspire staff to a high performing culture that has a forward-thinking management practices. You have strategic leadership skills with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence best practices. You can build diverse teams, attract and develop talent across the evolving IT Risk landscape.  You can influence key sponsors and stakeholders to gain buy-in, overcome challenges and deliver on high priority initiatives and draw conclusions or make recommendations based on audit evidence that may involve significant risk or ambiguity.

  Your Key Qualifications:

·         Undergraduate degree (Preferred: Business, IT, Engineering, Security, or other similar) with professional auditing or risk management designation (one or more of the following: CPA, CA, CIA, CISA, CISSP, CRISC).

·         10+ years of technology audit and risk experience, including a proficiency in auditing principles and techniques.

·         Demonstrated knowledge and experience of select IT infrastructure and cyber audit, cyber security, risk management or compliance capabilities