Senior Internal Auditor
Company details
Triodos Bank is Europe’s leading sustainable bank. It makes money work for positive social, environmental and cultural change. Our mission is to use the money entrusted to us by savers and investors to provide transparent finance for entrepreneurs and sustainable organisations. For us, money is a tool for sustainable development.Triodos Bank is an independent financial institution founded in the Netherlands in 1980, with offices in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain and Germany. The bank has over 630,000 customers and around 1,200 employees worldwide.
Our employees identify with our mission and possess the skills to put it into practice in their work. For us, this forms the basis for working together, regardless of our employees’ age, race, beliefs, gender, sexual orientation or physical capacity.
Job Details
Function
Purpose:
The role of Internal Audit is to assist the Board, Audit and Risk Committee and Senior Management in their responsibilities by providing analysis, advice and recommendations concerning the (corporate) governance structure and internal control (environment).
This role will be a:
- Key part of the delivery of the Triodos Bank Internal Audit plan.
- Integral part of the Group Internal Audit team of 14 FTE working from Bristol, Brussel, Madrid and Zeist.
- Subject leader within the Internal audit team on credit risk .
- First point of contact to the TB BE management team.
- Role model for IA and Triodos internally and externally.
Responsibilities:
Audits and investigations:
- Proactively providing input and bringing external analysis into the annual risk assessment to identify and plan audits for the following year and 3 year cycle.
- Coordination and arrangement of audit planning taking into account the audit objectives, timelines and requirements for complex audits.
- Leads, performs and coordinates (specialized and complex) audit activities within and across functional business lines and/or locations, proactively identifying issues and suggesting solutions.
- Preparing high quality reports of audit findings and assisting management in defining actions with the aim of improving processes and internal control within Triodos.
- Communicating findings and recommendations to the business and negotiating agreed actions.
- Monitoring and reporting on progress against agreed audit actions.
- Ensure that all auditing activities consider the applicable laws and regulations and are performed in accordance with an annual internal audit plan.
- Be a subject matter expect within the Group Internal Audit function for credit risk. This role provides up to date in-depth knowledge and contributes to audits in this subject.
- Supervise co-workers in performing audit activities, both technically and with regard to the scope of work within the organisation. To include providing feedback on co-workers to feed into the personal development plans.
- Comply with all regulatory obligations and internal governance to help ensure ethical behaviour which delivers fair outcomes for TB customers.
Special Tasks and investigations:
- Based on experience and external research, pro-actively contribute and develop Internal Audit policies and procedures as requested.
- Participates in external committees/working groups in consultation with the Group Director Internal Audit.
- Responsible for championing continuous improvement within the department and across Triodos Bank.
Reporting:
- Pro-actively complete reporting to local TB BE governance committees and TB committees as required.
Promotion of brand and mission:
- Contribute to brand promotion and the mission of Triodos through personal and professional networking, speaking engagements and through professional and industry bodies.
Profile
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant and/or an audit qualification in financial, operational, compliance or willing to invest to gain such a qualification .
Competencies
- Previous experience in an internal audit function or a multinational (external) audit firm (specific focus on the banking sector would be desirable).
- Good knowledge and experience in Credit Risk.
- Experience of working in the financial sector (particularly in banks or similar).
- Able to work both independently and collaboratively to prepare risk assessments, work programs, perform audits and write reports.
- Strong communication skills and able to maintain relations at all levels of the organisation.
- Good influencing skills.
- Strong analytical skills
- Committed to the values and mission of Triodos Bank.
- Excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written. Fluency in French or Dutch, with good passive understanding of the other language.
- Experience in working in an international environment is desirable; willingness to travel and work in different cultural environments is a necessity (approx. 30 working days a year).
Offer
Triodos Bank has an exciting vacancy within a fast-growing company. You will benefit from an attractive salary package, and will join a company founded on sustainable values.Do you share the ambition of a sustainable bank? Please send us your CV and covering letter via the ‘apply now’ link.
- Placed on:Wed 28 October 2020
- Location: Brussels
TRIODOS Belgium
Hoogstraat / Rue Haute 139
1000 Brussels
Belgium