Auditor, Risk and Legal Audit; Analyst

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EMEA Internal Audit Office, as the Bank’s third Line of Defence, aims to drive leading‑class standards of governance and control in EMEA which helps make MUFG the most trusted financial group. Audit Analyst's are responsible for completing the execution and delivery of assigned elements of audit engagements, working within audit teams. This includes supporting the scoping, planning and reporting of audits, issue validation, and continuous monitoring activities, as well as any other tasks assigned to them by the Audit Director/Senior Audit Manager.

Audit Analysts will have project management skills, be structured in their approach to work demonstrating a culture of high performance and continuous improvement and will be able to manage and prioritise work displaying a sense of urgency to complete tasks within short turnaround times, promptly escalating challenges. Delivery and execution of all engagements must adhere to audit methodology and standards and meet established deadlines.

• Monitor own delivery of tasks effectively and deliver within the deadline set.
• Timely document work papers to the required methodology and Quality Assurance Standards.
• Escalate potential findings promptly to the Auditor in Charge and support the discussions with stakeholders to agree issues in your area of assigned testing.
• Work with stakeholders to determine root causes and support them in producing Management Action Plans with the Senior Audit Manager.
• When requested, coordinate issue follow‑up with stakeholders and validate issues to the required quality standards and within relevant KPIs leveraging desktop validation where appropriate.
• When requested, maintain regular touchpoints with relevant stakeholders to drive and support effective issue management and promptly escalat[e] challenges.
• Deliver audit work papers and files to meet QA standards, remediating review comments and demonstrating improvement in audit skills and documentation standards throughout the audits.
• Ensure data quality meets data quality‑related deadlines and expectations.
• Produce individual issues for executive audience—impactful, clear key messages, factual, active voice, minimal edits by the Auditor in Charge.
• Support embedding of the agile framework to improve frequency and quality of stakeholder interaction during audits and raise issues as they go.
• Partner with stakeholders to demonstrate impact and influence through tangible outcomes and raised standards of controls and behaviours in the stakeholders’ control environment.
• When assigned Continuous Monitoring tasks, identify and escalat[e] emerging risk or any material changes that might impact the audit universe, risk assessment, audit plan to Senior Audit Managers/Audit Directors.

• Experience of working in an audit or risk management function within the Financial Services sector in banking, investment banking, or Big 4 firm.
• Experience of auditing methods and industry practices.
• Appreciation of risk and control in banking and financial services, financial products, their risks and processes.
• Experience in Agile Auditing and Data Analytics.

• Knowledge of auditing methods and industry practices.
• Understanding of banking and financial services is required.
• Understanding of financial products, their risks and how they generate revenues.
• Strong…