Audit Cross-Function - Assistant Vice President

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13 Oct 2026

London, LND, GB, EC2M 2AT

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Is the next step in your career at SMBC Group EMEA? We are looking for an Audit Cross-Function Assistant Vice President for our Internal Audit department. This role exists to support delivery of independent assurance over the IT control environment in operation in EMEA business entities (SMBC Bank International plc (SMBC BI), SMBC Branches, and other subsidiaries in EMEA Region). It undertakes and manages audits across a range of IT Infrastructure and applications and supports teams of auditors to deliver in depth testing and review to support audit opinions.

It contributes part of the Audit opinion provided the EMEA Region Management and SMBC Group Audit Committee in Tokyo.

Internal Audit are asked for an independent opinion on the changes and controls implemented by the organisations within EMEA Region, this role aims to provide insight and opinion on the key controls in operation in the business areas under review and therefore must have the expertise to provide advice and consultancy services as required.

This role is responsible for supporting the delivery of the planning, fieldwork and reporting for audit assignments as staff auditor under direction of the Auditor in Charge (AIC) and IT Audit Partners or act as an AIC under direction of IT APs. This will include highlighting key areas of risk, assessing established and new controls in operation over a range of activities in any business in EMEA Region, and outsourced IT functions.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of planning material to ensure that the internal controls covering the key risks are appropriately tested in order to provide reasonable assurance to the Board, Group Management, Entity Management and other stakeholders, including regulators, that an effective internal control environment exists.
• Delivering controls assurance, testing and documentation; at times taking a lead role to manage parts or all of the audit coverage.
• Directing testing to cover key areas of risk and determine the scope and focus in agreement with the Audit Partner of the review, and share expertise in their area with other team members.
• Preparing draft Audit Findings for review by AD Management. The Audit Findings must be factually accurate and clearly communicate the findings and recommendations. The auditor must clearly communicate the issues to AD Management and then to business Management including senior stakeholders. In doing so, the auditor may experience some…