Audit Manager

Overview

The organization is seeking a professional to coordinate internal and external audit engagements for ADGM Compliance. This role ensures regulatory and auditor recommendations and actions are tracked to resolution, and performs validation/assurance on closures to confirm expectations are met.

You will work closely with Compliance leaders, Audit, Legal, Product, and business lines across ADGM and Central Compliance teams to maintain a comprehensive, standardized audit and regulatory issue management framework. This includes ownership of engagements, metrics, plans, processes, and remediations.

Responsibilities

• Support the ADGM Compliance team on closure of regulatory exams and external audits using subject matter expertise in financial crime-related frameworks and audit processes.
• Foster relationships with key Central Compliance functions to ensure effective engagement and delivery of items related to outsourced compliance activities.
• Follow a standardized exam and audit issue management framework, ensuring transparency on progress of issue/action remediation for all stakeholders.
• Track resolution of regulatory exams and audits, providing support as needed to ensure ADGM entities are presented in a compliant manner.
• Perform closure validation on actions proposed as closed by the relevant teams to ensure closure satisfies the initial gap.
• Assist with special projects as needed in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of compliance, audit, and/or regulatory exam management experience, including performance of closure validation/assurance.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial services regulations, compliance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, global organization while maintaining close contact with relevant teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and written skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to a diverse audience.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to create externally facing materials with internal stakeholders.
• Proactive, diligent teamwork with interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills.
• Highly organized and able to manage complex projects.
• BA degree or international equivalent.
• Experience gained from crypto/fintech and the ADGM regulatory environment is preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary and company benefits.

Location

• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team).