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# Senior IT Audit Manager

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £62,400.0 - £124,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Information Technology Audit, Information Technology Operations
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.hiredonline.co.uk/jobs/225733168-senior-it-audit-manager/lorien

## About the Role

* CISA as a minimum; CISM, CISSP or AIAA desirable, with relevant post-qualification experience
 * Proven senior stakeholder influencing skills at CTO, CISO and -1 level
 * Leadership and coaching experience, with a track record managing or developing auditors
 * Deep experience overseeing a portfolio of technical IT audits across Cyber, IT Operations, Operational Resilience and Data Governance
 * Awareness of AI and Frontier AI risks
 * Familiarity with key UK technology risk regulations
 * Experience auditing outsourced processes and technical platforms (Microsoft Windows, Azure, AWS)

## Description

Location: Edinburgh, Birmingham or London - hybrid, minimum 2 days/week office. Regular business travel expected for stakeholder engagement across sites., A leading UK financial services organisation is hiring a Senior IT Audit Manager to lead a portfolio of technology audits within a well-respected, board-trusted Internal Audit function. You'll take end-to-end ownership of audits across cyber security, IT operations, operational resilience and data governance, while coaching IA Managers and junior colleagues and acting as a senior advisor to leadership.

What you'll do

 * Lead and prioritise a portfolio of IT audits and ad-hoc projects, resolving resource conflicts and keeping delivery on track from planning through to reporting and action follow-up
 * Coach IA Managers and junior colleagues to strengthen issue framing and root-cause recommendations
 * Build trust with senior stakeholders through evidence-led challenge, establishing credibility across audits
 * Identify cross-cutting themes that reframe organisational risk thinking
 * Partner with senior audit leadership to implement modern audit methods, including AI, and bring best practice into the function