Job Description
Audit Portfolio Lead – IT Infrastructure Services
Location: Edinburgh or Bristol (Hybrid – 2 days per week in office)Salary: £90,440 – £106,400 with additional Bonus and pension contribution up to 15%
Are you a strategic thinker with deep experience in IT Infrastructure and a passion for driving meaningful change through audit? This is your chance to join one of the UK’s leading financial institutions, where you’ll play a critical role in shaping and delivering high-impact audits across a complex and evolving tech estate.
As Audit Portfolio Lead, you’ll take ownership of a diverse and high-profile portfolio of audits focused on infrastructure resilience, cloud technologies, data centres, and system architecture. You’ll influence senior stakeholders, drive innovation, and help build a stronger, safer future for the organisation.
What you’ll be doing
* Lead and oversee the delivery of a portfolio of audits, directly managing complex and high-risk audits
* Guide and support engagement leads, ensuring quality, insight and timely outcomes
* Translate infrastructure risks into clear business impact, supporting risk assurance and stakeholder understanding
* Drive innovation in audit methodology using data-driven techniques and automation
* Lead and develop a high-performing team, providing coaching, feedback and career support
* Shape audit strategy and contribute to broader risk, control and governance improvements
What you’ll bring
* Extensive experience auditing IT infrastructure, including networks, data centres, and cloud environments
* Strong knowledge of resilience, architecture, and operational risks across infrastructure services
* Relevant qualifications such as CISA, CISSP, or similar
* Ability to connect technical risk to strategic business outcomes
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with proven experience influencing at senior levels
* A track record of leading teams, driving performance and fostering collaboration
Desirable expertise
* Experience with cloud architecture and security frameworks
* Understanding of middleware, mainframe, and batch management systems
* Familiarity with development lifecycle methodologies
* Ability to develop innovative audit tools or approaches
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