The Payments and Core Banking Technology Audit Director is a senior leadership role requiring an experienced technology professional with deep expertise in payments and core banking technologies, and the associated technology risks. The role provides independent, forward-looking assurance over the Bank’s critical technology services and strategic leadership on technology risks, with a particular focus on payments architecture, payment processing, real-time payment systems, financial messaging, core banking platforms, and digital workflow systems supporting core banking and payment services. The role holder leads a team of technology audit professionals, manages senior stakeholder relationships across Technology, Operations, Payments, Core Banking, Business and Risk functions, and contributes to the development of the technology assurance strategy and multi-year audit coverage plan.
• The position ensures that the Board Audit Committee and senior management receive independent assurance on the effectiveness of technology controls supporting core banking and payment services. The role holder also serves as a trusted advisor to senior technology executives, including the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and payments and core banking leaders, and contributes directly to Board and Audit Committee reporting.
• As defined in the Audit Charter, all staff in GIAI must exhibit the highest level of professional objectivity in gathering, evaluating, and communicating information about the activity or process being examined. They must make a balanced assessment of all the relevant circumstances and not be unduly influenced by their own interests or by others in forming judgments. GIAI will adhere to the Definition of Internal Auditing, the Core Principles for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, Code of Ethics, and the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing that are published by the IIA. It is expected that all members of GIAI strive to operate as role models for the Group’s valued behaviours. GIAI methodology has defined “Habits of a Human Auditor” which are aligned to the Group’s valued behaviours and communicated across the function.
