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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