Audit Team Leader - Information Technology

New opportunity for an Internal Audit Team Leader, where you will take the lead on IT Audit engagements, providing independent and objective assurance by assessing the design and operational effectiveness of the Bank’s governance, risk management, and control frameworks. Your work will help mitigate operational, financial, people, and strategic risks.

As Internal Audit Team Leader, you will contribute to the delivery of high-quality outcomes for the Information Technology components of the Audit Plan, working either independently or as part of a team.

Your audit expertise and stakeholder engagement skills will be critical across a broad range of areas, including:

• IT Governance and Strategy

• General IT and Application Controls, including ITIL frameworks

• Technology Resilience

• Cybersecurity

• Cloud

• Emerging Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence

• Identity and Access Management

• IT Project Delivery

Key responsibilities

• Provide assurance that governance, risk, and control frameworks are comprehensive and support effective risk mitigation.

• Lead the execution of IT audit engagements, ensuring alignment with the Audit Plan and methodology.

• Coordinate with subject matter experts and contribute to the completion of audits with professionalism and collaboration.

• Support the implementation of Audit’s strategic and operational plans.

• Analyse risks, controls, systems, and evidence to identify control weaknesses and recommend practical, risk-aligned solutions.

• Apply innovative approaches to audit work, including control analysis and data analytics routines.

• Produce high-quality deliverables supported by well-documented working papers, in line with GIAS requirements.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Your background

• Demonstrated experience in IT audit across a variety of engagements.

• Strong analytical skills and a practical approach to risk and control evaluation.

• Professional certification (e.g. CISA preferred, CA or CIA).

• Proven ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.

• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.

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Your team

You will report to the Portfolio Manager IS Audit, who leads a team of four specialists—two focused on IT Audit and two on Data Analytics. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams across the Audit Department to deliver impactful audit outcomes.

Be More
Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.
Why RBA?
The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

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