Manager, Internal Audit

The ICE Internal Audit Group consists of more than 80 staff across the US, UK and India, with 10 staff based in London. The London team provides independent, reliable and timely assurance over the effectiveness of the control environment across nine entities in London, Amsterdam, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. These entities include exchanges, clearing houses, a trade repository and a benchmark administrator. The Manager, Internal Audit is responsible for leading high-quality, risk-based audits across trading, clearing, benchmark, operational and technology-enabled environments.

The role owns assigned engagements from planning through reporting and validation, translating complex risks and evidence into clear, proportionate and actionable conclusions. The role combines hands-on audit delivery, sound professional judgment and constructive stakeholder engagement. It requires sufficient understanding of market infrastructure and enabling technology to identify material risks, coordinate integrated work with IT Audit and produce concise reporting that can withstand management and governance challenge. Core Accountabilities

• Assurance Delivery
• Lead assigned audits end-to-end, including planning, risk assessment, walkthroughs, testing, evidence evaluation, root-cause analysis, issue development, reporting and follow-up.
• Manage multiple engagements and competing priorities while delivering to agreed milestones and quality expectations.
• Coordinate with Global IT Audit on integrated engagements so that business-process and technology-control work is appropriately scoped, connected and reported.
• Develop and apply risk-based audit programmes for relevant themes such as market surveillance, financial crime, operational resilience, data integrity, regulatory compliance and change management.
• Market Infrastructure and Risk Understanding
• Develop a strong understanding of ICE exchange, clearing, benchmark, trade repository and related data operations.
• Apply knowledge of relevant business processes, governance arrangements, regulatory expectations and control frameworks when assessing risk and control effectiveness.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory and industry developments and assess their implications for assigned audits and business monitoring.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Reporting
• Build constructive and independent relationships with business, operations, risk, compliance, finance and technology stakeholders.
• Draft concise, evidence-based reports that clearly connect the condition, criteria, cause, consequence and agreed action.
• Lead audit closing meetings for assigned engagements and communicate conclusions with clarity, fairness and professional confidence.
• Support the Senior Manager and IA leadership with committee materials, regulatory requests, business monitoring and other portfolio reporting as required.
• People and Methodology
• Supervise and coach auditors assigned to engagements, setting clear expectations for scope, testing, evidence, documentation and report writing.
• Review workpapers promptly and provide practical feedback that improves quality and supports development.
• Contribute to reusable test programmes, playbooks, data-led testing and continuous improvement of Internal Audit methodology and tools.

Plan with intent: Define clear objectives, risks, controls, data sources, testing strategies and success criteria for each assigned engagement.

• Test with judgment: Apply targeted, risk-based testing and evaluate evidence critically to reach supportable and proportionate conclusions.
• Report with impact: Produce clear reports that focus on material matters, explain root causes and consequences, and set out practical actions.
• Follow through: Monitor agreed actions and perform timely, risk-proportionate validation of remediation.
• Manage delivery: Maintain clear engagement plans, communicate emerging issues early and escalate quality, scope, timing or stakeholder concerns promptly.
• Develop others: Coach team members through live audit work and share good practice across the wider team. Knowledge and Experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field such as Engineering, Sciences, Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business.
• Solid Internal Audit, assurance, risk or controls experience in a complex, regulated environment.
• Demonstrable experience leading audits or assurance reviews from planning through reporting and follow-up.
• Strong understanding of governance, operational risk, regulatory expectations and control frameworks.
• Ability to evaluate evidence critically, identify root causes and write concise, defensible audit conclusions.
• Effective stakeholder management, communication, organisation and time-management skills.
• Ability to supervise and coach colleagues assigned to engagements.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and familiarity with audit management tools. Desirable Knowledge and Experience
• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in financial services, market infrastructure, an exchange, clearing house, benchmark administrator, trade repository or consultancy.
• Exposure to one or more of the following: market surveillance, financial crime/AML, operational resilience, regulatory reporting, data or record integrity, treasury and liquidity, capital, stress testing, model risk or counterparty credit risk.
• Experience using data analytics or automation in audit testing.
• Professional qualification, or progress toward one, such as CIA, CISA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CFA or FRM.

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