Internal Audit Associate - Finance and Markets | SCIB | FTC ending 1st May 2026

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Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customised services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

In this exciting, interim opportunity within the dynamic Internal Audit team, you’ll play a key role in providing robust, independent assurance and challenge on the effectiveness of processes and controls across the bank, while gaining exposure to senior stakeholders within our global organisation.

You’ll actively contribute to assurance activities by identifying and assessing risks, controls, and impacts within allocated business areas and you’ll deliver high-quality outputs that comply with Internal Audit methodology standards and agreed timelines.

You’ll support the Internal Audit Finance and Markets team in delivering the audit plan and we’re looking for someone who shares our commitment to delivering value to our people, customers, communities, and stakeholders.

The difference you’ll make:

• Identifying and evaluating risks, controls, and impacts within the allocated business area, supporting the drafting of the Terms of Reference

• Assessing the adequacy and testing the effectiveness of controls through data analysis, observations, and stakeholder interviews, documenting findings to support audit conclusions

• Contributing to the development of the testing strategy and proactively supporting the progression of fieldwork activities

• Participating in the planning and conducting site visits and information-gathering interviews, ensuring the accurate capture and analysis of collected data

• Leading the coordination of the Audit Planning document and performing relevant analyses, including regulatory gap analysis and market practices during the planning phase

• Reviewing and challenging existing procedures or risk management practices, leveraging internal and external data to inform decisions

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Prior experience in audit, risk management, or a similar field within an investment banking environment

• Demonstrable familiarity with regulatory frameworks, with an in depth understanding of its principles and application within the banking sector

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Knowledge and experience of internal audit methodologies

• Meticulous to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Experience in big data management, particularly within transaction reporting environments

• Proficiency in data analysis tools and programming languages such as Python, SQL, or similar software to effectively handle and interpret large dataset

• Relevant academic background in Markets and Finance or equivalent

What else you need to know:

This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London located within easy walking distance from Warren Street and Euston.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 3 days a week (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location. We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.  We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we’ll reward you.

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.  For contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your contract duration.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.

• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.

• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.

• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more. 

• Company funded individual private medical insurance.

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as, dental insurance, and health assessments.

• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.

• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.

• As a Santander employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.