Group Finance / Group Treasury - Audit Expert

Your role

Are you a sharp evaluator of risk, who enjoys investigating complex business processes and products? Do you want to play a key role in improving the effectiveness of business critical processes to help safeguard and strengthen UBS?


We are looking for someone like that to:
- Lead and conduct reviews and audits of Group Finance, Group Treasury and related business areas, provide practical, innovative and value-added solutions to issues identified,
- Lead a local team, team-oriented who will help cultivate a cohesive and high-performing team environment by mentoring, training, and connecting with other team members, fostering professional growth and development to drive collective success
- Analyze and assess risks and barriers to delivery (e.g. supervision, data infrastructure, outsourcing, cross-border) assumed by Group Finance and support functions,
- Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of controls designed to address above mentioned risks,
- Document and communicate audit issues, root causes and risks, and prepare reports of audit findings for UBS senior management,
- Review remediation actions submitted by the business for closure to assess whether these have addressed the relevant original risks,
- Develop and maintain relationships with senior management
- Monitor the results, risk profile and developments within Group Finance, Group Treasury audit crews and provide input for operational planning process,
- Cooperate effectively with our audit teams across the globe and when in charge of an audit, sustainably manage auditors and diligently support audit mandate lead.

Your Career Comeback

We are open to applications from career returners. Find out more about our program on ubs.com/careercomeback.

Your team

You will be working in Group Internal Audit (GIA) Team India. GIA is an independent function that supports UBS in achieving its strategic, operational, financial and compliance objectives. We do this by assessing key processes as well as governance, risk management, and the control environment within all business divisions and Corporate Center (CC) functions globally. We are independent in our work and report directly to the Chairman of the Board and the Audit Committee.
We are a talent powerhouse that attracts and develops the best people by driving career growth in and outside the department. Our team is responsible for auditing Group Finance within UBS globally. Diversity helps us grow, together. That’s why we are committed to fostering and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. It strengthens our business and brings value to our clients.
The position is based in Mumbai or Pune.

Your expertise

- A university degree, preferably within Finance
- Chartered accountant certification
- A minimum of 10 years of experience of financial accounting standards and controls (e.g. IFRS, US or Swiss GAAP, including Operational risk within Group Finance), and/or regulatory reporting requirements and controls (e.g. capital adequacy, liquidity)
- proven recent experience in managing or leading audits and/or compliance review/or manage a team
- Ability to calmly manage conflict and pressure in a demanding, high-volume environment
- Strong analytical skills and quantitative approach to problem solving – you are able to quickly understand complex processes and challenge the status quo, identify risks and inadequacies in procedures, as well as propose practical and sustainable solutions,
- Willingness to keep up with the financial industry and regulatory developments, learn new concepts and methods,
- A good understanding of financial market, operational aspects as well as process flows within and between banks / counterparts,
- An excellent verbal and written command of English with the ability to effectively communicate with senior stakeholders.
- Reliable when working independently, with sound judgment for when to escalate issues,
- Flexible and committed team player willing to travel to other UBS locations for audit assignments when needed,
- Risk focused and capable of using data analytics to gain insights into transactions, clients, and investment products,
- Curious and willing to discover all aspects of the Bank, with the ambition to advance your career in an international environment.