Audit Manager Banking - Leasing

LeasePlan is looking for a new colleague who can fill the position of Audit Manager for Risk Management & Compliance. If you like taking ownership and working in a dynamic, international, and diverse environment this is the right opportunity for you.

Group Audit is responsible for the global audit coverage of LeasePlan across 25 countries. As Audit Manager for Risk Management & Compliance you will provide assurance by conducting audits and advise Management with insights gathered. We believe that conducting integrated audits (first and second line, hard and soft controls) not only creates the most added value for Management but also for you. While being a subject matter expert on auditing the second line, we will expose you to all activities of LeasePlan (leasing, operations and governance processes at head-office and entity level), creating ample personal growth opportunities.

As Audit Manager you will:

• Lead an audit end-to-end, including stakeholder management, and supervising the audit team. At other times, you will act as the subject matter expert, who focuses on one specific component of the audit.
• Assess the control environment of key processes via interviews and substantive testing to identify internal control gaps, operational risks, compliance issues with group policies or local laws/regulation.
• Translate identified control gaps into SMART recommendations for improvements.
• Create Management buy-in to address the high-risk findings and recommendations.
• Act as a sparring partner for the business and second line on the implementation of ECB regulatory requirements.
• Train and mentor less experienced team members during the audit.

• The standard audit skills - Professional critical curious and inquisitive mind-set in order to form an independent balanced opinion; self-starter who can work independently and in a team; and result oriented and able to work with deadlines.
• Given the international footprint of LeasePlan you should have style flexibility to deal with local cultural differences, and create the necessary Management buy-in.
• Excellent knowledge of Basel banking requirements and/or risk management practises across multiple risk domains (e.g., asset, credit, operational, capital, liquidity).
• University degree (at least Master’s) and finalised or close to finalisation of professional qualification (RA, RO, CPA, CIA).
• More than 6 years of working experience as an internal auditor for a financial institution, which is subject to regulatory supervision (preferably ECB or DNB).
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written.
• As LeasePlan operates in 25 countries, you are able to go on business trips of 1 to 2 weeks. (~25% on annual basis).
• Given you will get access to confidential information, you are reliable and have a high level of integrity.

At LeasePlan our mission is to deliver any car, anytime, anywhere. Every day presents an opportunity to meeting our customers’ needs and to help shape the future of mobility. LeasePlan is a global leader in Car-as-a-Service, with approximately 1.6 million vehicles under management in 25 countries. Discover more about LeasePlan’s culture and way of working by following us on Instagram and stay up to date with the latest industry news by subscribing to our LeasePlan Community.

LeasePlan has a banking license and is qualified as a Significant Institution and as such falls under the supervision of the European Central Bank (ECB). In line with ECB expectations Group Audit plays an important role as third line in the (risk) governance of LeasePlan. As a third line we provide independent assurance, advice and insights to the Executive Committee and the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board, its regulators and external auditor. The Amsterdam based Group Audit team has approx. 30 audit professionals with a diverse mixture of talented people.

Since 22 May 2023, LeasePlan and ALD Automotive have joined forces. The combined group will leverage on scale and complementary capabilities to deliver sustained growth with a focus on net zero emissions and digital transformation of the industry. Société Générale is the long-term majority shareholder, with 53% of the capital one of Europe’s leading financial services groups, with ~25 million clients and more than 110 thousand employees.