Senior Specialist, Internal Audit

Role overview

As a Senior Specialist, Internal Audit, you will help establish and scale the internal audit function for the DACH region. You will transition outsourced audits in-house and support audit-driven improvements to product security, compliance, and risk management.

What you’ll do

• Support development of an internal audit strategy for the Group with a focus on optimizing processes in the DACH region.
• Assist in implementing audit initiatives across DACH, working with cross-functional teams to achieve audit objectives.
• Refine the audit approach in collaboration with the first and second lines of defence, identifying and addressing potential risks.
• Contribute to product development by providing audit insights and recommendations to support secure, compliant decisions.

Requirements

• Degree in Law, Business Administration, or a comparable field.
• Relevant certification or actively pursuing one (e.g., CIA).
• 3–5 years of professional audit experience (ideally within the financial industry) with a detail-oriented approach.
• Strong understanding of EU regulatory frameworks, including MiCAR, MiFID II, PSD2, eMoney, AML, and GDPR.
• Proficiency in German and English.
• Based in Germany or Austria, with about 60% worktime in Vienna.

Nice to have / additional notes

• Occasional travel and a solution-oriented, proactive, collaborative mindset.