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At Franklin Templeton, we’re driving our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential but also to contribute to our clients’ achievements.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

What is the Internal Audit group responsible for?

The Internal Audit (IA) department provides independent and objective assurance and advisory services to Franklin Templeton, designed to improve and protect organizational value by providing independent, dynamic risk-based assurance and advisory services. IA accomplishes its objectives by being a future-focused and sought-after business partner driven by our insight, knowledge and expertise, including innovative, leading-edge projects across multiple areas ranging from digital assets and digital wealth to the firm’s proprietary Goals Optimization Engine and Custom Indexing capability offered through Canvas.

Other projects include Franklin’s rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence to speed up digital transformation at scale as well as Franklin’s OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund, the world's first mutual fund to use blockchain technology to process transactions and record share ownership.

What is the IT Audit Lead/Manager responsible for?

Under general supervision, responsible for planning and executing information technology (IT) audits within the global organization, testing controls, documenting/reviewing working papers and drafting reports.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of an IT Audit Lead/Manager?

• Provide input and develop the audit plan to help address technology and business risks.
• Planning and executing technology audits and special projects, including meeting with auditee management, documenting the control environment, documenting control weaknesses, inefficiencies, root causes, risks, and recommendations.
• Finalizing audits and special projects for technology areas, including conducting exit meetings and drafting and/or reviewing the audit reports.
• Meeting and interacting with key stakeholders, leveraging and collaborating with our co-source partner of internal audit services, and coordinating with other internal compliance/risk management functions.
• Attending and reporting to Boards and Technology Audit Committees (ACs).
• Interacting with external auditors and/or regulators as required.
• Training and developing Internal Audit personnel, working on department-wide initiatives including methodology enhancements, quality assurance, audit tool/system enhancements and procedural reviews.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related discipline
• 8+ years of technology experience, preferably with audit/compliance or NIST cyber security framework experience
• 4+ years of top-tier public accounting firm experience preferred
• 4+ years in an experienced senior/supervisory role
• Hold one or more professional technology risk or information security-related certifications/designations, such as CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CRISC, CET, CPA, CIA, CA, CFE, CCNA, CEH, CISM
• Experience in asset management and banking industries, such as investment management, investment products, and distribution preferred
• Knowledge of regulations affecting the asset management and banking industries preferred
• Demonstrated experience with various technologies and platforms, including each of the following: application, change management (including source…