AVP - Cyber Audit

Join us as an AVP - Cyber Audit, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the effectiveness and compliance of cybersecurity processes across our investment functions. This position offers hands‑on execution in audits and testing while collaborating with experienced professionals across various domains. We seek passionate individuals who thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving cybersecurity landscape and are eager to grow in a highly visible audit role.

This opportunity is ideal for proactive professionals with a strong interest in tech, data, and cyber risk.

• Experience or familiarity with regulatory‑driven audit environments
• Proven experience leading audits or complex work streams, not just executing testing
• Experience auditing against industry frameworks and regulations
• Strong understanding of:
  • Cyber security control design and operating effectiveness
  • Threat vectors and attack techniques relevant to large financial institutions
  • How cyber risks manifest across infrastructure, applications, and third‑party ecosystems
• Ability to translate technical issues into clear business risk.

• Team‑oriented mindset with problem‑solving and drafting skills
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Passionate, ambitious, and motivated individuals excited about cybersecurity
• Hands‑on testing and execution of audits within fast‑paced environments
• Background in financial services, data analytics, scripting (Python), or cyber risk.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role is located in New York or the Whippany, NJ offices.

Minimum Salary $95,000
Maximum Salary $150,000
The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Minimum Salary $95,000
Maximum Salary $150,000
The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

To support the development of audits aligned to the bank’s standards and objectives by working collaboratively with colleagues, providing accurate information and recommendations, and complying with policies and procedures.

• Audit development and delivery support, including financial statements, accounting practices, operational processes, IT systems and risk management.
• Identification of operational risks to support the delivery of the Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Audit Plan through risk assessments.
• Assessment of internal control effectiveness and their capability to identify and mitigate risk aligned to regulatory requirements.
• Communication of key findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including the Audit Owner, senior managers and directors.
• Identification of regulatory news and industry trends/developments to provide timely insight and recommendations for best practice.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive…