text: Speaker: Michael Bremner
  Tell us about Internal Audit
  Michael: Internal audit is all about providing independent and insightful assurance on the bank’s processes and business operations. We work across all areas of the bank from IT, to finance, to behavioural risk. Our job is to provide an independent check to make sure that everything in the bank is working as intended and in a safe way which protects our stakeholders and most importantly our customers.
  How has working in Internal Audit stretched you professionally?
  Michael: Being a part of the internal audit function has definitely given me a lot of opportunities for professional development. I’m in one of the IT audit teams, so this means I’ve been given the chance to go back to university to do another masters this time in cyber security , but there are other professional qualifications available such as becoming a chartered accountant for example. You get a lot of on-the-job training and experience which quickly grows into being given a lot of real responsibility, all this combines to put you on a really good footing to take your career in the direction that you want it to go.
  What do you find most exciting about Internal Audit?
  Michael: I think the most exciting part about working in internal audit it’s just how much of the bank you get to see and the impact that you can have on it, with internal audit your job can have a massive impact on how the bank works across so many different areas where we’ll work with different stakeholders across each of our audits. It means that you can really quickly expand your experience and your knowledge base.