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Senior Internal Audit Manager – Treasury, FX, Payments & Financial Controls

EburyMadridPosted 25 Sept 2026

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Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed. If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future.

Senior Audit Manager – Treasury, FX, Payments & Financial Controls Ebury Madrid Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home per week Role Overview The Senior Audit Manager – Treasury, FX, Payments & Financial Controls is responsible for leading independent end-to-end reviews of the Group's Treasury function, evaluating liquidity and funding risks, market risk (FX and interest rate), counterparty credit risk, operational trading and payment workflows, client fund safeguarding, internal control systems for financial and regulatory reporting, and regulatory capital compliance.

Qualification Area Ideal Candidate Specification FX & Financial Products Expertise Deep domain expertise in spot and derivative FX products, including Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Swaps, and Money Market instruments. Trade Lifecycle Controls Comprehensive understanding of trade capture, matching, confirmation, settlement workflows, and lifecycle control mechanisms. Customer Payments & Collection Operations Advanced domain knowledge of client pay & collect operations, cross-border payment rails (SWIFT, SEPA, ACH), payment engines, and collection clearing workflows.

Internal Control Systems (ICFR) & Regulatory Reporting Expertise in auditing Internal Control Systems over Financial Reporting (ICFR / SCIIF) and ensuring accuracy, completeness, and governance of statutory and regulatory reporting returns. Prudential Governance & Capital Requirements Deep understanding of regulatory capital adequacy frameworks (ICAAP, CRR/CRD, leverage ratios, CET1 calculations) and capital management oversight.

Treasury & Payment Management Systems Hands-on familiarity and audit capability across enterprise Treasury Management Systems (TMS) and Core Payment Platforms such as Quantum, NetSuite, SmartTrade, and 360T. Regulatory Compliance Standards Strong knowledge of global regulatory frameworks, client fund segregation, PSD2/PSD3 compliance, and safeguarding compliance across international environments. Job Purpose The Senior Audit Manager – Treasury, FX, Payments & Financial Controls plays a pivotal role in providing assurance on the integrity and compliance of the organization’s control framework.

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Reporting to the Group Head of Internal Audit, he primary mission is to evaluate the adequacy, efficiency, and compliance of the internal control framework across financial and treasury activities, payment operations on behalf of customers, financial and regulatory reporting systems, and capital adequacy governance. The role involves managing end-to-end audit lifecycles, evaluating risks, conducting root-cause analysis on control gaps, and ensuring robust follow-up of managerial remediation commitments.

Key Responsibilities Audit Execution, Trading & Payment Operations Lead risk-based audit engagements evaluating trade processing and operational controls across client vs. Liquidity Provider (LP) back-to-back executions, liquidity swaps, and ALM hedges. Assess operational risk controls surrounding trade amendments, including rolls, sell-backs, anticipations, and trade cancellation workflows. Audit end-to-end payment operations executed on behalf of customers, including pay & collect mechanisms, incoming collection matching, outbound payout execution, SEPA/SWIFT routing, and clearing reconciliations.

Evaluate transaction execution controls, cut-off management, exception processing, automated repair routines, and operational risk controls within payment processing engines. Audit the end-to-end reconciliation ecosystem across Treasury Management Systems (TMS), back-office systems, payment engines, and core accounting ledgers—specifically ensuring data integrity between systems such as Quantum, NetSuite, SmartTrade, 360T, and proprietary engines.

Review daily, weekly, and monthly Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and early-warning indicators to evaluate operational risk detection across trading and payment functions. Internal Control Systems for Financial & Regulatory Reporting (ICFR) Audit the design and operational effectiveness of the Internal Control System over Financial Information (ICFR / SCIIF) across key financial processes and ledger postings. Review regulatory reporting control frameworks to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of statutory returns, central bank reporting, and prudential disclosures.

Evaluate end-to-end data lineage, automated mapping controls, and manual journal entry governance feeding financial statements and regulatory returns. Capital Requirements & Financial Risk Audit Asset and Liability Management (ALM) frameworks, including liquidity models, interest-rate risk controls, and balance sheet/P&L accounting for FX derivatives. Audit capital requirements frameworks, evaluating regulatory capital adequacy calculations (CET1, Tier 1, Leverage Ratio, Risk-Weighted Assets), capital buffer compliance, and ICAAP stress-testing methodologies.

Review safeguarding frameworks and calculations to ensure complete compliance with regulatory requirements regarding the segregation and protection of client money (pay & collect funds). Test valuation controls, market-to-market (MtM) pricing models, and monthly closing balance reconciliations substantiating safeguarding calculations. Governance, Regulatory & Systems Assess control alignment with Second Line of Defence (2LoD) Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs), Business Impact Analyses (BIA), and business continuity plans.

Evaluate Treasury, Payment, and Finance participation and reporting in governance bodies, including the Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO), Risk Management Oversight (RMO), Audit Committee, and Treasury Risk Committee. Audit system access governance, configuration management, segregation of duties (SoD), and automation frameworks within critical technology infrastructure (e.g., Quantum, 360T, SmartTrade, Core Banking & Payment Systems).

Coordinate walkthroughs, track internal/external audit remediation actions to completion, and present clear audit findings to senior executive stakeholders. Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement <li style="font-size:

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