Audit & Governance Careers Advice - February 2023

  • Moving Into Risk From Another Career Path

    Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Is it feasible to switch career path into risk management? The answer is, as usual, “it depends”. Moves into risk management from Finance, Internal Audit, Compliance, Business Operations and even IT are not uncommon – but generally they are made more feasible if the skills of the particular risk management destination match those of the candidate. Risk management is a broad church so having a ...

  • Taking Responsibility for Your Analytics Career

    Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Analytics roles are many and varied. However, whether you are currently a Data Analyst, Data Scientist or Business Analyst, there are some useful ways of thinking about potential career paths that apply to all. Broadly speaking, there are three types of medium-term career paths that analytics professionals typically follow: Advancing within analytics Switching to “adjacent” roles Switching to ...

  • What Qualifications Do You Need to Work in Compliance?

    Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    As ever, there is a seemingly straightforward answer to this question, along with a less straightforward one. Technically, candidates do not need a compliance qualification to get started in Compliance. There are however a variety of different compliance domains and roles and some are more hotly competed for (e.g., trade surveillance) than others (e.g., KYC) – so a compliance qualification can ...

  • What Skills Do You Need to Work in ESG?

    Posted on Monday, February 27, 2023 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance , a set of standards that are becoming increasingly important to modern consumers. Designed to encourage corporate responsibility by making businesses more mindful of their environmental impact and duty of care to stakeholders, by meeting ESG criteria , companies can properly demonstrate their credentials to socially conscious customers and ...

  • Is Cyber Security a Good Career Path?

    Posted on Monday, February 27, 2023 by CareersinCyber.comNo comments

    Published: 27 Feb 2023 Invitations to download software updates that fix glitches and boost cyber security regularly pop-up on our phones and laptops. Most of them are perfectly benign, but on occasion, like the Solar Winds supply chain attack in 2020, this process has been subverted by criminals or hostile foreign powers. In this instance, hackers planted a piece of secret code in the company’s ...

  • 5 Reasons to Start Your Career in Compliance

    Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Once the unsung heroes of businesses across industries, compliance professionals are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Their dedication to empowering an organisation to function legally and ethically while meeting its business goals has earnt them respect amid an increasingly robust regulatory environment: once viewed as a box-ticking exercise that was a barrier to business, ...

  • ESG and Sustainability Predictions for 2023

    Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2023 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    What themes will characterise the world of ESG and Sustainability in 2023? ESG and Sustainability comprises a very wide range of issues and so we’ve focused on three trends that we think are likely to have sizeable implications for employment opportunities. 1. More transparency, more pressure on Boards 2022 saw worldwide impact investing pass $1 trillion for the first time , according to the ...