Location Focus

  • Coming into the fore as one of Europe’s fastest moving job markets, Ireland certainly seems to be making some recovery following the global recession.
  • Cyber security jobs in Europe may be taking a while longer to move up the hiring agenda as the majority of businesses seem reluctant to treat cybercrime with the level of concern it warrants.
  • Regional hot spots across the UK are attracting more job seekers than ever as the fallout from the recession and ever-increasing property prices in London encourage professionals to look further afield when it comes to career opportunities.
  • For internal auditors navigating a career on French soil, the key thing to acknowledge is the country’s evolving internationalisation.
  • There is a tremendous appetite for information security expertise across both the public and private sectors in the US in the wake of recent well-publicised hacks such as Sony, OPM and Ashley Madison.
  • A low corporate tax haven, the Netherlands like Belgium attracts a large number of international organisations as a profitable base for their European headquarters.
  • Touting German, French and Luxembourgish as its three primary languages, trilingual candidates certainly have the advantage when applying for internal audit jobs in Luxembourg.
  • Located in the heart of Europe and regarded as the unofficial capital of the EU, Brussels serves as the prime hub for internal audit jobs in Belgium, for both domestic and international companies.
  • Both Germany and Switzerland are well reputed for offering an exceptional standard of living, and for professionals looking for internal audit opportunities in either region there is a rich market across both commerce and industry and financial services.
  • Both Germany and Switzerland are well reputed for offering an exceptional standard of living, and for professionals looking for internal audit opportunities in either region there is a rich market across both commerce and industry and financial services.
  • Cyber security career opportunities in the UK are at their highest as technologies evolve at lightning speed and hackers of every kind find ways of undermining their integrity just as quickly.
  • Facing pressure from customers, regulators and rival businesses alike, the race is on to build defences against the threat of cyber security.
  • The lateral moves of 2008-2010 have been shaken up over the past five years by the strengthened UK economy, a more positive outlook and subsequent increase in salaries leading to far more opportunities for internal auditors looking to move into the London internal audit market.
  • The IT Audit market across the Asia Pacific region has been a growing practice throughout 2015 with a number of industries placing the IT Audit function high up on their hiring agenda.
  • The consistent theme of hefty fines being brought down upon the banking and financial services industry by global regulators is resonating across all areas of business.
  • It is predicted that the required capital level for banks globally will see a dramatic increase by 2019 further to the implementation of new government regulations, case in point the Basel III Accord.
  • The current market for external audit jobs in Asia Pacific is largely governed both by current regulations as well as by the qualities most yearned for by the Big 4 professional services firms.
  • In light of a series of publicised risk events within the banking and financial industry, the issue of operational risk management is hot on the agenda for CEOs, CROs, risk managers and those in both the internal and external audit functions.
  • The changing regulations that are impacting the financial services landscape continue to keep the functions of risk, compliance and audit at the top of the hiring priority list for companies across the Asia Pacific region.
  • The future for compliance candidates across Asia Pacific is bright, according to data from Morgan McKinley which revealed its figures for Q1 of 2015 earlier this month.