--- title: 'Senior Internal Auditor at IMC' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-internal-auditor-imc-sydney-vjngtn5fx2y5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-04' --- # Senior Internal Auditor at IMC - **Company:** IMC - **Location:** Sydney, Australia - **Posted:** 2026-08-26 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/imc/jobs/4900567101 ## Job description As a Global Internal Auditor at IMC, you’ll work across global teams to evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of our processes, programs, and systems. You’ll take ownership of end-to-end audits, providing assurance that internal controls are well-designed and operating effectively. This role offers the opportunity to act as a trusted advisor to the business, driving improvements and helping shape IMC’s control environment. Over time, you’ll have the freedom to expand your responsibilities and influence, using your insights to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment. ## Your core responsibilities - Lead and execute end-to-end business, operational, and technology audits across global business units. - Assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls, processes, applications, infrastructure, and technology-enabled systems. - Evaluate technology risks and controls in areas such as IT general controls, cybersecurity, identity and access management, change management, data governance, cloud environments, resilience, and third-party technology. - Provide clear, actionable recommendations to enhance operational efficiency and risk management - Partner with stakeholders across all levels and regions to deliver practical audit outcomes - Prepare and present high-quality audit reports and findings in clear, concise language - Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for innovation and process enhancement - Travel internationally (approximately 25%) to conduct audits and collaborate with global teams ## Your skills and experience - University degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline. - At least 5–7 years of relevant internal audit, technology audit, risk, or assurance experience. - Demonstrated experience leading and executing both business and technology-focused audits. - Strong understanding of technology risks and controls, including IT general controls, application controls, cybersecurity, data management, change management, and access management. - Familiarity with relevant frameworks and standards, such as COBIT, NIST, ISO 27001, ITIL, or equivalent, is advantageous. - Professional qualifications such as CIA, CISA, CPA, CA, or another relevant certification are preferred. - Experience within financial services, trading, fintech, or another highly technology-driven environment is advantageous. - Proven ability to drive change, deliver results, and engage effectively with diverse business and technical stakeholders. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication skills in English. - Highly adaptable, proactive, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic global environment. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills in English. - Highly adaptable, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment. ## About Us IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage. ## About IMC ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: IMC is a global trading firm that uses cutting-edge technology, quantitative research, and advanced algorithms to provide liquidity across major asset classes and trading venues worldwide. - **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped) - **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands (global headquarters); major offices in Chicago, Sydney, Mumbai, and other cities. - **Founded**: 1989 - **Founders**: Two traders (names not publicly disclosed) who met on the floor of the Amsterdam Equity Options Exchange. ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Proprietary Trading, Market Making, Financial Technology - **Target customers**: Institutional clients, exchanges, ETF issuers, buy-side firms, and other market participants. **B2B** focus. - **Mission or purpose statement**: To be the world’s leading trading firm, supporting fair and transparent markets by providing significant liquidity and competitive pricing. [imc.com](https://www.imc.com/eu/who-we-are) ## Products & Services - **ETF Market Making**: Acts as a Lead Market Maker (LMM) in more than 150 US exchange-traded funds (ETFs). - **Options Wholesaling**: A top-3 liquidity provider by volume traded in listed options globally, with connectivity to all OCC venues. - **Institutional Sales**: Provides off-screen trading for buy-side firms. - **Crypto Solutions**: Offers global coverage of crypto products including spot, perps, futures, and options, both on- and off-chain. - **Multi-Asset Class Trading**: Develops innovative technologies and algorithms to trade in all major asset classes on more than 120 venues globally. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company). - **Key Metric**: Over 2,070 employees across 10 global offices as of 2025/2026. [imc.com](https://www.imc.com/eu/who-we-are) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Privately held; no external investors disclosed. Key partners include major global exchanges and clearing houses (e.g., OCC). - **Growth Signals**: - Employee count grew from +1,900 to +2,070 in recent years. - Operates 9,000+ servers across 9 countries and processes petabytes of data daily. - Expanding into crypto and new asset classes. - Committed to being Net Zero by 2040. ## Competitive Advantages - **Technology & Infrastructure**: A world-class technology backbone with 9,000+ servers, petabytes of data processing, and early adoption of AI/ML. - **Longevity & Experience**: 36+ years of trading history and deep expertise across multiple asset classes. - **Global Scale**: 24/7 liquidity provision across 120+ trading venues in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and India. - **Talent Density**: A flat, non-hierarchical culture that attracts top quant researchers, engineers, and traders from 70+ nationalities. - **Culture of Ownership**: Employees are given significant responsibility early on, with a focus on collaboration and cross-functional teamwork. ## Strategic Focus - **Quantitative Research & Tech**: Continually investing in quant research, AI, machine learning, and large-scale computing to generate alpha. - **Global Expansion**: Expanding across new markets and asset classes, including crypto. - **Sustainability**: Committed to being Net Zero by 2040 and making a positive impact through the IMC Foundations, focusing on education. - **Talent Development**: Investing heavily in graduate and intern training programs (Graduate Traineeship, Launchpad) to build the next generation of talent. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: High-performance, collaborative, and non-hierarchical. 87% of employees say "IMC is a great place to work" (+4% vs global top-10%). [imc.com](https://www.imc.com/us/who-we-are/our-culture-values) - **Work Environment**: Office-based (no remote policy indicated). Offers free catered breakfast and lunch, snacks, drinks, and Friday socials. Regular team events including an annual weekend trip. - **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive compensation with subsidized gym memberships, ergonomic desks, and health/well-being programs. - **Learning & Development**: Extensive internal and external training programs. Graduates undergo a multi-week Graduate Traineeship (Trading School, Development School, FPGA School). - **Diversity**: Employees represent 70+ nationalities, with a strong commitment to D&I. - **Giving Back**: A share of profits is donated to non-profits, with a focus on education. Employees get volunteer time, donation matching, and grants. ## Sources 1. [IMC Homepage](https://www.imc.com/us/) 2. [IMC Careers Page](https://www.imc.com/us/careers) 3. [IMC Who We Are](https://www.imc.com/eu/who-we-are) 4. [IMC Culture & Values](https://www.imc.com/us/who-we-are/our-culture-values) 5. 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