Job Description

Senior Manager, Audit





Job Purpose


You will provide leadership and oversight of audit execution, including ongoing monitoring and internal/ external (eg regulatory) issue validation to ensure conformance with audit methodology, industry standards and regulatory expectations. You will also monitor the activities of other auditors, ensuring that objectives are achieved and assigned tasks are completed on time.



Responsibilities

• Drafting and implementing the approved audit plan
• Planning and performing financial and operational audits
• Identifying business process risks
• Creating various testing methods to evaluate the adequacy of controls
• Documenting the results of the evaluations
• Deciding the best ways to schedule projects/ audits
• Decide how best to allocate audit resources, and improve audit procedures/ processes
• Oversee each work performed by peers or subordinates
• Resolve issues that fall out of normal procedures
• Create an audit engagement scope
• Make sure that field work(s) are completed
• Prepare audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed
• Carry out complex analysis and resolving complicated issues that require high precision
• Design creative ways to train subordinates, and monitor output delivery
• Decide how best to respond to stakeholders, while increasing quality and pace overtime
• Identifying and preventing issues and taking time to nullify negative impacts or increase benefits
• Report to the organization’s management, audit results, and observations
• Offer functional training and advice to Internal Audit staff and mentors less-experienced and new team members
• Working independently, receiving day-to-day instructions, with general guidance on assignments
• Coming up with ways to improve processes, services, and products to internal and external stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or in a related discipline
• Possess more than 5 years of audit experience, financial institution experience desirable
• Possess 5 years of management experience
• Should be a Certified CIA or CPA (or actively working towards earning a designation)

• Have a robust working knowledge of accounting theory and practice
• Should be familiar with financial institution laws and regulations and best practices
• Have a good understanding of internal controls
• Possess sound knowledge of business risks and practices, and business process improvements
• Have knowledge of Institute of Internal Auditor’s standards
• Ability to investigative records, history, audits, and many more
• Must be proficiency in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and other utility applications (e.g. ACL/IDEA)

• Must possess management, organizational, team building, coaching, and mentoring skills
• Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills
• Must be skilled in planning, productivity, and workload management
• Possess a high level of work ethic and integrity
• Should be able to multi-task and meet established deadlines
• Possess effective negotiation and relationship skills and in working will all levels of management
• Ability to see sensitive issues for timely communication and/or escalation
• Should be able to exercise sound judgment and discretion
• Must be able to share information appropriately with awareness of its effect on others
• Strong verbal communication and writing skills
• Demonstrate the ability to clearly provide written reports that clearly summarize issues
• Ability to present solutions in an understandable and logical manner