Job Description

• You will report to the Deputy Head, Internal Audit, and support in all aspects of leading the department.
• You will be responsible for leading financial, operational, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk related and other audits. This includes reviewing and providing advice on the adequacy and effectiveness of (1) Control framework/ environment, and (2) Controls over financial, operational, regulatory compliance and strategic processes within the audit scope. Close collaboration with the IT Internal Audit team on integrated audits is required, and you will be expected to be able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• In the planning phase you will lead and perform risk assessment and prepare an audit programme. During fieldwork, you will be responsible to lead the team in interviews, review adequacy and effectiveness of processes and controls in risk mitigation as well as identify opportunities for improvement. You are also expected to play the Quality Control to ensure outputs can value-add and enable our businesses.
• Data analytics is key to generate meaningful and actionable insights. It is also important to identify root cause for issues to aid in development of recommendation and quantify risks where possible such as potential financial exposure, implication to operations, regulations and reputation.
• Develop and articulate value-adding recommendations which can effectively mitigate the identified risk, and follow-up to ensure adoption by the BUs or CFs. You will be responsible to present the findings at the closing meeting as well as draft the final audit report for issuance, and present to the Audit Committee.
• You will also be involved in advisory engagements to support the business e.g., special reviews, investigations, enterprise risk management initiatives, implementation of new processes or tools. An emerging area will be on ESG. Other efforts to promulgate control awareness include assisting in conducting trainings and workshops.

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Accountancy
• Possess a professional accounting or audit qualification such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• A minimum of 12 years relevant internal audit working experience (preferably a combination of working experience in both commercial organisation and professional firms) and experience in managing a team is a must. Relevant working exposure to maritime industry will be an advantage.
• Working knowledge on SAP is a must.
• Candidate must be able to use data analytics tools (e.g., IDEAS or advanced excel) on large datasets to generate meaningful and actionable insights on audit engagements, and have general knowledge on IT controls and cyber & data security.
• An excellent command of written and spoken English is a pre-requisite and should also be evident through good report writing skills.
• Candidate must be a confident individual who engages and brainstorms, tries different approaches and builds scenarios. While your working style is collaborative, you are independent, self-driven and operate in a systematic and structured way. You must be able to work independently and develop good working relationship with key stakeholders. You should demonstrate the ability grasp the bigger picture and zoom in to the details to consistently deliver quality output within agreed deadlines.
• Approximately 15-20% overseas travelling is expected.