Associate Director, Internal Audit, Office of Internal Audit

Job Description

• Support the Director of Internal Audit in preparing the Internal Audit Plan and Audit and Risk Committee admin matters.
• Supervise and guide a team of auditors, set performance goals and manage team outputs.
• Supervise and review a team of auditors in preparing audit engagement/plan scope and present to the management.
• Review the audit scope, risks assessment, audit results and audit reports prepared by team of auditors and assess adequacy of coverage and controls to form an audit opinion.
• Supervise and review team members Risk and Controls Matrix and make sure that field work(s) are satisfactorily completed, adequate documentation and supporting and results are factual.
• Allocate and manage audit resources, including managing external outsourced vendors and their performance, and monitor resource budget.
• Resolve issues that fall out of normal procedures by exercising sound judgment and discretion.
• Carry out complex analysis and resolving complicated issues that require high precision and judgement.
• Perform complex audits and prepare audit reports including whistleblowing cases.
• Present audit report to senior leadership detailing the audit results, and observations.
• Champion Data Automation Strategy: Introduce data analytics, automation scripts, and AI-driven screening techniques to ingest bulk operational and system data for immediate exception reporting.
• Manage Departmental Budgets: Overlook financial forecasting, training allocation, travel allowances, and specialised tool licensing fees for the internal audit department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy/Business or equivalent with CIA and/or CA/CISA/CRMA qualifications preferred.
• At least 15 years of work experience in Internal Audit profession, of which at least 8 to 10 years should be in a managerial position.
• Sound knowledge of risk management, COSO Internal Control Frameworks concepts and the audit procedures and requirements set out in the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.
• Knowledge of IT audit and able to supervise the IT/IS Auditor in executing the IT Audit Plan, present the audit report to management e.g. ExCo, Chief Information Officer.
• Meticulous, analytical, high level of integrity, work ethics and accountability.
• Possess effective negotiation and relationship skills as the incumbent needs to work well with all levels of management.
• Ability to see sensitive issues faced by team of auditors and able to guide them or decide when to escalate to Director and management.
• Have sufficient knowledge to identify the indicators of red flags although not expected to have the expertise as a fraud investigator.
• Audit Skills required:
  • Guide team of auditors in creating various testing methods and assessments to evaluate the adequacy of controls and review their work for satisfactory coverage to form an audit opinion.
  • Review the documentation of the evaluations results and ensure they are factual.
  • Guide team of auditors the best ways to schedule projects and audits, apply necessary tools to audit efficiently.
  • Decide how best to allocate audit resources, and improve audit procedures/processes.
  • Oversee each work performed by team of auditors and outsourced vendors and monitor the audit budget (i.e. actual man-days vs budget man-days).
  • Resolve issues that fall out of normal procedures by exercising sound judgment and discretion.
  • Supervise and review team members in preparation of audit engagement/plan scope and present to the management.
  • Supervise and review team members Risk and Controls Matrix and make sure that field work(s) are satisfactorily completed, adequate documentation and supporting.
  • Review and guide team members in preparing audit reports reflecting the results of the work performed.
  • Carry out complex analysis and resolving complicated issues that require high precision and judgement.
  • Present audit report to the management detailing the audit results, and observations.
  • Recommend ways to improve processes to internal and external stakeholders.
• Good report writing and communication skills and able to present issues to auditees, Head of Departments/Centres and senior leadership.
• Ability to multi-task and good project management skill.
• Proficient in computer software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, AI tools. Able to perform data analysis using Excel and other tools.

• Support the Director of Internal Audit in preparing the Internal Audit Plan and Audit and Risk Committee admin matters.
• Supervise and guide a team of auditors, set performance goals and manage team outputs.
• Supervise and review a team of auditors in preparing audit engagement/plan scope and present to the management.
• Review the audit scope, risks assessment, audit results and audit reports prepared by team of auditors and assess adequacy of coverage and controls to form an audit opinion.
• Supervise and review team members Risk and Controls Matrix and make sure that field work(s) are satisfactorily completed, adequate documentation and supporting and results are factual.
• Allocate and manage audit resources, including managing external outsourced vendors and their performance, and monitor resource budget.
• Resolve issues that fall out of normal procedures by exercising sound judgment and discretion.
• Carry out complex analysis and resolving complicated issues that require high precision and judgement.
• Perform complex audits and prepare audit reports including whistleblowing cases.
• Present audit report to senior leadership detailing the audit results, and observations.
• Champion Data Automation Strategy: Introduce data analytics, automation scripts, and AI-driven screening techniques to ingest bulk operational and system data for immediate exception reporting.
• Manage Departmental Budgets: Overlook financial forecasting, training allocation, travel allowances, and specialised tool licensing fees for the internal audit department.
• Other duties as assigned.