About Us
Hytech is a leading management consulting firm headquartered in Australia and Singapore, specializing in digital transformation for fintech and financial services companies. We provide comprehensive consulting solutions, as well as middle- and back-office support, to empower our clients with streamlined operations and cutting-edge strategies.
With a global team of over 2,000 professionals, Hytech has established a strong presence worldwide, with offices in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Morocco, Cyprus, and more.
About the Role
We are looking for a meticulous and proactive Senior Audit Specialist to join our Finance team in either our Singapore or Hong Kong offices. Your mission will be to safeguard the integrity of our financial reporting by reviewing and verifying monthly statement data, ensuring all business processes remain risk-management compliant. You will serve as a key bridge between internal departments, external auditors, and tax agents to ensure seamless financial operations and regulatory adherence.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Verification & Accuracy: Review and verify monthly financial statement data, cross-checking for anomalies or errors to ensure all reporting is backed by sufficient and appropriate audit evidence.
- Regulatory Compliance: Regularly collaborate with the Legal and Compliance teams to stay updated on financial requirements; provide actionable guidance to the Accounting department regarding necessary changes to meet evolving regulations.
- Audit Planning & Execution: Assist the Head of Audit in planning and executing audits from start to finish, ensuring all milestones are met and high-quality documentation is prepared ahead of deadlines.
- Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, coordinating requests across various departments and guiding the finance team on documentation required to comply with auditing standards.
- Risk Management: Monitor and evaluate business processes to ensure they are fully compliant with internal risk management frameworks and assist in the transition process should there be a change in auditors.
- Tax Planning & Strategy: Support the line manager in bi-annual and annual tax planning, coordinating closely with external tax agents to optimize the company's tax position.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CPA, CIA, CTA, or equivalents) are strongly preferred.
- At least 4 years experience in internal audit, external financial audit, and or tax advisory. In-house experience in finance teams of financial institutions is an advantage.
- Strong communication skills and effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin to liaise with regional stakeholders across APAC office.
- Demonstrates strong initiative, sense of ownership, and high attention to details and accuracy.
- Strong ability to identify and resolve issues, perform information gathering / analysis / summarization, and formulating well-supported and evidence-based conclusions.
- Some travel may be required.
