Aegon Life - Senior Manager - Internal Audit

Designation : Senior Manager

Reporting to Head : Internal Audit

Location : Head Office, Mumbai

Function : Internal Audit

Key Purpose:

Responsible for executing internal audits (process based as well as IT) in accordance with the annual audit plan including managing external firms deployed to provide assistance to the Internal Audit department.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop, formulate, implement and execute risk-based internal IT audit plan

- Preparing audit scope, designing audit program and execute of fieldwork

- Use of CAATs and other tools to extracts to analyze data for trends and patterns, and designs review mechanism to identify potential irregularities and increase coverage and efficiencies for audit projects

- Manage team (of external professionals) in performance of IT audits and reviews of systems, applications and IT processes including follow-up.

- Provide recommendations for improvement opportunities in internal control, compliance, and IT operational efficiency, non-compliance with IT policies;

- Ensure compliance with audit methodology and practice guideline,

- Follow up and monitor on the progress for IT remediation initiatives, and validate adequacy of the remediation actions;

- Work closely with management and make recommendations to support best practice, risk and control initiatives

- Support the Head of Audit with reporting to Board and/or Audit Committee

- Liaise with Regional Office and Group IT auditors on audit progress, remediation status and other audit initiatives.

Skills:

- Good communication skills including ability to translate technical matters into business-related decisions for the management.

- Thorough understanding of IT operations, processes and technical environments;

- Have good understanding of Insurance/ financial services industry

- Demonstrate strong and consistent analytical and technical skills

- Demonstrate effective problem resolution and decision making

- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build consensus across diverse teams and achieve results through the effort of others.

Professional Experience

- Minimum 8 years of relevant insurance / financial services experience with IT background.

- Prior position in IT Governance and/or IT Audit - internal audit or external auditing firm.

- Progressive achievement in one or more of the traditional IT disciplines (applications, operations, infrastructure, and management).

- IT audit related qualifications, such as CISA or CISSP.

- Experience with IT Operations and/or IT Outsourcing Management desirable.

Desirable Qualification

- Master's Degree - Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, IT Risk Management/Governance, Business Administration

- Recognized accounting/auditing/information system certifications (e.g. CA, CISA, CIA, CISSP)

- Agile development / SCRUM experience (added advantage)

- Big Four Accounting Firm experience (added advantage)