Group Internal Audit - Insurance Firm

Job Role:

Overall activities

- Involved in operational implementation projects, providing controls and risk consultancy.

Risk Assessment :

- Performs the internal audit risk assessment;

Annual Planning :

- Gives support for annual plan development and maintenance;

Audit Engagements :

- Responsible for planning, scoping and delivering of medium/low complexity audit engagements identified in the audit plan;

- Accountable for day-to-day management of the audit in line with milestones;

- Responsible for the preparation of the Audit Plan Memo, Risk And Control Matrix, Half Time Review, Meeting Minutes, Issues Log, ToR, and Audit Report;

- Responsible for the review and challenge of audit work delivered by the Auditor Level 4;

- Responsible for checking the issues resolution;

- Reports and escalates risks and issues as appropriate;

- Ensures agreed corrective actions by Auditor Level 1,2 and Top management are tracked and implemented;

- Responsible for managing day-to-day stakeholder relations;

Reporting :

- Support Auditor Level 2 in reporting activities to the Auditor Level 1 and the Top Management;

Relationship with Middle Management and other control functions

- Responsible for managing good relations with Middle Management, Op Team, and external auditors;

- Works with a specific range of contacts and resources to develop technical and commercial knowledge/business awareness;

- Works in partnership with other functions to ensure a coordinated approach to Audit activities and the availability of technical information and resources to support a thorough Audit process;

Team contribution

- Contributes to the team in terms of professional skills, technical knowledge, and motivation.

Internal Relationship

- Develops relationships with Middle Management and Operational Team;

- Involved in relationships with Top management where delegated by the Auditor Level 2;

- Where delegated by Auditor Level 2, own and manage a limited number of relationships with the allocated area of the business.

External Relationship

Manages relationships with external auditors and other third parties (e.g. peers in other organizations, professional institutions, professional firms, etc.).

Success Measures

- Timely and quality completion of annual targets e.g.

- Achievement of respective utilization target;

- Completion of respective audit engagements;

- Quality assurance results on respective audits.

- Ability to operate with minimum supervision on complex assignments and coordinate part of the team.

- Embraces life-long learning evaluated on e.g.

- Participation to training sessions;

- Performance improvement.

Professional Qualifications :

College Degree or equivalent, ideally in business administration, finance, law, insurance/financial services/ management; IA professional certification holder (e.g. CPA, CISA, CIA) or relevant technical qualification.

Experience :

Experience as Manager within an insurance /financial services business with a sound knowledge of one or more technical areas (6+ years in the industry), or Accountant/Auditor with 6+ years experience in a public accounting firm and a solid understanding of Risk Management, Governance and Control standards

Mobility

Reasonably frequent travel within the region may occur.

Languages

Fully proficient in English, any other language desirable.