Assistant Manager, Internal Audit   (Vacancy Closed)

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Job Summary

  • Responsible to assist IA Management to enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight via a systematic, disciplined and risk-based approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organisation’s risk management, control, and governance processes.

Job Responsibilities
  • To conduct preliminary research (gathering, collecting, assembling data) for audit assignments and assist the Head of IA in the preparation of the audit planning memorandum.
  • To conduct independent assessment on the internal control systems of the selected (IT or business/ operations) key processes and to perform tests for variations between prescribed and actual controls.
  • To advise the process owners on the adequacy of their controls and suggest improvements in line with the objective of the engagement.
  • To document the processes under review and the outcomes of the audits. The audit documentations and outcomes must reflect good awareness of risk, nature, and purposes of controls in the organization.
  • To ensure audit assignments are conducted in accordance with the internal audit’s requirements, methodology and appropriate standards prescribed by Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
  • To ensure application of risk-based audit methodology, audit rating methodology and the maintenance of the audit manuals among the IA auditors.
  • To ensure that the audit assignment is completed within the budget time and deadline set.
  • To conduct periodic follow-up audits and ensure close monitoring on the implementation of audit recommendations.
  • Adopt a programme for on-going self-development. Plan the development of personal competencies in line with the skills required for the IA. Continuously seeking opportunities for keeping up to date. Actively plan to become certified in internal audit or getting certified in specialties.
  • To perform any other tasks as instructed by the Head of IA.

Job Requirements
1. Education/ What people Know:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Information Technology, Business Administration, or any equivalent qualification
• Preferred CIA/CISA/ACCA or any other professional qualification
• Preferred technical knowledge on Risk based audit knowledge, COSO/COBIT based internal control assessment, telecommunications, Risk Management.

2. Experience/ What people Have Done:
• Minimum 2 years relevant working experience, preferably service industry, main job function relating to developing company policies/processes/procedures, quality audits and assessment, familiar with ISO Standards, and eTOM business process framework.

3. Competencies/ What people Can Do:
• Risk-based auditing (RBA)
• Analytics is preferred
• Good understanding of IT and/or business process audit methodology and activities, with the capability of planning and performing IT and/or business process audits and preparing reports.