Senior Manager, Finance Audit

Role Purpose

The Senior Manager – Financial Audit is responsible for leading the financial audit, ensuring delivery of high-quality, risk-based assurance and advisory services across the organization, including domestic subsidiaries. The role supports the GM Financial & Operations Audit in enhancing governance, risk management, and control processes, while ensuring coordination with second‑line functions, effective oversight of outsourced audit arrangements, and alignment with Global Internal Audit Standards (IPPF) and regulatory requirements.

• Unit:
  Internal Audit
• Division:
  Financial & Operations Audit
• Location:
  
  HQ

Grade: L2

• Bachelor’s in accounting/finance/business or related subjects
• CA, CPA, ACCA, is a must while CIA will be highly preferred.

Experience:

8 years of total experience & at least 3 years in a managerial position.

• Support the GM in developing and executing a risk‑based internal audit plan covering financial domain across the group and subsidiaries.
• Ensure audit coverage reflects key enterprise risks, regulatory priorities, and business strategy.
• Provide strategic insights on emerging risks in financial areas.
• Support the GM in developing internal audit strategy and implementing strategic initiatives as assigned in the strategy.

• Lead and oversee the full audit lifecycle including planning, execution, reporting, and follow‑up, with respect to financial audit.
• Develop audit plans, risk assessments, audit programs, audit working papers.
• Ensure the execution of audits during the field work, including maintaining communication with management for better alignment.
• Develop and/or review draft & final internal audit reports to the GM.

• Lead and oversee advisory engagements to support management in process improvements, control design and optimization, risk mitigation strategies, transformation initiatives, system implementation, pertaining to financial area.
• Provide independent and objective advice without compromising audit independence.
• Ensure advisory engagements follow defined governance and are clearly differentiated from assurance activities.

• Ensure all audits adhere to IPPF / Global Internal Audit Standards, internal audit methodology and policies.
• Applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., FSA, TRA).
• Oversee compliance with Quality Assurance & Improvement Program (QAIP).
• Continuously review and monitor audit documentation/working papers and ensure audit files consistently meet quality expectations and pass internal/external reviews.

• Oversee Financial audit coverage for domestic subsidiaries with outsourced internal audit arrangements.
• Review and validate audit plans prepared by outsourced service providers and quality and adequacy of audit execution and deliverables.
• Ensure outsourced audits comply with internal audit standards and methodology, IPPF and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor performance of outsourcing partners against agreed SLAs and KPIs.
• Provide periodic reporting to the GM on subsidiary audit outcomes, risks, and control gaps.
• Ensure consistency and standardization of audit practices across the group.

• Establish effective coordination with second‑line functions, including ERM, compliance, revenue assurance, financial control and other control functions.
• Ensure alignment and avoid duplication of assurance efforts across lines of defense.
• Leverage second‑line outputs (risk assessments, control testing, compliance reviews) in audit planning and execution.
• Provide feedback and insights to strengthen enterprise risk and compliance frameworks.

• Oversee monitoring and closure of audit findings across the group.
• Facilitate timely and effective implementation of management action plans.
• Escalate critical and overdue issues to GM and middle management.

• Act as a key interface between Internal Audit and middle management.
• Present audit outcomes, key themes, and risks to GM, CAE, executive…