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**CLIENT**
A Global Financial Institution.
**JOB DESCRIPTION**
- Provide strategic thinking and guidance to the operating model, planning, organization and direction of the Manila Audit Services function
- Work with global teams to ensure the risk-based audit program captures and covers relevant activities and functions
- Improve risk management, control, and governance effectiveness through systematic, disciplined audit evaluations
- Establish strong working relationships and open communication with stakeholders from diverse groups and levels, including APAC senior and executive management
- Actively attend, participate in, and present to various organizational and governance committees Provide insights and audit observations to senior management/stakeholders for challenge and discussion
- Challenge the audit team on coverage including comprehensiveness of risks, controls and corresponding test steps
- Partner with functional leadership on global context, team needs, and opportunities within the locations
- Ensure the delivery of efficient, timely, high-quality audits
- Escalate to Management on a timely basis any delays to audit deliverables
- Ensure timely reporting on Audit Services matters to management and appropriate governance bodies
- Be a trusted advisor by gathering and interpreting disparate information from multiple sources for sharing with key stakeholders
- Ensure that Manila Audit Service is integrated, aligned and operating effectively as part of the broader APAC community
- Proactively identify efficiencies and synergies in operational activities
- Review, recommend, and implement process improvements identified in day-to-day activities
- Take ownership of Manila Audit Services hiring process (including management of backfill posts), succession planning, promotions, partner retention, performance management, and training for partners with input from functional managers
- Provide leadership, training, guidance, and coaching to the Manila Audit Services Team Foster a high performing Manila Audit Services team culture by encouraging employee participation, teamwork and communication
- Manage and develop a high performing Manila Audit Services team
- Develop the Manila Audit Services teams' capability to articulate core audit objectives, risks and procedures
- Encourage the development of Manila Audit Services teams' knowledge to act as the local experts to global Audit counterparts on operations and functions residing in Manila
- Oversee the professional development and performance management processes by providing effective feedback
- Develop the team's analytical approach by identifying trends of activities across the business unit/corporate function
- Set the local context and culture for the team in sync with the overall department tone
- Complete annual performance reviews, in consultation with the onshore functional manager to agree ratings
- Make recommendations on moving partners within or cross practices as deemed appropriate, providing rationale to functional managers
- Drive partners' knowledge, experience, and expertise in business/functional, regulatory, data and technology
- Enable team members to be visible and to effectively engage with senior functional leaders in global locations
- Celebrate individual partner and team achievements, recognizing valued contributions
**JOB QUALIFICATION**
- A College or University degree in a relevant discipline is required 10+ yrs.
experience, ideally within the financial services industry
- Relevant audit experience at a financial institution or similar public accounting experience
- Ideally a professional certification (e.g., CPA, CISA, CIA, ACA, ACCA) and/or an MBA
- With international exposure or worked in a multinational company
**ACTIVE DATES**
Until August 2019!