Senior Manager, Group Internal Audit

PURPOSE

• Support the Group IT Audit Head in performing IT audits across all Business Units.
  
• Develop the annual Audit Plan and framework for IT and business management platform technology related audit entities, as well as with other audit groups as required, ensuring that audits conform to local and global regulatory and internal audit requirements.
  

KEY ACCOUNTAIBILITIES

• Oversees IT audit activity of the assigned emerging markets.
  
• Lead and execute the full audit cycle for IT Audits.
  
• Prepare and present concise and quality audit reports.
  
• Communicate trends in risk and control issues to senior management (countries and Group CTO, and IT audit heads) on the results of ongoing reviews of the businesses that are key relationships, or any other business as request
  
• Develop the annual IT audit plan and IT audit methodology.
  
• Build &
  implement tools/methodology to improve IT audit efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Act as a subject-matter expert in supporting country IT auditors by continuous knowledge development in the IT &
  security related regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and standards.
  
• Raise the technical and business knowledge of the group through IT and auditor cross integration and allocation. Identify new opportunities that would result in cross-team collaboration, develop talent for future roles and create a mutually beneficial situation that allows business and IT auditors to cross pollinate experience and knowledge
  
• Providing the Audit Committees and other Technology governance forums a view on the IT control environment, based on the audit work carried out by the team
  
• Present issue and rating to emerging countries CTO, CEO and other senior exec and to negotiate and advise them as it will impact to each countries KPI
  
• Monitor and validate the completion of management agreed actions for IT related audit issues.
  
• Support and motivate IT auditors from all the Country Internal Audit teams
  
• Assess effectiveness of IT control to address key risks identified. Provide overall report rating and issue rating for approval by Group IT Audit Head and Group Chief Internal Auditor. Recommend effective, efficient and practical remedial actions to address deficiencies identified. Present audit results to country senior management in audit status and exit meetings.
  
• Own Quality audit notification letters and reports to Group I Audit Head and Group Chief of IA (incl. countries)
  
• Bringing in external insight through external peer networking with other industry players
  
• Take a lead role in shaping the on-going development of the internal control processes through disseminating best practices
  
• Undertake proactive measures to understand and respond to Management and Audit Committees expectations
  
• Facilitate IT compliance discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches on decision makin
  
• Bring impact to IT strategy and share with Group Chief IA
  
• Represent Group IA to oversee all M&
  A initiatives incl. Negotiate with M&
  A counterpart to urge the counterpart ( CEO/ board) to comply into FWD’s manchanism and fremework, also to manage counterparts' expectation to reach
  

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

• Degree from a recognized university in IT, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Accounting, or related disciplines.
  
• At least 10 years of IT audit experience in internal audit.
  
• Experience in insurance/banking industry.
  
• Qualifications in information systems and/or accounting (e.G. CISA, CISM).
  
• Experience in data analytics.
  

KNOWLEDGE &
TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Knowledge of IT application development, cybersecurity, network and Cloud security controls.
  
• Knowledge of Internal audit methodology and risk management frameworks
  
• Good report writing skills in English.
  
• Ability to make complex judgment
  
• Innovative thinking to provide effective and efficient action plans.
  
• Effective negotiation skills to talk management into accepting the issues and ratings.