VP – Internal Auditor (Operations Risk)

Key responsibilities

Business

• To act as a Team Leader and take responsibility for overseeing the planning and execution of the audit, maintaining the audit budget and audit team.
• Ensure that the scoping of audit work assigned addresses the key risks identified in the detailed risk assessment and in the audit planning process and meets relevant regulatory requirements and expectations that are required to be covered by GIA.
• Drafting of the audit programme, audit observations/ issues and audit report.
• Provide technical input and challenge on audit work being undertaken within the scope of assigned product / country area of responsibility. This will include working with the audit team to produce outputs of high quality which address the areas of greatest risk.
• Using data analytics, evaluate quantitative and qualitative data to diagnose underlying issues, patterns, and root causes.
• Monitor/track assigned audit issues and action plans and report overdue items with resolution.
• Support HOA in audit risk assessments and committee reporting, such as Audit Committees reporting.
• Support GIA audit teams by providing SME knowledge and expertise for their audits.
• Provide ongoing continuous monitoring support to Head of Audit (HOA) and raise issues and observations outside of formal audit work to expedite rectification of control weaknesses.
• Demonstrate leadership and ability to motivate and guide audit team members.

Processes

• Need to be familiar/have hands on experience working on topics – Source to Pay, Supply Chain Management or familiar with the requirements for Operational Risk Management set out in Capital Requirements Regulations and the BCBS 515 Sound Principles for Operational Risk Management.
• Champion innovation and increase the use of leading-edge methods through data analytics and use of technology, experimentation And innovation and use of dynamic auditing.

People And Talent

• Build good working relationships with the business senior stakeholders to facilitate execution of audit work, help improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the risk profile of the business.
• Build a collaborative and inclusive culture that creates psychological safety, treating people with courtesy / respect and promote wellbeing. Foster a culture of learning and build the learning habit.
• Develop skills and competencies aligned to your role and support the development of junior staff.

Key stakeholders

• Designated business stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments and the assigned portfolio; and
• GIA stakeholders – team leaders, team members, team managers, Heads of Audit.