Regional Lead Internal Audit

2 weeks ago


Singapore Lockton, Inc. Full time

**General information**:
**Reference **:002784

**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
Asia, Singapore, Singapore

**Work Place**:
Hybrid

**Region**:
Pacific

**Vacancy details**:
**Job Profile**:
Lockton - Experienced Professional

**Title**:
Regional Lead Internal Audit - Asia and Pacific

**Description**:
**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**

1. Strategic Leadership
- Collaborate with the GHIA to develop and implement risk-based audit plans tailored to regional operations, ensuring alignment with company objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Provide guidance and direction to audit team members.
- Proactively assist the GHIA in producing papers for Board / Committees and working group).

2. Risk Assessment and Audit Planning
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments of regional operations to timely identify risks and key areas of focus for internal audits.
- Develop detailed audit plans, including scope, objectives, and methodologies and detailed work programs.
- Coordinate with external auditors and regulatory agencies as needed to support audit activities.

3. Audit Execution and Reporting
- Execute audit engagements from end to end, conducting interviews, analysing data, evaluating controls to assess their adequacy, implementation and operating effectiveness and perform detailed testing procedures.
- Monitor the status of audit recommendations and follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of identified issues and deficiencies and proactive escalation as needed.

4. Continuous improvement
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation.
- Implement best practices and contribute to the development and enhancement of internal audit methodologies and approach.
- Champion a culture of transparency, integrity, and accountability.

5. Stakeholder Engagement and relationship management
- Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders across regional offices, including regional leadership, local senior management, business unit leaders, and support functions.

6. Regional Compliance
- Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industry trends impacting the insurance sector.

**Qualifications and / or Experience**
- Fully qualified ACCA/ ACA
- Significant post-qualified relevant professional audit/ finance experience (this can include some years of audit related experienced within a big 4 or large Insurance broking internal audit function).
- Experience in managing audit teams.
- Strong knowledge of assurance and audit procedures, including risk driven audit planning techniques and methods used to examine, verify and analyse business and financial operations, information, records, statements and reports, and the requirements of the "Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing".
- Strong knowledge of the principles, procedures and techniques of accounting, and of financial records and transactions.
- Experience in data analytics applied to auditing.

**About The Position**:
**Background**

Internal audit at Lockton International is transforming. we are looking for someone to be part of a highly effective, robust, and influential team with a strong reputation, to help us to establish a regional team for the Asia and Pacific regions.

Are you inspired to be part of a One Lockton team, working together as a diverse and inclusive global function? We are recruiting exceptional people, who see Audit as a great training ground for Lockton’s future business leaders and are currently looking for a senior manager / regional lead to join us in Hong Kong or Singapore on a full time basis.

**About the job**

This is a new position being created to respond to significant and rapid growth and expansion in the Asia and Pacific Regions. We are seeking a dynamic, energetic and experience Audit Manager with a regional focus to join our Global leadership team.

This position offers a unique blend of strategic leadership and hands-on involvement in the audit process. As the Regional Lead, you will play a pivotal role in stablishing the function and executing internal audit activities across the Asia and Pacific Regions, ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.

Reporting to the Group Head of Internal Audit based in London, initially this will be a solo role for the Asia and Pacific Regions although it is expected to growth over time.

**Custom section 3**:
**Scheduled**:
Full Time Permanent



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