Senior Audit Manager

Job ID: 42117

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Audit, Accounting & Finance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 14 Oct 2025

**JOB SUMMARY**
- Group Internal Audit & Investigations (GIAI) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Senior Audit Manager to join our Financial Crime Surveillance (FCS) Operations team within the Technology & Operations portfolio.
- The role holder is expected to manage, lead and deliver the audit work covering key risks of FCS Operations and should have hands-on experience in auditing FCS Operations.
- Possess a deep understanding on digital assets, including but not limited to trading, processing and transaction monitoring of digital assets.
- Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with ability to clearly explain issues to Management and write audit issues, reports, and opinions.
- Ability to manage the team, provide coaching and mentoring to team members and lead auditors of a wide range of skills to deliver audits.
- Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience on Python, Power BI, Tableau, SQL.
- Proven skills in prompt engineering queries for artificial intelligence (AI), in the aid of audit planning, execution and delivery.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Audit Delivery**
- Act as Team Manager or Team Leader to deliver audits timely.
- Execute audit work and issue validation in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines.
- Provide clear guidance, detailed review, and supervision of the audit team’s work, so that audit deliverables meet quality standards.
- Clearly identify the risks and impact of issues during issue writing, agreeing these issues with management and obtaining quality management action plans to mitigate the risk.
- Provide guidance to the team on business/audit technical knowledge and management skills.
- Champion innovation and increase the use of leading edge methods, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, in audit assignments.
- Ensure timely and open communication throughout the audit process, within GIAI and with the auditee.
- Track the implementation/delivery of the agreed issues and action plans for the audits assigned, understanding the key risks arising, provide advice on resolution of issues to auditees/action plan owners and escalate audit findings that remain unresolved.
- Carry out their role in line with the Audit Charter and remain independent from management and free from interference.

**Personal Behaviours**
- Model valued behaviours and foster an environment that recognises positive contributions.
- Engage with peers to enhance knowledge sharing.
- Seek external perspectives to improve audit work.
- Provide expertise to support GIAI audit teams.
- Implement and support department initiatives, including planning and training.

**People & Talent**
- Build and maintain relationships with key GIAI and FCS Operations stakeholders to understand business developments including regulatory concerns, identify emerging risks, and facilitate execution of audit work.
- Share knowledge, skills and experience with team members and the wider GIAI and provide advisory to internal auditors from both Business and Technology teams.
- Contribute to building a high performing collaborative function through regular feedback and coaching.

**Risk Management**
- Complete relevant risk assessment activities in a timely and effective manner, including the completion of the Risk Assessment template.
- Assist in continuous auditing and monitoring of key risks in the portfolio.
- Follow changes in the laws and regulations to identify emerging risks.
- Utilise the risk assessment process and stakeholder engagement to determine an anticipatory audit plan.

**Regulatory & Business Conduct**
- Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
- Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

**Key Stakeholders**
- Designated FCS Operations stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments and the assigned portfolio.
- GIAI stakeholders, including Team Members, Team Leaders, Team Managers, Accountable Executive Team, Portfolio, Functional, Country and Cluster Heads of Audit.

**Other Responsibilities**
- Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in GIAI.
- Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in the Audit, and/or Banking and Financial Services industry
- Chartered Account