Associate Manager, Technology Audit

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**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups, and institutions.

**The opportunity**

**Responsibilities**
- Manage and participate in multiple audit projects in parallel that may have changing scope, timeline and resources under a complex technology environment.
- Provide management with timely recommendations that reduce risk, help them run their business better, make strategic and operational decisions, and oversee management of risks and controls.
- Managing relationships with senior management, external auditors and regulators.
- Manage and take the lead of audit engagement under Asia segment and collaborate with North America audit teams on global audits.

**Role Summary**
- Plan and execute technology audits to objectively evaluate the effectiveness of key controls and adequacy of risk management practices; collaborating with management to obtain a consensus on establishing the problem, risk exposure; produce meaningful audit reports that clearly articulate the position on risks and related issues, while meeting departmental operational targets related to budget, timeline and quality of execution.
- Perform integrated/cross functional audits in partnership with groups across Audit and Advisory Service to provide comprehensive reporting on risks that could prevent the achievement of management’s objectives.
- All types of audits may be performed such as: technology, project, integrated audit as well as the assistance with the annual external audits, regulator inspections and other projects.
- Special work may be performed as determined by department priorities.
- Travel within Asia is required. Locations include China, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
- Occasional night calls with North America is required.

**What motivates you?**
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
- You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
- You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

**What we are looking for**
- University degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline with 4 to 6 years’ Technology audit or IT Advisory experience.
- Recognized professional auditing (CPA, CIA, CISA) or security (CISSP, CISM, CEH, CHFI, etc.) designations.
- Solid Technology Audit experience. Application development, IT security advisory or IT Control & Governance experience would be an advantage.
- Previous Big-4 experience is preferable with audit experience in financial institutions.
- Proficient in English. Mandarin and Japanese would be an advantage.
- Proficient in Excel and PowerBI. Python would be an advantage.
- Proven track record in leading and managing audit engagements to deliver audit results on time and under pressure.
- Good business knowledge of the insurance industry.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, oral and written.
- Results oriented; able to strike work balance on multiple priorities and projects.
- Strong business judgment in assessing significance of issues and developing value added recommendations.
- Strong customer focus and commitment to quality.
- Strong team player who willingly and openly shares ideas and knowledge and vice versa.
- Provide clear and timely constructive feedback. Take steps to address feedback results.
- Staying current with latest technologies understanding the associated emerging risks.
- Staying current the changing laws and regulations on technology such as cyber security for responsible markets under Asia segment.

**What can we offer you?**
- A competitive salary and benefits packages.
- A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
- A focus on growing your career path with us.
- Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
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