Internal Auditor, Apac

Our client is a global leading manufacturer of eyewear products. We are currently partnering them to look for an Internal Auditor, Asia Pacific. The Internal Auditor is responsible for facilitating the day-to-day conduct and completion of the audit as well as contributing to and drafting the audit report.

**Responsibilities**

Audit Activities
- Preparing audit work papers for review by the audit project lead.
- Monitoring the day-to-day progress of assigned audit activity.
- Prepare and communications on audit findings to the appropriate level of management throughout the audit.
- Reviewing management’s responses to audit findings to ensure that they address the issues and that these are actionable and with an appropriate date of completion.

Audit Project
- Contribute to the delivery of the assigned scope of audit activity, including: risk assessment, control management over operation’s effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations.
- Contribution to the preparation of the key audit project milestones of:

- Planning: Audit Work Program, Opening Meeting, Preliminary Information Request, Planning communications.
- Fieldwork: Creation and maintenance of audit testing workpapers, process documents, analysis and evaluation of accounting documentation, review of previous reports, data, flowcharts etc, and owning the status and delivery of the assigned work of from the finalised Audit Program, maintaining any authorised edits and the status of all testing.
- Reporting: Prepare and present reports that reflect audit’s results, identify process improvements and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings
- Contribute to audit follow-up actions to monitor and evaluate management’s remedation activities.
- Engage to continuous knowledge development regarding sector’s rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards

Team Activities
- Contribution to the work of the Audit Team to ensure that the audit work is conducted in accordance with the Group’s standards and properly populated in TeamMate.
- Keeping the local audit lead and regional Audit Director informed regarding the information obtained throughout the audit, the status of the audit and the progress of the team members.
- Maintenance of appropriate working relationships with auditee and audit team members.
- Identification of training needs for self and team members to contribute to continuing growth and professional development.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS
- Internal Audit
- Local and regional business operations
- Local and offshored shared service functions
- Regional, Corporate and Group functions & management
- External Audit - Mazars / PwC

**Requirements**:
Formal qualifications / certification required
- Bachelor of Business
- Certified Practicing Accountant or Chartered Accountant
- Certified Internal Auditor / Certified Information Systems Auditor
- Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors
- Years of experience required: Three years Internal Audit experience possibly gained from working in large professional services / accountancy firm and/or commercial sector

Knowledge & Skills required:

- Fluency in spoken and written English

Desirable Knowledge & Skills:

- Manufacturing, Retail and Wholesale
- Data Analytics
- SAP
- Fluency in spoken and written Asian languages, including: Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and Thai (good to have as you are expected to work closely with the counterparts based in these countries)

What will be challenging in this role?
- Travel and delivering the Internal Audit service across a diverse mix of geographical, cultural and governance structures

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Travel
- Required to travel to countries within the Asia Pacific region
- Periods of travel up to three weeks (generally two weeks)
- Estimated annual percentage of travel - 40% (Note: Subject to the development of the annual audit plan + Pending COVID-19 related restrictions at destination and return travel.)

Registration No: R1110985 / EA License No: 21C0685

Internal audit