IT Internal Audit Assistant Manager

1. PURPOSE

• Implement and administer the audit policy, procedures and checklist to meet the audit goals, to ensure the compliance of company’s regulations and the management effectively manage the company’s risks.

2. ACCOUNTABILITIES

• In a professional and independent manner, conduct the assigned audits with the coverage including IT, office and other themes as per the approved annual audit plan and ad-hoc plan of the year and approved audit programs. Ensure the clear understanding of internal and external regulations, products, the assigned audit programs, the company’s risk focus relating to the audit subject and the well co-ordination and the effectiveness of the audit method to identify all existing key control weaknesses for enhancement of the internal control system and for the compliance with internal rules/regulations.  Ensure the end to end audit process is all the time adhered to and audit timeline is strictly complied. Prepare the IT audit programs in which focus to material risks focused by the company and being emerged in the market, reflects key controls existing at the audit time, and proposes efficient audit checklists.Prepare the audit reports reflecting exactly key control weaknesses, relevant risks and impacts, and corrective recommendation in a clear and concise presentation manner

• Perform frequent and timely follow-up checking the actions carried out by the management and take proper and timely actions to speed up the delay of the management in fulfilling their duty to address the issues

• Provide training of IT audit knowledge and skill to team members to ensure they can perform the IT related task assigned effectively and increase their skill and knowledge related to IT areas

• Ensure all audit working papers of self and team members clearly and sufficiently documented, and easily understood, and ensure all audit working papers and reports properly and systematically filed and fast retrieved

• Perform other duties as assigned by Head of Internal Audit

3. REQUIREMENTS

• IT University degree;
• At least 2 experience years in IT of life/non-life insurance industry and 4 experience years in IT audit field.  Additional knowledge in Operation/ Agency/ Finance is preferred
• Current 6 experience years or more about IT audit in areas in Finance, Accounting, Banking, Insurance and in IT audit team lead position as well as well understanding of IT best practice is an advantage

Technical skills:

• Strong background on Internal Audit Standards, principles, practices, and methodologies
• Proficiency in risk assessment, control evaluation, and audit testing techniques
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
• Effective audit report writing skill
• Excellent communication skills to effectively convey audit findings and recommendations to various stakeholders
• Critical thinking is essential skill

Soft skills:

• Influent in English
• Adaptable for frequent travel
• Sense of audit risk and risk perception
• Good in planning, reporting and communication skill
• Team works
• Commitment and result-oriented
• Time management

Personal attributes:

• Adherence to high ethical standards and integrity, given the sensitive nature of internal audit work
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Adaptable for frequent travel

4. WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Communicate clearly, precisely and timely with all levels of staff and management
• Work independently and professionally

5. CHALLENGES

• Deliver best quality audit findings (with evidences)
• Ability to apply the audit principals in different situations to find out issues
• Ability to link the evidences to risk perceptions
• Ability to work effectively under pressures
• Ability to deliver the assigned audits/tasks within the planned timeline
• Ability to quickly adapt to frequent changes