Regional Head of Internal Audit Practices, Executive Director

The Regional Head of Internal Audit Practices reports to the Regional Chief Auditor with dual accountability to the Global Head of Practices. This role is a member of the Audit Leadership Team and the senior leadership team who are each direct reports to an Audit Operating Committee member.

As a Regional Head of Internal Audit Practices, Executive Director within our APAC Audit team, you will take on the regional leadership of our Audit Practice. Your role will involve promoting and executing regional Practices agenda items, including methodology, regulatory engagement, reporting & control, and quality assurance. You will be tasked with ensuring all regional regulatory requirements are met in a manner that aligns with global expectations and promotes positive change throughout the department. Building trusted relationships with business executives, global Audit Management, Internal Audit staff, and regulators will be a key part of your role, as will leading change effectively.

Job responsibilities :

• Leading the development of the Regional Internal Audit practice objectives and strategic direction, ensuring consistency with the global practice objectives and strategy
• Providing thought leadership and respectfully challenge as appropriate on methodology, tools, processes etc., acting to ensure that any regional variances are recognized to represent additional activities required by local regulators
• Assessing and enhancing core Internal Audit practices to meet the expectations of Institute of Internal Auditors standards, the firm, and global regulatory agencies, with particular attention to local regulatory requirements that might be incremental or different from global standards
• Being a subject matter expert on Internal Audit methodology, policies, processes and toolsets in order to respond to incoming queries and drive efficiency and consistency. Provide strategic Practices direction on emerging risks or issues that Internal Audit must address
• Actively participating and representing the region in the key forums to input into the change agenda. Ensure that the region supported is aware of all relevant audit methodology and toolset changes to eliminate confusion and promote a common understanding
• Leading, influencing and overseeing the regional implementation of tools, metrics and reporting to monitor adherence to audit policies and standards and completion of the audit plan, including regular analysis of results
• Strategically owning the resource and talent in the Regional Practices Team. Activities may include recruiting, assigning and counselling team members as well as performing job analysis for each role, clearly identifying and articulating responsibilities of each role, together with required skill-sets, qualifications etc.
• Building and maintaining close and effective relationships with the firm’s external auditors and with regulators in the Region. Direct the regional Audit regulatory interaction, including support of Audit regulatory request responses, exam status monitoring, and regulatory issue closure validation
• Supporting an effective Quality Assurance program by proactively reviewing their work and conclusions for regional applicability, and sharing with regional audit management to ensure globally consistent audit methodology is followed across all locations
• Working closely with the Audit Leadership Team and the Regional Chief Auditor to initiate and drive strategic initiatives and projects
• Identifying, escalating and if necessary remediating potential issues with regards to audit execution, regulatory interaction and general matters in a timely manner to understand the root cause, prevent recurrence and help create solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills :

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills