Assistant Manager, Internal Audit
Manulife
- Singapore
- Permanent
- Full-time
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile mindset 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
- Can communicate with business unit senior management and staff, to present audit findings clearly and concisely, reach agreement on appropriate solutions to risk management and operational efficiency issues
- Ability to prioritise, good time management in a multi-tasking environment
- Able to work overtime to meet internal or external deadlines
- To analyze business processes and controls over a wide diversity of operations across Asia, including in life and asset management business, identify key risks and control deficiencies, and develop practical and value-added recommendations for management implementation exercising sound business judgment
- Establish a high level of credibility and maintaining sound business relationships with business unit and department management and staff
- 5+ years’ relevant experience.
- Good knowledge of life insurance and asset management business, audit methodologies, control frameworks and risk management techniques
- A fast learner
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written. Able to deal with confrontations and resolve conflicts.
- Proven relationship skills including a demonstrated ability to deal effectively with staff at all levels to Assistant Vice President
- Results oriented; able to strike balance on multiple priorities and projects
- Sound business judgment in assessing significance of issues and developing value added recommendations
- Commitment to quality
- Recognized accounting (CA, CMA, CGA, CPA, ACCA) or auditing (CIA, CISA) professional designation
- Strong team-player and willing shares ideas and knowledge. Able to collaborate with different team members in a multi-cultural environment.
- Actively seeks feedback from others and incorporates any necessary changes. At the same time, provide clear and timely constructive feedback.
- Challenges the status quo and proactively makes suggestions for continuous improvement.
- Assist in preparing annual audit plan based on risks and applicable requirements.
- Assist in preparing presentation materials for risk and audit committees, and board meetings.
- Plan and execute various types of audits (including Sarbanes-Oxley Project (aka SOX)) in accordance with the audit methodology, departmental standards and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate the management of risk and internal controls in business. Present findings to and reach agreement with the business unit management; make practical and value-added recommendations to improve control environment and efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
- Prepare audit reports; audit reports are to be clear, concise and well-organized, and issued within departmental service standards.
- Utilize data analytics techniques to improve effectiveness and efficiency of audit process.
- Ensure quality of work completed.
- Execute various types of audits within time budgets and target dates, reporting any timing problems or budget over-runs to responsible project leads and Directors.
- Assist business unit management by providing consulting advices.
- Follow-up with business unit management regularly on the status/implementation of corrective action plans for timely audit finding closure.
- Actively participates in departmental initiatives.
- Provide guidance and coaching to team members.