Audit Manager

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Job Descriptors

Global Internal Audit provides independent, objective assurance to management and the risk and audit committees as to whether the framework of risk management, control, and governance processes, as designed and represented by management, is adequate and functioning. This team with skilled business, process, data, change, and culture analysts helps HSBC to achieve its strategic purpose, safely and sustainably.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work within a team of professional staff to assess key risks, design and effectiveness of associated controls.
• Identify key risk and related controls, and testing controls to ensure design and operating effectiveness covering the Global Finance activities.
• Lead Global Finance audits and ensure that the scope, approach, resourcing and logistics of an audit are appropriately planned, executed and finalised.
• Identifying control weaknesses, discussing and agreeing these observations with senior management preparing well drafted audit reports and findings, and presenting these findings to senior management.
• Act as an SME on matters such as IFRS standards, Regulatory Regulations relating to Risk Weighted Assets calculation, Capital reporting and related regulatory matters.
• Work with multiple stakeholders/functions on a range of activities simultaneously and deliver in a timely, efficient, and effective manner.
• Perform continuous monitoring on the risk and control environment and lead of other adhoc tasks including drafting of governance and committee papers to be presented in senior forums, and issue validation.
• Manage senior stakeholders and communicate to them issues identified, associated risks, impact assessment, root causes and the possible strategic implications.

• Chartered Accountant or equivalent professional degree.

• Post qualification, at least 7-8 years of relevant experience. The candidate should have audit Lead experience in statutory audits of Banking Clients or audit lead (in BIG4, Financial Institutions and consulting firms such as Protiviti) experience on Finance related areas.

• Both spoken and written communication skills with experience of adapting your style and approach to the audience and message to be delivered.

• Experience in areas covering within Financial Reporting and/or Regulatory Reporting (RWA, LCR, NSFR, PRA110, Capital, MREL, FINREP) will be an added advantage.

• Experience in application of data analytics (such as Alteryx or Python) will be an added advantage.

• Ability to multitask, complete audits on time, and be able to adapt to changing priorities.

• Contribute productively to team objectives, leading activities to achieve shared goals.

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