This is a new position being created to respond to significant and rapid growth and expansion in the Asia and Pacific Regions.
As the Regional Manager, you will play a pivotal role in stablishing the regional function and executing internal audit activities across the Asia and Pacific Regions, ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.
Reporting to the Group Head of Internal Audit in London, initially this will be a solo role for the Asia and Pacific Regions although the team is expected to grow over time.
This role will be based in our Hong Kong Office. - With up to 50% International Travel
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
1. Audit Execution and Reporting
- Execute audit engagements from end to end, conducting interviews, analysing data, evaluating controls to assess their adequacy, implementation and operating effectiveness and perform detailed testing procedures.
- Prepare clear, concise, and insightful audit reports detailing findings, recommendations, and action plans for management review and implementation.
- Monitor the status of audit recommendations and follow up with stakeholders
2. Risk Assessment and Audit Planning
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments of regional operations to timely identify risks and key areas of focus for internal audits.
Develop detailed audit plans, including scope, objectives, and methodologies and detailed work programs, to address identified risks and ensure adequate coverage of critical processes and functions.
3. Continuous improvement
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation.
- Implement best practices and contribute to the development and enhancement of internal audit methodologies and approach.
4. Leadership
- Support the GHIA to develop and implement risk-based audit plans tailored to regional operations, ensuring alignment with company objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to regional leadership
- Proactively assist the GHIA in producing papers for Board / Committees and working groups
5. Stakeholder Engagement and relationship management
- Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders across regional offices, including regional leadership, local senior management, business unit leaders, and support functions.
6. Regional Compliance
- Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industry trends impacting the insurance sector within the Asia and Pacific regions.
Qualifications and / or Experience
- Fully qualified ACCA/ ACA
- Several years of post-qualified relevant professional audit/ finance experience (this can include some years of audit related experienced within a big 4 or large Insurance broking internal audit function).
- Experience managing audit teams.
- Strong understanding of the principles and application of good corporate governance, business and operational risk and control processes and procedures.
- Strong knowledge of assurance and audit procedures, including risk driven audit planning techniques and methods used to examine, verify and analyse business and financial operations, information, records, statements and reports, and the requirements of the "Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing".
- Strong knowledge of the principles, procedures and techniques of accounting, and of financial records and transactions.
- Good knowledge of the principles of information technology to conduct assurance activities related to the General computer environment and application controls.
- Experience in data analytics applied to auditing.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook) or similar software applications.
- Knowledge of additional regional language is desirable (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc)
Internal audit at Lockton International is transforming. we are looking for someone to be part of a highly effective, robust, and influential team with a strong reputation, to help us to establish a regional team for the Asia and Pacific regions