Audit Vice President

The Audit Vice President position within the Internal Audit function is tasked with providing independent, objective assurance and consultation aimed at evaluating and assessing the Bank's governance, risk management, and control processes. This role principally focuses on leading the end-to-end validation lifecycle of issues related to line of business processes, risk management, and corporate functions. Additionally, responsibilities may encompass supporting the execution of all activities pertaining to the end-to-end audit process (including planning, fieldwork testing, reporting) and participating in general audit administration tasks throughout the organisation, as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Own validation pipeline, prioritisation, and planning of issue validation.
• Leading and conducting line of business, risk management, and corporate functions issues validation and internal audits by evaluating the design and effectiveness of relevant controls according to audit methodology.
• Responsible for defining scope, test strategy, execution and stakeholder communication for the issues validation process;
• Review and oversee the validation team's work, ensure adherence to audit methodology and complete work timely while following industry best practices, applicable regulations, and professional standards, including preparing detailed yet concise workpapers for reperformance.
• Manage stakeholder engagement, lead meetings and interviews with business stakeholders to understand processes, and communicate status or concerns.
• Influence methodology and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leadership and contribute to audit strategy and regulatory readiness.
• Demonstrate professional scepticism and personal accountability.
• Drive issue lifecycle governance: ensure issues due for validation are properly identified, remediated, validated and closed.
• Demonstrate leadership and serve as a role model while consistently striving for self-improvement and enhancing departmental performance.
• Lead and develop team members (coaching, feedback).

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related business discipline from an accredited college or university.
• CPA/CIA/CISA Certification is preferred or willingness to obtain certification.
• 10-12+ years of experience in internal audit or equivalent experience within the financial services industry and related markets, and knowledgeable of regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience leading and managing teams.
• Preferred experience includes leading audits or issues validation, banking, markets, operations, risk management, finance, human resources, or other corporate functions areas.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills in English, along with strong negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills; capable of engaging with all levels of internal audit and business line management.
• Possesses strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Utilises critical thinking skills to provide practical recommendations within a complex regulatory and risk management environment.
• Proficient in technology applications such as MS Office, Outlook, and MS Teams.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics tools, including the ability to leverage AI for audit activities (e. g., data analysis, anomaly detection, and draft documentation), with an understanding of associated risks and governance requirements.