HSBC Group

Senior Audit Manager 
GCB-4

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Role Purpose:
We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Audit Manager to deliver audits and provide internal stakeholders with critical assessments of HSBC’s governance, risk and control frameworks. The Senior Audit Manager will:
•    Effectively manage individual audits and activity through planning and delivery of the annual audit plan within expected timeframe, standards, methodology, budget, and best practices. 
•    Devise, develop and champion the use of relevant audit techniques and approaches to drive operational effectiveness and improve management of audit assignments.
•    Confirm that audit findings and recommendations are understood and mitigated.
•    Drive the co-ordination and collaboration to make sure audit work is consistently delivered.
•    Manage the interface between stakeholders to confirm a common understanding of key deliverables.

Duties & Responsibilities: 
•    Demonstrate strong knowledge of the applicable Business, Functional, and Regulatory environment, including developing trends, risks, controls, and expectations. 
•    Support a strong risk and conduct culture across the Group and promote awareness and sound operational and strategic decision-making.
•    Critically analyse and determine key drivers of change for area of coverage and assess how these will impact GIA’s engagements.
•    Use insights and knowledge of HSBC, industry and developments to assess areas of concern.
•    Regularly review audit plan to confirm focus on material risks and regulatory requirements.
•    Participate in Governance forums (e.g. ExCo and Risk Management Meeting)
•    Promote the use of HSBC standards, sharing of knowledge and industry best practices.
•    Coach and mentor team members and colleagues to enable professional development.
•    Facilitate a culture of continuous learning, encompassing technical and soft skills.
•    Deliver audit assignments, including continuous monitoring and risk assessments, provide constructive challenge, and value adding engagement with key stakeholders.
•    Share business developments, management information, and updates obtained from Senior stakeholders with team members.
•    Effective communication with Senior Management on the major plans, projects, strategic developments, and industry trends that impact functions and businesses. Maintain constructive relationships with external auditors and regulators.
•    Actively promote collaboration and sharing of ideas across GIA.
•    Contribute to the development of a results oriented, highly motivated, diverse and inclusive team.
•    Coherently articulate audit findings to stakeholders and obtain commitment to correct control deficiencies.
•    Effectively discuss potentially challenging matters and successfully negotiate the acceptance of audit findings and outcomes.  
•    Ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.

Experience & Qualifications: 
•    5 – 10 years relevant work experience in the Financial Services Sector, consultancy, and external audit is preferred, but not always essential. 
•    Relevant regulatory experience and product knowledge.
•    Relevant accounting, audit, analytical, financial, project management, programming, quantitative, risk, and technology skills, qualifications or certifications.
•    Undergraduate or graduate degree in business, accounting, mathematics, or social sciences
•    Preference given to qualified accounts, CIA, CISA, CFE, or ACAMS 
•    Fluency in English
•    Mature team player who is highly professional. 
•    Analytical and critical thinker, who can effectively manage competing priorities and complex challenges to deliver positive outcomes.
•    Apply qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze and investigate challenging scenarios and situations. 
•    Produce smart, simple, and pragmatic solutions.
•    Under the New Labour Law, only fixed term contracts shall be available to all employees of HSBC UAE (except DIFC and ADGM employees) – hence in line with the term of work permit, a 4 years’ contract would be issued

For further details and application information please visit our careers site, searching under reference number 0000LN8V.

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