Assistant Vice President - Internal Audit Department

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• Great Place to Work Certified: Proudly certified as a Great Place to Work, we provide a welcoming and supportive culture where your contributions are valued.
• Parental Leave: Enjoy competitive parental leave to support you through life’s important milestones.
• Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF): As a Gold member, employees have access to events, professional development courses, and valuable networking opportunities.
• Me Time: Take 2 paid hours off each month to focus on your wellbeing—because your health matters.
• Comprehensive Insurance: Permanent employees benefit from SMBC-funded Life, Total and Permanent Disability (TPD), and Group Salary Continuance Insurance for peace of mind.
• Social Contribution Leave: Take one day each year to volunteer and give back to your community with paid Social Contribution leave.

At SMBC, we believe our strength lies in our diverse workforce - people who bring their unique perspectives and talents to deliver innovative solutions for our clients. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels supported to grow both professionally and personally.

Internal Audit Department  (IADAP) of SMBC is responsible for examining the overall internal control system including the effectiveness and efficiency of operations and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. IADAP conducts internal audits of the operations of all SMBC units and departments. In light of the expansion of the APAC region, IADAP has recognized the need to expand its audit universe and is strengthening the audit team located in Sydney office, with focus on enhancing its audit capability to conduct the audit plan in a timely and precise manner.

Reporting to the Director - IADAP (Singapore), this position will be responsible for the following:

• Lead and/or execute audits independently and efficiently, which includes audit planning, evaluating key controls, conducting audit testing, drafting reports, and following up on issues closure. All audit activities should be performed in accordance with the Bank internal audit methodology.
• Assess the Bank internal control environment to provide robust oversight of SMBC growing operations in the region. This includes making value-adding recommendations to Management for managing emerging issues or remediate identified weaknesses.
• Apply data analytics during the audit and/ or continuous monitoring to assess the internal control environment.
• Establish and develop positive working relationship with Management of assigned Business Units for which candidate has been assigned risk assessment responsibility.
• Contribute to the annual risk assessment exercise by developing good understanding of business strategy, plans, products, processes performance, risks and issues of the assigned Business Units.
• Perform continuous monitoring on assigned Business Units to keep abreast of evolving markets, regulatory, business and operational changes to drive appropriate changes to audit plan and/ or audit coverage.
• Participate in the team’s strategic initiatives and projects as opportunities arise.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• CPA certified or equivalent of an internationally recognized accounting body.
• At least 5 years of audit experience in the banking industry with experience in leading audits.
• Familiar with execution of risk-based audit approach.
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Good team player as well as able to work independently.
• Meticulous, disciplined and self-motivated individual with the passion to pursue excellence.

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