Head of Audit Program Assurance

2 days ago

Melbourne, Australia NAB - National Australia Bank Full time

**Work type**: Permanent Full time
**Region**: VIC- Melbourne CBD

As the Head of Audit for Program Assurance, you will have a unique opportunity to shape and drive assurance strategies across our high-impact projects, including major technology transformations, complex change initiatives and customer remediation programs.
- **Influential Leadership: Shape the success of critical projects by providing assurance over high-profile and impactful initiatives.**:

- **Strategic Insight: Opportunity to collaborate with senior leaders to ensure projects meet the highest standards.**:

- **People Leadership: Lead and inspire a dynamic team to provide project assurance across diverse portfolios.**

**In this Head of role, you will**
- Understand the organisation’s project portfolio and identify significant projects requiring independent assurance by Audit.
- Engage with the Executive Leadership Team to manage cross-portfolio concurrent project audits within resource and time budgets.
- Develop and implement the audit approach for projects based on risk assessments.
- Lead the execution of audit engagements focused on providing assurance over the delivery of identified projects.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, incl senior executives, program directors/teams to ensure audit insights are valued and considered in decision making. This would include attending and actively participating in Project Advisory Boards.
- Share meaningful insights with management and the Board on project risk management at NAB.
- Actively keep up to date with best practice methodologies, tools and emerging trends in project and program assurance.
- Lead people in line with NAB’s leadership expectations.
- As a key member of the Audit extended leadership team, deliver the Internal Audit strategy.

**What you’ll bring**
- Substantial years of experience in program/project delivery/assurance.
- Proven ability to assess governance over large-scale transformation initiatives/system solutions with large operational impact. Preferably with experience in financial services.
- Proven experience in agile ways of working.
- Strong strategic focus and ability to communicate with influence.
- Tertiary qualification in Project Management/Commerce/Business/Finance.
- Internal audit experience is advantageous, but not essential.

**A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone**

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of equity and respect - where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues’ unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated.

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