Senior Internal Audit Manager

HSBC Australia

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At HSBC we exist with the purpose of Opening up a World of Opportunity. We use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to provide opportunities for our customers and colleagues through global connectivity. We bring together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.

As an HSBC employee in Australia, you'll have access to tailored professional development opportunities, competitive pay, an embedded flexible working culture and a range of employee benefits. These include market-leading subsidised private health cover, enhanced parental pay and support when returning to work, subsidised banking products and services, bonus leave days and wellness programmes including discounted gym memberships.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Internal Audit Manager to join us at our offices in Barangaroo. Global Internal Audit provides independent, objective assurance to management and the risk and audit committees as to whether the framework of risk management, control, and governance processes, as designed and represented by management, is adequate and functioning.

Responsibilities:

•    Lead and coordinate the country audits. Be responsible for the execution of all stages in the audit lifecycle: audit announcement, planning, fieldwork, documentation and review, issue writing and agreement, report delivery, post-report issue validation, and ongoing stakeholder engagement.

•    Continuously monitor a defined portfolio of businesses or functions in the country through regular meetings with stakeholders, participation in business governance forums and ongoing analysis of businesses' risk profiles. 

•    Supports people, helping them to define and execute on personal development objectives, designing and delivering training sessions and executing mentoring or one-on-one coaching sessions, and assist in developing and delivering people initiatives to help the team be at their best. 

•    Contributes to the wider development of Global Internal Audit, through collaborating with other audit teams, dedicating some of your time to consider how audit can use data analytics, and other innovations to efficiently and effectively deliver its objectives.

•    Assists in the leadership of the team, through acting as a role model for junior team members, and fostering an open and collaborative working culture.

Requirements:

•    Significant experience in general banking risks, processes and controls.

•    Relevant professional qualifications such as in accountancy, finance or risk management, and keeping up-to-date with developments in the banking industry, markets and regulation are highly regarded.

•    Good communication skills, verbally and in writing, including presentation and influencing skills, even when delivering difficult messages to senior stakeholders.

•    Strong experience working in a dynamic, complex and at times ambiguous environment, with achievements in a relevant business or function, such as an audit function, finance, risk management, compliance, or business management.

•    Excellent at managing multiple competing priorities on different concurrent projects, and able to ensure delivery of objectives through consideration of options and coming to pragmatic decisions.

•    A responsible team player, with a demonstrable desire to help the team as a whole achieve its objectives.

Preference will be given to candidates who hold Australian PR/Citizenship or New Zealand Citizenship, or who can demonstrate current unrestricted work rights in Australia without limitations.

We value different perspectives, we succeed together, collaborating across boundaries, we take responsibility, holding ourselves accountable to get things done. Through these values, HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are appreciated and respected and where opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow in an inclusive environment. Applications from First Nations peoples are encouraged.

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