Senior Internal Auditor

About Group Internal Audit

GIA is the internal audit function of Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra), and acts as Telstra's 'third line of defence' within the Telstra Risk Management Framework. GIA provides the Risk & Sustainability Committee and Management independent and objective assurance on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls.

GIA is led by the GIA Executive, supported by three Principal Internal Auditors and a team of Internal Audit Managers and Senior Internal Auditors. GIA also uses subject matter experts and resources from third party providers (such as Professional Services firms) as / when required.

The role with us

As a Senior Internal Auditor, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality risk-based audit coverage to ensure GIA achieves its mission and purpose.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contributing to the development of the annual GIA Plan
• Assisting the GIA team in managing the day-to-day delivery of the Group Audit Plan
• Understanding the key strategies of Telstra and how they impact GIA's work and overall plan
• Supporting the GIA Leadership Team in building and improving quality internal audit services
• Conducting audit engagement fieldwork as defined by the annual GIA plan, in addition to engagements / reviews outside the approved Plan as requested by the Risk & Sustainability Committee, GIA Principal or GIA Manager
• Prioritising tasks on an ongoing basis to accommodate changing team and business requirements
• Designing and conducting tests to evaluate the operation of the controls in place
• Ensuring all work is performed and documented in compliance with established GIA Methodology and IIA standards
• Ensuring all detailed work papers contain sufficient evidence on which to base conclusions, which are of a sufficient standard to minimise the number of review points required by GIA management, and which are of appropriate quality to allow performance and facilitate reliance on GIA's work where necessary
• Following up and resolving issues and queries raised during review by senior members of audit team and through discussion of factual accuracy by management
• Working alongside co-sourced providers and internal secondees on specific engagements
• Assisting in the preparation of draft reports of audit findings (including actions to address identified control weaknesses) for review by the GIA management
• Delivering accurate, timely and commercially-relevant audit outputs
• Undertaking the follow-up of actions and reporting of action status

To be successful in the role, you are someone with:

• Strong audit/assurance/risk management experience in a major corporate or chartered accounting firm
• "Big 4" experience desirable
• Relevant tertiary qualification essential (e.g. Business, IT, Accounting or Commerce), with CA, CPA or CIA desirable
• Experience in working on internal audit engagements
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Clear thinking/analytical skills
• Proven experience of working in a high performing team of professionals
• Understanding of the Telecommunications industry will be looked upon favourably

If this opportunity sounds like a perfect fit for you, we encourage you to apply

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