Head Of Internal Audit, Asia Pacific

**About Vanguard**

Vanguard Australia has been helping investors achieve their long-term financial goals for over 20 years. Serving institutional and individual clients, and financial advisers, we offer investment solutions that are low-cost, diversified, and robust through time.

With more than AUD $11 trillion in assets under management Vanguard is one of the world's largest global investment management companies. In Australia we partner with institutional clients, financial advisers, and individual investors to offer low-cost investment solutions. Our comprehensive range of managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and tailored investment solutions are built to support long-term investment success for our clients.

At Vanguard our core purpose is to take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance of investment success. Within Vanguard, Internal Audit is seen as a critical part of the risk management framework and is valued as a trusted voice and indispensable partner who helps us achieve this mission. Internal Audit brings a consultative and progressive approach to their work, which is predicated on a culture of improving risk management and business outcomes for its partners, actively contributing to the development of its crew, and embracing an attitude of innovation and continuous improvement.

**The Team and Opportunity**:
Internal Audit has an exciting opportunity to lead the Internal Audit team for the Asia Pacific region. This role reports to the Department Head for the Business and Corporate Audit Services (BCAS) team. In its totality, the BCAS team delivers audit services to provide assurance and consulting on risks and controls across all of Vanguard's International businesses, as well as it's United States distribution channels and global shared services (ex-Finance).

In this role, you will build relationships with senior leaders across the Asia Pacific businesses and leverage those relationships to improve the control environment through impactful audit work. You will set and drive the strategy in collaboration with audit leadership to build and execute a cohesive audit plan that considers both divisional and cross divisional top risks. You will be responsible for managing reporting and presenting to the local subsidiary audit committees. You will lead a ten to twelve-member team comprised of leaders and specialists and be expected to bring a strong collaborative and development focused mindset and environment to the team. We look for individuals who can think critically and conceptually, have excellent relationship management, communication, influence, judgement, and decision-making skills.

**What it takes**:

- Ten plus years of experience; experience with internal or external audit, compliance or other risk and controls functions preferred
- Experience in financial services, banking, superannuation, investments, or related industry also preferred
- Excellent relationship management skills; proven track record with cultivating strong relationships at the executive and senior leadership levels
- Strong leadership skills and ability to influence and mobilize others
- Demonstrated influencing skills; ability to drive collaboration and partnerships, inspire change
- Strong risk and control mindset

**Core Responsibilities**:

- Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
- Directs the audit and consulting plan for aligned business division(s) and functional area(s), including developing audit scope, objectives, work plans and determining resources. Adjusts and changes the plan as appropriate. Sets the strategic audit and consulting direction for future planning.
- Manages audit and consulting engagements to ensure the timely delivery of the highest quality work and value-add recommendations. Oversees multiple engagement teams concurrently working in a matrixed team environment. Approves objectives and scope of engagements and issues audit reports to senior management. Concludes audit and consulting findings and presents ratings and recommendations to department and business senior management.
- Communicates the status and results of audit and consulting plan as well as enterprise-wide topics to senior management. Influences senior management in the aligned business division(s) and functional area(s) to act on recommendations to strengthen the control environment and make process improvements.
- Manages senior management and risk partner relationship for aligned business division(s) and functional area(s). Shares perspectives and connects relevant industry acumen, including best practices, audit standards, competitors, regulatory environment, and global impact with business processes.
- Manages the reporting to subsidiary audit