Assistant Manager Internal Audit

Department & Function: Compliance & Internal Audit

Position: Assistant Manager Internal Audit

Location: Islamabad

Reporting to: Sr. Manager Internal Audit

Job Type: Permanent

Job Purpose:

• To provide an independent and objective assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of company’s operations, specifically its internal control structure. Assist the Management to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of control activities, and control environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execution of the following assurance/engagements which include but are not limited to Audit assignments, Review Assignments, Compliance Engagements, Special Investigations, Agreed Upon Procedures
• Professional duty to provide an unbiased and objective view on effectiveness of controls through audits conducted as per approved audit plan by management in Operational, Reporting and Compliance domains.
• Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of control processes. Provide Senior Management with assurance that helps them to fulfill their duties to the organization and its stakeholders.
• Implementation of efficient execution plans to improve controls within the organization with objectivity and independence, also recommend methods to enhance and improve control procedures.
• Develop an understanding of the business area under review, including objectives, measurements, key transaction types, review of documents and interviews.
• Assess the key risks facing the business activities within the scope of the audit. Identify management practices, compare to the best practice control framework and ensure each key risk is properly controlled and monitored.
• Develop and execute a risk-based sampling and testing approach to determine whether the most important management controls are operating as intended
• Report issues and challenges identified and negotiate executable action plans with management to address the problems.
• Follow-up on reported findings at appropriate intervals. Internal audit department maintains a follow-up database for this purpose. Perform follow-up audit assignments as per approved audit plan to assure complete and effective compliance in areas already audited with agreed action plan(s) in previous audits.
• Carry out review engagement for giving independent negative assurance to business areas where limited assurance is required and identified as medium risk areas as per approved audit plan by management.
• Assist the team in adhoc analyses/assignment.

Eligibility Criteria (Education, Knowledge, Experience and Skills):

• In principle to have a must bachelor's degree or CA / ICAEW /ACCA / ICMA.
• Should have preferably 5 to 7 years of experience in internal audit and Finance.

Skills – Job Specific:

• Excellent research and analytical skills combined with good judgement and effective decision-making capability
• Skilled communicator with strong interpersonal abilities at all levels.
• Enthusiastic team player that can also be relied upon to solve problems on their own
• Flexible-multi-tasking: This is a dynamic role requiring the ability to work to tight deadlines with competing priorities
• A high level of IT user competence, particularly in Microsoft Excel and databases, PowerPoint, Outlook is required.