Senior Audit Lead

Position Title: Senior Audit Lead – Operations

Location: UB Plaza, Ortigas, Pasig City

Employment Type: Probationary

About The Role The Senior Audit Lead – Operations plays a key leadership role within Internal Audit, supporting the Chief Audit Executive in delivering a risk-based audit program and ensuring effective governance across the organization. This position oversees multiple audit engagements, provides strategic audit insights to senior management, and develops a high-performing team of auditors. The role is responsible for identifying operational, financial, and regulatory risks while driving audit quality, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

• Assist the Chief Audit Executive in developing and enhancing the annual audit plan and audit risk assessment process.
• Lead and oversee multiple audit engagements, ensuring timely execution, quality deliverables, and compliance with audit standards and methodologies.
• Present audit findings, recommendations, and engagement results to senior management and the Audit Committee, including escalation of critical audit issues when necessary.
• Manage, coach, and develop auditors through performance management, career planning, training, and assignment of audit engagements based on skills and development needs.
• Monitor audit issue remediation, provide updates on unresolved high-risk findings, and recommend changes to the audit plan based on emerging risks.
• Ensure completion of administrative and reporting requirements while promoting effective audit practices and strong stakeholder relationships across the organization.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree graduate.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible auditing experience as an internal auditor, external auditor, or a combination of both, preferably within the banking or financial services industry.
• Strong knowledge of operational auditing, internal controls, risk management, AML regulations, financial reporting processes, and operational risks.
• Proven ability to lead audit teams, manage multiple simultaneous audit engagements, and present findings to senior leadership and governance bodies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and people development skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) are highly preferred.