Senior Executive, Internal Audit

About The Role

We are seeking a Senior Executive, Internal Audit to join our Internal Audit team in Kuching, Sarawak. The role supports risk-based audit engagements by evaluating governance, internal controls, and business processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and providing practical recommendations to strengthen organisational effectiveness.

What You'll Be Doing

• Conducting comprehensive risk-based internal audit engagements in accordance with the approved Internal Audit Plan across all business functions to identify potential risks and opportunities for improvement.

• Support in development of the annual risk-based Internal Audit Plan.

• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of governance and internal controls, including compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.

• Identify control weaknesses, process inefficiencies, emerging risks and areas of non-compliance, including assessing root causes and potential business impact.

• Prepare audit working papers, audit findings, reports and practical recommendations for management consideration.

• Present audit observations to process owners and management and support the development of appropriate management action plans.

• Monitor follow-up reviews on agreed corrective actions.

• Provide advisory support on internal controls, risk management, governance and process improvements.

• Perform data analytics to enhance audit testing, identify trends or anomalies and improve audit coverage.

• Maintaining a high level of technical expertise and staying abreast of industry best practices.

• Participate in special reviews and other ad hoc assignments as directed.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Internal Audit methodologies, tools, templates, knowledge sharing and audit quality.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in internal audit.
• Professional qualification such as CIA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of risk-based internal auditing, internal control frameworks, and audit techniques.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, audit documentation, report-writing, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
• Experience with audit software and analytical tools is an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively across different levels of the organisation.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage multiple assignments, and meet agreed deadlines.