Senior Audit Manager - Singapore - THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED

Description

Principal Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate large single-site front-to-back audits of Markets and Securities Services (MSS) and Global Banking (GB) businesses and be responsible for the execution of all stages of the audit lifecycle: announcement, team management and preparation, logistics, planning, fieldwork, testing, documentation and review, issue writing and agreement, report delivery, post-report issue validation, and ongoing stakeholder engagement
• Execute a programme of continuous monitoring for a defined portfolio of businesses and countries through regular bilateral meetings with stakeholders, participate in business governance forums, ongoing analysis of businesses' risk profiles, and delivery of continuous monitoring reports
• Manage people, helping them to define and execute on personal development objectives, design and deliver training sessions and execute mentoring or one-on-one coaching sessions, and assist in developing and delivering people initiatives to help our team be at their best
• Contribute to the wider development of Global Internal Audit, through collaborating with other audit teams, dedicating some of your time to consider how audit can use data analytics, agile techniques and other innovations, such as process mining and full population testing, to more efficiently and effectively deliver its objectives
• Maintain and enhance stakeholder relationships through regular bilateral meetings, appropriate challenge in business risk governance forums, and keeping in touch with business, regulatory and industry developments
• Assist in the leadership of the team, through acting as a role model for junior team members, and fostering an open and collaborative working culture

Qualifications - External

• Familiar with general banking key risks, processes and controls front-to-back, with a specific focus on MSS and GB
• Experienced technically in:

1. Cash and derivatives markets products, including risks and expected controls, in Foreign Exchange, Commodities, Credit, Rates and Equities (including Prime Brokerage & Futures) and Markets Treasury.
2. Investment banking activities, capital markets and credit and lending processes and associated risks.
3. Common industry activities such as Communication and Trade Surveillance, benchmark rate submission, debt auctions and market sounding, book building and key aspects of conduct risks
4. Custody, Fund Administration, Transfer Agency, and Trustee & Fiduciary Services.
5. Role of common functions supporting the above activities including common controls and processes e.g. Product Control, Traded Risk, Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Stewardship etc.

• Knowledgeable of the role of internal audit in an organisation, and the principles of internal auditing
• An analytical thinker who is confident approaching areas outside of your expertise in a thorough and detailed manner, getting to the heart of the key features and aspects quickly
• A clear communicator, verbally and in writing, with convincing presentation, persuasion and influencing skills, even when delivering difficult messages to senior stakeholders
• A professional with experience working in a dynamic and complex environment, with achievements in a relevant business or function, such as an audit function, finance, risk management, compliance, or business management
• Dedicated to continually learning and improving your own skills, which could be demonstrated by holding relevant professional qualifications such as in accountancy, finance or risk management, but also keeping up-to-date with developments in the banking industry, markets and regulations
• Able to manage multiple competing priorities on different concurrent projects, and able to ensure delivery of objectives through analysis of options and coming to pragmatic decisions
• Solid team player, with a demonstrable desire to help the team as a whole achieve its objectives