CM03 - Internal Audit Senior Manager

Team and Opportunity

Vanguards Internal Audit & SOX department is seeking a Senior Manager for our Business & Corporate Audit Services (BCAS) Team. This role involves managing junior and midlevel auditors in a matrixed environment to execute riskbased audit and consulting engagements across Vanguards Asia Pacific businesses. The Senior Manager will be responsible for overseeing the evaluation of managements internal controls and influencing senior leadership to take action to enhance the control environment. We are looking for individuals with strong leadership critical thinking and conceptual skills as well as excellent project management relationship management communication influence judgment and decisionmaking abilities.

This position is ideal for those passionate about crew development coaching and people leadership and who excel at building strong trusting partnerships with business leaders and stakeholders. As a member of the BCAS leadership team you will foster a collaborative and developmentfocused environment working closely with aligned departments in an agile setting.

In this role you will:

• Hire evaluate and supervise crew providing guidance and training to foster development. Set performance standards review performance and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Plan direct and monitor audit activities for aligned divisions and related functional areas including annual and ongoing risk assessments. Assist in determining the audit and consulting plan and resource needs.
• Manage audit and consulting engagements to ensure timely delivery of highquality work and valueadded recommendations. Oversee multiple engagement teams concurrently in a matrixed environment delivering industry expertise and perspective to both the team and business management.
• Develop and communicate engagement objectives to audit teams departmental management and business clients. Define engagement scope assess risk levels analyze data to identify root causes and evaluate the effectiveness of controls. Challenge established processes and controls to ensure they adequately mitigate risk.
• Establish and maintain relationships with management across the Asia Pacific businesses and with risk partners.
• Communicate the status and results of assigned work to various levels of management influencing them to act on recommendations to strengthen the control environment and improve processes.
• Set clear expectations for the team and provide timely meaningful feedback to help develop team members. Leverage the teams skills and experience to drive collaboration and ensure accurate and timely completion of work.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What it takes:

• Undergraduate degree in a businessrelated field or equivalent combination of training and experience. Professional certification or advanced degree (e.g. MBA CPA CIA ACAMS) is a plus.
• Minimum of five years of related work experience.
• Significant management experience in audit risk or controls (e.g. operational audits internal audits advisory/consulting controls/compliance/legal) with expertise in risk management banking and/or asset management within the Australia financial services industry with a demonstrated understanding of relevant regulatory requirements.
• Supervisory experience preferred with a proven track record in talent attraction coaching and development.
• Ability to work in a complex dynamic and fastpaced environment with strong project skills including prioritizing tasks balancing workloads anticipating next steps and adapting to changing situations and project scopes.
• Strong interpersonal skills including effective written and verbal communication a willingness to assist in areas outside of direct assignments and a commitment to selfimprovement and team objectives.
• Excellent relationship skills and a clientfocused mindset with experience in diplomatic situations and presenting findings and industry insights to senior leaders across the company.
• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to persuade and influence others.

Special Factors:

• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

• This position is hybrid and would require you to be local to our Melbourne office.

Next Steps

Please apply online or reach out to Sindhiya Viswanathan for more information

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling inperson learning collaboration and connection. We believe our missiondriven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support longterm client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.