Audit Senior Manager

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Vanguard

More than 45 years ago John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect and no profits to generate for outside owners.

Today Vanguard is one of the worlds largest investment management companies serving more than50 million investorsworldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors financial advisers and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals.

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 mid-level auditors in a matrixed environment to execute risk-based audit and consulting engagements across Vanguards Asia Pacific businesses.

Ideal candidates will bring strong leadership and critical thinking skills along with a passion for developing talent and building strategic this role youll lead a team of auditors managing performance and growth in a matrixed agile environment. As part of the BCAS leadership team youll help shape a collaborative development-focused culture while driving impactful business outcomes.

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 high-quality work and value-added 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 business-related field or equivalent combination of training and experience. Professional certification or advanced degree (e.g. MBA CPA CIA ACAMS) is a plus.
Minimum of eight 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 fast-paced environment with strong project execution 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 self-improvement and team objectives.
Excellent relationship skills and a client-focused 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.

Inclusion Statement

Vanguards continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients crew (internally employees are referred to as crew) and communities is guided by one simple statement: Do the right thing.

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse inclusive and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguards core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified and we are united in delivering on Vanguards core purpose.

Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors to treat them fairly and to give them the best chance for investment success.

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 in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

About VanguardMore than 45 years ago John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently it was as bold as it was brilliant. To th...