Audit Senior Manager Director – Japan and APAC Technology

Job Description

Career Opportunity for Audit Senior Manager / Director Japan and APAC Technology in Japan!

Audit Senior Manager / Director (Only English/ No Japanese required)

Company Overview

A leading global insurance organization operating across 190 countries offering a broad range of insurance and financial services. The company focuses on delivering innovative solutions and maintaining strong risk management and governance practices.

We are seeking a senior leader to drive technology audit strategy across Japan and the APAC region. This role will provide independent assurance over applications infrastructure cybersecurity and emerging technologies supporting a large-scale digital ecosystem.

You will lead a team of auditors assess risks and controls related to areas such as data governance and AI and work closely with senior stakeholders (CIOs CISOs CTOs) across the region. The role also involves ensuring audit quality strengthening governance frameworks and building capabilities in emerging technology domains.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Work with the Chief Technology auditor to define audit strategy to address risks associated with applications cloud infrastructure and emerging technology activities. This will include ensuring compliance with regional country and global regulations.

Lead and Oversee the execution of the audit strategy coverage: Execute a global assurance plan and audit methodology for business processes and applications cloud infrastructure and data center activities emerging technology activities including continuous monitoring of regulatory developments and best practices.

Manage and Develop Teams: Build coach and maintain a high-performing team with cloud transformation and technology assurance skillsets; oversee talent management of offshore teams staff evaluation and hiring processes.

Engage Stakeholders and Influence Change: Proactively manage relationships with senior management and other stakeholders; provide insights to drive sustainable improvements in processes and controls.

Deliver Audit Outcomes: Draft review and communicate audit findings and reports to executive management; participate in steering committees and working groups to promote balanced discussions and continuous improvement.

Driving the adoption of data analytics AI and automation in audit testing and risk assessment to enhance assurance efficiency and insight.

Experience and Qualifications

Relevant bachelors degree in data science Computer Science Engineering Technology or other relevant fields. Postgraduate qualifications are desired but not mandatory.

One industry-recognized certification (eg CPA CIA CISA CISSP CISM CDMP AAIA AAISM or equivalent) required.

15 years of experience with assurance ideally in financial services data governance and risk management and technology innovation.

Must be fluent in English. Japanese not required but a plus.

Proven ability to learn innovative products and technologies and execute related assurance.

Deep experience with assurance in a number of the following: infrastructure (compute databases network application development validation deployment and monitoring; complex technology environments; Regulatory compliance related to cybersecurity.

Experience auditing cloud infrastructure platforms eg AWS

Experience auditing infrastructure including cloud network compute storage databases

Audit experience in public accounting or internal audit focusing on regulated industries is preferred.

Demonstrated experience in leading and developing diverse teams and overseeing multiple large-scale projects.

Good Reasons to Join

High-Impact Leadership Role: Lead technology audit strategy across Japan & APAC directly influencing risk cybersecurity and digital transformation initiatives at scale.

Cutting-Edge Domain: Gain hands-on exposure to emerging technologies such as AI data governance cloud infrastructure and automation.
Strategic & Global Scope: Drive audit initiatives across multiple countries and complex technology environments within a global organization.

Team Leadership & Growth: Build and mentor high-performing diverse teams while shaping future audit capabilities in advanced tech domains.

Executive Exposure: Work closely with senior stakeholders including CIOs CISOs CTOs and report into global leadership.

Work Location

Tokyo Japan (Hybrid)
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