OverviewThis role would oversee the delivery of professional, objective and impactful Internal Audit (IA) services to M42 assets and units. This includes managing the annual planning, engagement execution and follow-up activities for a portfolio of assets or engagements in line with IA Division methodology requirements. They must also develop strong relationships with key stakeholders from across the organization and provides insights that make a positive difference.ResponsibilitiesOrganizational Culture & Compliance

• Adheres to the division's policies, procedures and standards while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory bodies.
• Contributes towards an innovative culture of continuous improvement for enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Participates in meetings and maintains professionalism and confidentiality as per the organization's standard code of conduct.
• Completes personal performance evaluation cycle in a timely manner.
• Actively identifies and manages risks, seizing potential lost opportunities and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

Strategy and Performance

• Creates, develops and maintains strong relationships with organization management, outside of engagement execution, to keep abreast of managements changing business needs.
• Actively identify and manage risks, seize potential lost opportunities and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Supports the Director - Internal Audit and Risk Management in ensuring the delivery of impactful communication to organization Management through tailored organization reporting and commercial insights, which enable pragmatic business change and align with M42s Strategy.
• Escalates overdue action plans to organization Senior Management for appropriate

intervention. * Supports the Director - Internal Audit and Risk Management in building and sustaining independent and objective relationships with other assurance and consulting service providers, including the development and implementation of an aligned assurance framework.

• Ensures the development of effective relationships with relevant regulators for the organization, to equip the organization IA Team with a sufficient understanding of regulatory risk and compliance requirements and the impact of regulatory changes.

Operations

• Leads the development of a dynamic risk-based organization IA plan by managing the delivery of the risk assessment and annual planning activities for a portfolio of assets and/ or Assets. This involves proposing engagements for inclusion in Assets and organization plans, including the scope, timing and required resources.
• Proactively monitors the corporate risk environment by developing an understanding of any pertinent industry standards and keeping up to date with relevant trends. Provides early identification of key areas of concern for the organization and adjusts the plan accordingly.
• Oversees effective and efficient assurance and advice to enable complete and collaborative delivery of the operations IA Plan including the follow-up of management action plans.
• Drives the use of analytics (throughout the audit lifecycle), to achieve efficiencies and deeper insights.
• Supports the organization IA Team (as required) in managing difficult client conversations (including engagement scopes and adverse reports), and influencing the business to implement management action plans.
• Ensures timely, simple, pragmatic and easy to read reports are delivered to senior management and the IA Operations Team (as required), for inclusion in ARC papers.
• Supports the Director - Internal Audit and Risk Management to maintain oversight of Corporate and IA reports to ensure consistency of ratings and identify emerging risks and themes.

People Management

• Plans, manages and reviews direct reports performance to track that their performance and development goals are achieved.
• Provides honest and timely feedback, development and coaching (to engagement teams and direct reports), and takes prompt action, where necessary, to ensure progressive development and learning opportunities are pursued.
• Establishes clear direction, prioritization and delegation across the team.
• Supports the team in periodically assessing the Teams skills and competencies.
• Inspires the team to capture and act on ideas to contribute towards the strategic direction of IA.
• Leads and supports on assigned IA strategic initiatives.
• Positively and proactively leads change relating to all work practices.
• Role models the Divisions functional competencies and M42s competencies and values.
• Develops relationships across M42 to enable effective knowledge sharing and to enhance the teams capabilities and practices.
• Constructively challenges peers to ensure that the IA Division performs at its optimal level.
• Recognizes and celebrates collaborative behavior across the across the IA Division

Communication

• Communicates effectively with team members and maintains good inter-functional liaison to ensure smooth implementation of operational activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in any field, with preference for Finance/Accounts/Business Management/ healthcare related
• 7-10 years experience in a similar role in a Financial Institution or a Big 4 firms, with experience leading Technology and BCM internal audit activities
• A recognized certification such as CIA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CISA, CFE or equivalent
• Strong interpersonal skills - ability to work closely with people at all levels of the organization and facilitate the

implementation of corrective action. * Strong project management skills.

• Advanced critical thinker, providing objective assurance and insight to management.
• Good knowledge of risk assessment frameworks and proven ability in leading risk assessments.
• Proven ability in designing and delivering high quality IA plans.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong knowledge of process mapping, control identification and assessment.
• Proven ability in managing engagements which use data analytics and general IT audit skills.
• Good people management skills, including conflict management.
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills.
• International Accounting Practices
• Professional Auditing Standards
• Knowledge of local laws & regulations

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