Group Internal Audit Lead

A highly regarded client of ours, specialised within the Manufacturing and FMCG sector, is looking to onboard a Group Internal Audit Lead to join their team of professionals. The designated person will provide independent, objective and risk-based assurance to the Group Audit Committee, and Senior Management, on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls across the Group subsidiaries, locally and in the Group’s foreign-based companies:

Duties:

• Maintain an Internal Audit Charter that safeguards unrestricted access, objectivity and direct functional accountability to the Audit Committee.
• Develop a Group-wide audit universe and risk assessment, drawing on business strategy, material risks, regulatory obligations, prior findings and stakeholder insight.
• Propose a prioritised annual and multi-year internal audit plan for Audit Committee approval, and refresh it as the risk profile changes.
• Plan and execute operational, financial, compliance, governance, information-technology and thematic audits across Group subsidiaries, functions and key processes, locally, and and other jurisdictions, in accordance with approved plans.
• Evaluate compliance with applicable laws, regulations, Group policies, delegated authorities and relevant industry standards,
• Commission or coordinate specialist assurance, including technology, cyber, fraud or regulatory expertise, where the risk or audit scope requires it.
• Provide regular, direct reporting to the Audit Committee on assurance results, themes, emerging risks, plan delivery, independence and resource constraints.
• Provide advice and constructive challenge on the design of risk management, internal control and governance frameworks without assuming management ownership.
• Review major change, transformation, restructuring, sustainability or ESG initiatives from an assurance perspective
• Coordinate with external audit, compliance, risk and other assurance providers to improve coverage and minimise duplication.
• Periodically assess Internal Audit effectiveness and implement a quality assurance and improvement programme.
• Develop the function’s capability, including data-led audit techniques and, if applicable, the direction and development of team members or co-sourced partners.

Requirements

• 12+ years' (local) experience in internal audit, external audit, risk assurance, governance or related disciplines, including regular engagement with Boards, and Audit Committees
• Undertake international travel as required for audit planning, fieldwork, stakeholder engagement, reporting and follow-up across foreign-based Group companies and operations.
• Experience leading, or playing a significant leadership role within, an Internal Audit function or comparable assurance environment.
• Significant internal audit or assurance experience, including planning, executing and reporting risk-based assurance activities covering governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, internal controls and operational effectiveness.
• Experience in a complex, multi-entity and preferably international environment, including work across subsidiaries, jurisdictions and cultures.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, auditing, business administration, management or a related discipline.
• A relevant professional qualification—such as CIA,/ACCA, CPA, CISA or CFE—is strongly preferred.

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