Senior Manager Audit Programs

Job Description

Additional Responsibilities

• Accountable for the operational division audit and assurance architecture, integrating safety, flight Operations, quality, technical, ground, and security audits into a single, risk-based framework.
• Set assurance strategy aligned to ICAO, IOSA, GCAA, EASA and regulatory expectations, ensuring proportional oversight of operational risk and organisational change.
• Act as the single point of accountability for audit consistency, depth for the operations division.
• Lead, develop and manage the transformation of audit into a digitally enabled, intelligence-led function, introducing automated planning, execution, and reporting.
• Oversee audit-related budgets and drive cost reduction initiatives to deliver measurable value and operational efficiency.
• Govern a single cross-functional compliance framework , integrating audit outcomes across all operational domains.

Accountabilities

• Ensure clear risk prioritisation, ownership, escalation, and corrective action governance.
• Embed assurance outputs into executive decision-making and business planning.
• Accountable for annual safety review board, chaired by the accountable manager.
• Act as senior interface with regulators and external auditors, reinforcing confidence in EY’s governance and compliance status.
• Oversight of EY’s sustainable compliance capability through a structured internal auditor development program
• Extend the EY compliance model to contracted partner’s, including ground handlers , catering, external maintenance providers and ACMI.
• Ensure audit outcomes are embedded in contractual governance and supplier performance management.
• Translate internal and external audit outputs into compliance and improvement priorities that reduce risk and improve operational performance.
• Benchmark EY’s compliance maturity against industry peers to inform strategic investment and leadership focus.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level
• Minimum 10 years airline operational audit and compliance experience, with at least 7 years in a management role.
• Must have extensive knowledge of operations at major international airlines and have knowledge of a variety of other airline working practices.

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