Senior Manager - Operations Audit
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About the Role
The Senior Manager - Operations Audit leads complex operational audits and strategic initiatives to ensure risk coverage, governance effectiveness, and operational excellence. This role requires advanced stakeholder management, team mentorship, and the ability to deliver strategic insights.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee multiple concurrent operational audit engagements across different business functions
- Develop strategic audit plans aligned with organizational objectives and risk priorities
- Ensure audit engagements adhere to Internal Audit methodology, timelines, and quality standards
- Supervise and review audit reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and actionable recommendations
- Build and maintain effective relationships with senior management to promote risk awareness and control accountability
- Mentor and coach audit staff, providing technical and professional development guidance
- Contribute to strategic planning of the Internal Audit Department, including the annual risk based audit plan
- Collaborate with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) teams to enhance integrated assurance efforts
- Drive continuous improvement of audit processes and methodologies to improve efficiency and quality
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field
- Professional certification (CIA, CISA, or Lean Six Sigma) required; master's degree preferred
- Advanced understanding of internal audit practices, including risk assessment, control evaluation, and assurance reporting
- Proven ability to manage large scale audit engagements and quality assurance reviews
- Expertise in developing audit frameworks, risk models, and performance metrics
- Proficiency in data analytics and use of audit software tools for enhanced insight generation
- Comprehensive understanding of operational processes and end to end business workflows
- Experience evaluating operational KPIs and identifying opportunities for optimization and automation
- Ability to analyze business trends and emerging risks impacting operational resilience
- Knowledge of advanced process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent)
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Role Overview
- The Senior Manager Operations Audit leads a portfolio of complex operational audits and strategic initiatives to ensure risk coverage, governance effectiveness, and operational excellence.
- The role oversees audit planning, execution, and reporting, ensuring consistency with the Global Internal Audit Standards (2024).
- This position requires advanced stakeholder management skills, the ability to manage and mentor multiple audit teams, and the capability to deliver strategic insights that drive process improvements across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee multiple concurrent operational audit engagements across different business functions.
- Develop strategic audit plans aligned with organizational objectives and risk priorities.
- Ensure audit engagements adhere to Internal Audit methodology, timelines, and quality standards.
- Supervise and review audit reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and actionable recommendations.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with senior management to promote risk awareness and control accountability.
- Mentor and coach audit staff, providing technical and professional development guidance.
- Contribute to strategic planning of the Internal Audit Department, including the annual risk based audit plan.
- Collaborate with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) teams to enhance integrated assurance efforts.
- Drive continuous improvement of audit processes and methodologies to improve efficiency and quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
- Professional certification (CIA, CISA, or Lean Six Sigma) required; master's degree preferred.
- Advanced understanding of internal audit practices, including risk assessment, control evaluation, and assurance reporting.
- Proven ability to manage large scale audit engagements and quality assurance reviews.
- Expertise in developing audit frameworks, risk models, and performance metrics.
- Proficiency in data analytics and use of audit software tools for enhanced insight generation.
- Comprehensive understanding of operational processes and end to end business workflows.
- Experience evaluating operational KPIs and identifying opportunities for optimization and automation.
- Ability to analyze business trends and emerging risks impacting operational resilience.
- Knowledge of advanced process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent).
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