Audit Manager

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Posting Location: Sydney, New South Wales Country: Australia
Working Schedule: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Posted Date: 01-Nov-2024
Job ID: 4513
Description and Requirements
Internal Audit is an independent function that plays an important role in partnering with the business to ensure that management anticipates, recognizes and appropriately manages risk. Internal Audit supports the Board and Australian Leadership Team in ensuring risks are identified, and controls are properly designed and operating effectively to protect MetLife's assets, reputation, sustainability, and compliance with laws and regulations. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership to improve operations and add value through meaningful independent assurance and advice, while advocating for risk management and internal controls.
The role of the Audit Manager is to:
Apply the MetLife Audit Approach to audit assignments in a professional and effective manner to provide management with a fair, objective and technically accurate assessment of their system of internal controls.Support the Head of Internal Audit, Australia in relation to the delivery of the audit plan and departmental initiatives.Key Responsibilities include: Understanding and working with the Head of Internal Audit's expectations regarding deliverables and timeframes for audit projects on the audit plan.Manage and execute comprehensive process audits using department guidelines, knowledge of the business, and understanding of controls to provide management with an independent appraisal of the control environment.Proactively engage with and manage auditees to ensure full understanding of expectations of the audits.Analyse and assess the impact of audit findings and recommendations on future operating environment. Assess effectiveness of key action plans provided by auditees to resolve control issues or risks.Agreeing all issues with auditees to facilitate completion of the final report.Delivering high quality reports, which are concise, easy to read and commercial, in a timely manner.Manage and track the closure of open audit issues, including assessing the adequacy of the evidence supporting completion of the action plan and escalation processes to Senior Management where necessary.Develop credibility with management through building sustainable relationships within the business and second line of defence to facilitate effective engagement of audits and build business knowledge outside of audit projects.Assist in the performance of risks assessments, development and execution of quarterly audit plan activities.Attend and participate in management Committee meetings as appropriate, feeding relevant information back into the risk assessment process.Proactively contribute to overall improvement of audit team and non-audit project activities or initiatives.Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills Required Experience:
Degree in Accountancy or Finance, Qualified CA or CPA (or overseas equivalent), working towards CIA, CFSA or similar designation.7 – 10 years audit or financial services industry experience.Good understanding of internal control frameworks, risk management practices and regulatory requirements.Understanding of data analysis tools and techniques and application of financial and operational analytics.Good communication, analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills.Preferred Experience: Good knowledge of generally accepted audit standards and principles.Highly motivated for learning and self-development and continuous improvement.Ability to use active listening and probing techniques to articulate problems or issues.Demonstrate an awareness of business priorities and ability to adjust work effort accordingly.Respond to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.Identify and consider alternative approaches to situations or problems.Leadership Competencies: Models our Success Principles - Creates a culture that promotes the company's Purpose through role modeling the success principles: Build Tomorrow; Win Together; and Own It.Integrity and Ethics – Demonstrates a high level of integrity and ethical standards, ensuring transparency and accountability in all actions.Creates Partnerships - Authentically builds trusted relationships and collaborates across global, diverse and multi-functional teams to successfully achieve common goals.Influence and Persuasion – Effectively persuades and influences stakeholders to adopt audit recommendations and improvements.Adaptability – Shows flexibility and adaptability in response to changing business needs and regulatory environments.Benefits We Offer:
Our benefits are designed to care for your holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer health care coverage for you and your family, insurance discounts for home, car, and pet protection, as well as parental leave. We also provide premium gym membership for you and your direct relatives, volunteer time off, discounts with specific universities, flexible Fridays, connectivity reimbursement, and much more!
About MetLife:
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

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