Job Description

CharteredPartners is seeking an Internal Audit Senior Manager to join the risk & internal audit practice of a leading accounting firm in Singapore. The successful candidate will manage internal audit, enterprise risk and controls advisory engagements end to end, supervising fieldwork and acting as the principal day-to-day point of contact for clients across regulated and listed entities. This is a hands-on leadership role suited to a practitioner who can plan risk-based audit programmes, review working papers to a high standard and translate findings into practical recommendations for audit committees and management. Specific qualifications, regulatory fluency and technical breadth are detailed in the sections that follow.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new accounting-firm practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented accounting, audit, tax and advisory professionals to make safe, well-judged moves into rewarding new roles, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage internal audit engagements end to end, from risk assessment and audit planning through fieldwork supervision to reporting and follow-up.
• Act as the principal day-to-day client contact, building trusted relationships with chief audit executives, finance leadership and audit committee members.
• Plan and deliver risk-based audit programmes aligned to the Global Internal Audit Standards 2024 and the three lines model.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting, including SOX/ICFR engagements for US-listed groups and COSO-based control frameworks.
• Advise clients on compliance with MAS guidelines on Technology Risk Management, Outsourcing and Business Continuity Management, and on SGX Listing Rules and the Code of Corporate Governance.
• Supervise, coach and review the work of audit seniors and associates, maintaining quality and consistency across the team.
• Identify process, governance & controls improvements and present clear, actionable findings to management.
• Support business development through scoping, proposals and the expansion of existing client relationships.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• A recognised professional qualification such as CA (Singapore), ACCA, CPA or equivalent, ideally complemented by CIA.
• Typically eight or more years of internal audit, external audit or risk advisory experience, with a meaningful portion at manager level.
• Strong working knowledge of the Global Internal Audit Standards 2024, the three lines model and COSO internal control frameworks.
• Demonstrable command of MAS regulatory expectations, including Technology Risk Management, Outsourcing and Business Continuity Management guidelines.
• Familiarity with SGX Listing Rules and the Code of Corporate Governance as they apply to listed-entity internal audit.
• Practical experience of SOX/ICFR scoping, walkthroughs and controls testing.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements, budgets and deadlines.
• Excellent report writing and the ability to communicate findings persuasively to senior stakeholders.
• Sound understanding of data privacy obligations under the PDPA as they affect audit scope.
• Membership of, or active engagement with, IIA Singapore and ISACA is welcomed.

Preferred Experience:

• Prior experience within a professional services or accounting firm delivering co-sourced or outsourced internal audit.
• Exposure to financial services clients regulated by MAS, including banks, insurers or asset managers.
• Experience with IT internal audit, cyber risk reviews or data analytics applied to audit testing.
• A track record of coaching and developing high-performing audit teams.
• Sector depth across two or more of financial services, technology, real estate or consumer industries.
• CISA, CISM or CRISC certification alongside the core accounting qualification.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and candidates eligible to obtain the relevant Singapore work pass who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist accounting-firm recruitment consultant.

Chartered Partners is a trading style of Feltan Associates Pte Ltd; an international Executive Search, Recruitment and Consulting business based in Singapore, licensed and regulated by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower to conduct recruitment services for clients. UEN: 202225620G. EA Licence 23S1672. All rights reserved.