Manager, Internal Auditing

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The Manager, Internal Auditing plays a key management role in delivering the Internal Audit plan, overseeing audit execution, monitoring compliance, presenting insights, and recommending practical improvements to strengthen the control environment.

This role has a strong focus on audits across the Group’s corporate function portfolio and requires an individual with experience assessing second-line governance, risk management, compliance, oversight, policy, and enterprise support processes within a complex global environment.

You will provide assurance over compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, internal policies, and standards, while partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver high-quality, risk-based assurance and insight across the assigned portfolio.

As a people leader, you will foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, while supporting the development of a high-performing internal audit team.

Key responsibilities:

  • Plan and scope internal audits, including objectives, risks, and audit approach.

  • Support and deliver audits across the corporate function portfolio, including second-line activities and oversight processes.

  • Assess the design and operating effectiveness of governance, risk management, compliance, monitoring, reporting, escalation, and policy-related controls.

  • Remains current with auditing best practice and legislation to advise on the analysis and review of a variety of areas in the business depending on the scope identified in the audit plan.

  • Evaluate whether corporate functions are effectively discharging their oversight responsibilities and contributing to a strong control environment.

  • Oversees the work of a team of auditors to ensure quality, consistency, and timely delivery of audit work.

  • Review and finalise audit reports, assess management action plans, and monitor remediation progress.

  • Present audit findings, themes, and recommendations to senior management and the Audit Committee.

  • Coordinate effectively with external auditors and other assurance providers.

  • Support senior managers on portfolio priorities, emerging risks, and audit planning activities.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

  • Strong management capability, with the ability to lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team.

  • Strong internal audit knowledge, sound judgement, and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • A good understanding of business processes and the broader industry environment.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex matters clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels.

  • Strong stakeholder management capability and the confidence to engage constructively with senior leaders.

  • The ability to operate effectively in a global matrix environment.

  • A strong understanding of second-line operating models, including governance, risk management, compliance, oversight, monitoring, and policy implementation.

  • The ability to assess governance-based and oversight-based control environments, not only transactional or operational controls.

  • The ability to identify practical, risk-based improvement opportunities across complex and cross-functional environments.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

  • Bachelor's or equivalent degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

  • Certification - Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or related designation.

Required experience:

  • Advanced internal audit management experience in a related environment, including leading teams and delivering audit outcomes.

  • Strong experience in regulatory, financial, risk, and compliance audit environments.

  • Demonstrated experience managing audits, driving improvement, and supporting a strong control culture.

  • Experience auditing corporate functions, governance processes, and second-line risk, compliance, or oversight activities.

  • Experience assessing policies, standards, oversight structures, reporting, monitoring, and escalation processes in complex organisations.

  • Experience engaging with senior stakeholders across multiple functional areas in a global or matrix environment.

Why join us

This is an opportunity to play a meaningful role in strengthening governance and risk management across a diverse and evolving corporate function portfolio. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, support impactful audits, and help drive continuous improvement across the organisation.

Workplace type

Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA
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Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through

responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with

unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and

application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move

confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more

than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as

established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each

year in R&D.

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