Job Description

Create the future with Affin! ​​You too can make a difference.

We continuously innovate to transform our financial services landscape - making banking better and easier. Join us at AFFIN, where the open minds meet and be inspired by a shared commitment to great work. You too can make a difference.

JOB PURPOSE

• Manage assigned audit engagements from planning to reporting and follow-up, ensuring audit objectives, scope, testing, issue validation, report drafting, management response review and Corrective Action Tracking are executed with quality, professional judgement and alignment to the Head’s expectations.
• Provide independent, risk-based and objective assurance and advisory support across regulatory, governance, conduct, outsourcing, resilience, digitalisation, transformation and other specialised audit areas.
• Own engagement delivery by ensuring audit procedures, working papers, issue articulation, audit conclusions and recommendations are evidence-based, risk-relevant, clearly documented and completed within agreed timelines.
• Support the Head by escalating significant risks, control weaknesses, regulatory concerns, delayed responses or remediation issues in a timely and well-substantiated manner.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Plan, manage and coordinate assigned audit engagements, including regulatory audits, governance reviews and special project assignments, in accordance with the approved audit plan and established methodology.
• Develop, revise and enhance Audit Programmes to ensure key regulatory requirements, governance expectations, risk areas, control objectives and business process considerations are appropriately incorporated.
• Prepare and review audit planning documentation by analysing policies, procedures, circulars, regulatory guidelines, prior audit observations, management updates and relevant data sources.
• Coordinate with divisions, departments, branches, subsidiaries and auditable entities to obtain information, confirm audit requirements and support timely audit commencement and completion.
• Direct and perform fieldwork activities including walkthroughs, control testing, substantive review, data analysis, documentation review, issue validation and assessment of control design and operating effectiveness.
• Evaluate governance arrangements, risk management practices, internal controls, operational processes, compliance practices and adherence to internal policies, procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, regulatory concerns, inefficient practices, emerging risks and potential governance issues; assess root causes, impact and risk significance.
• Formulate practical and value-adding recommendations aimed at strengthening controls, improving process effectiveness, enhancing governance discipline and supporting sustainable remediation.
• Lead discussions with auditees and stakeholders on audit observations, factual accuracy, root causes, risk implications, recommendations and management responses.
• Review working papers, audit query sheets, issue write-ups and draft reports to ensure evidential sufficiency, indexing discipline, cross-referencing, logical flow and alignment with audit standards.
• Prepare and finalize audit reports with clear articulation of condition, criteria, cause, consequence, risk implication, root cause, recommendation, management response and agreed corrective action.
• Validate management responses and action plans, ensuring they are specific, practical, time-bound and adequate to address the underlying risk or control weakness.
• Manage Corrective Action Tracking for assigned audits by reviewing remediation evidence, assessing closure adequacy, monitoring overdue matters and escalating ineffective or delayed remediation.
• Prepare audit summaries, key matters, significant findings and reporting inputs for the Head, Group Chief Internal Auditor, Senior Management and governance committees, where applicable.
• Supervise, guide or coach A8 and A9 resources where assigned, particularly in fieldwork execution, documentation quality, evidence assessment and issue narration.
• Support continuous improvement, advisory reviews and special assignments by providing data-driven analysis, control insights, process observations and practical recommendations.
• Perform any other duties, reviews or assignments as directed by the Head or Group Chief Internal Auditor through the Head’s reporting line.