Associate Director, Internal Audit

About the role

NCS, an AI tech services company and subsidiary of the Singtel Group, is hiring an Associate Director of Internal Audit. You will join a team delivering assurance and consulting services, assessing risks for an IT services company with a regional expansion plan while aligning to the Singtel Group's risk appetite. You will review internal controls, analyse risks and communicate them to stakeholders in Singapore, the Asia Pacific and Australia.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct internal audit reviews, assess the effectiveness of controls and communicate risks to internal stakeholders.
• Assess financial, operations, IT and cyber processes, systems, tools and culture to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Plan, execute, manage and lead risk-based audits aimed at raising governance awareness across management levels.
• Apply advanced audit techniques such as risk assessments and data analytics, interpret results to find root causes and solve problems at a macro level.
• Monitor remediated activities and work with businesses to address residual risks.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders in the first and second lines of defence.

Required profile

• Prior audit experience, preferably in a Big 4, professional services firm or the internal audit department of a large company.
• Ability to work independently, own your work and deliver on time.
• Strong business acumen so that recommendations align with group business goals.
• Able to build working relationships with management and across the business, and to give sound, commercially viable advice.

Required skills

• Strong analytical skills and professional scepticism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at many roles and levels.