Job Description
The Role:
The role focuses on strengthening the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of Internal Audit activities in line with the IIA Standards, internal procedures & methodologies, and leading practices.
The Responsibilities:
- Lead and continuously improve the Internal Audit QAIP and related quality monitoring activities.
- Maintain and enhance internal audit methodology, templates, work programs, report formats, and quality assurance checklists.
- Conduct quality reviews of audit engagements to assess compliance with standards, internal procedures & methodology, documentation, and reporting expectations.
- Perform periodic internal assessments of the Internal Audit activity and support readiness for external quality assessments.
- Track audit quality trends and KPIs, identify thematic gaps, and drive corrective and preventive improvement actions.
- Manage the Internal Audit function’s knowledge base, methodologies, templates, and best practices.
- Administer and continuously improve the Audit Board system to support audit planning, execution, reporting, and monitoring.
- Provide coaching, guidance, and knowledge sharing to audit teams to strengthen consistency and audit quality.
- Plan, execute, and report end-to-end internal audits independently or in collaboration with Internal Audit teams.
- Present audit observations and recommendations clearly to management, and support follow-up on remediation plans.
- Remain current with professional standards, regulations, and emerging practices relevant to internal audit and audit quality.
