Head of Internal Audit

Internal Audit

1. Responsible for planning, conducting, reviewing, and reporting on financial and operational audits.
2. Drive continuous improvement in audit function and the areas being audited.
3. Execute internal audits to support timely delivery of the IA Plan. This includes management of work completed by external co-source service providers (where relevant) to ensure alignment with clear business and audit objectives.
4. Ensure that the work performed is in compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Professional Standards.
5. Deliver concise and insightful internal audit reports, including findings and recommendations to key stakeholders across all management levels.
6. Assist in delivering and promoting awareness of best practice compliance and business risk management environment.
7. Identify risks in processes, projects, services, and business applications.
8. Assess the design, effectiveness, and efficiency of internal controls over risks.
9. Develop and/or assist in developing action plans for improvement where required.
10. Provide recommendations to improve the quality of the overall risk management and controls practices.
11. Provide analytics through the use of automated analytics tools.
12. Partner with key stakeholders across the business.

Sustainability Reporting

1. Responsible for the sustainability reporting process.
2. Manage sustainability reporting and disclosure activities.
3. Manage annual sustainability report preparation, including information and data gathering, content development, and external/internal assurance. Ensure alignment with sustainability reporting disclosure requirements. Identify potential challenges and proactively manage them to ensure timely and quality deliverables.
4. Act as point of contact for internal inquiries regarding sustainability reporting performance data and information.
5. Continuously work towards improving the sustainability reporting process and related internal control environment to ensure sustainability reporting data reliability and accuracy. Work closely with team members, functions, and business units to implement robust, audit-proof reporting processes and internal controls.
6. Collaborate closely with business and key internal leaders, data owners, functions, and business units, consultants, internal/external assurance providers to maintain well-controlled reporting processes for sustainability reporting and ensure accurate and timely reporting and disclosure of the annual sustainability report.
7. Manage implementation of projects for new or improved sustainability reporting and disclosure requirements.
8. Build relations with key internal stakeholders to progress the sustainability reporting agenda.