Audit Director - C15

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Citi Internal Audit (IA) provides independent assessments of Citi’s control environment, risk management and governance for key stakeholders including Citi’s board of directors, senior management and regulators.  We are a global function with over 2,500 professionals providing assurance across all of Citi's businesses.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Director, Audit - Hybrid (Internal Job Title: Audit Director - C15) based in Hong Kong.  Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. 

The Audit Director is a senior level management position responsible for contributing to the strategic direction of Citi’s Internal Audit (IA) function. The overall objective of the Audit Director is to direct audit activities that support a subset of a product line, function, or legal entity at the global or regional level, in accordance with IA standards, Citi policies, and local regulations.

This Audit Director role sits within the IA Banking and Client team, primarily focusing on audit assurance activities relating to corporate and commercial lending, investment banking, credit risk management, client coverage, research and marketing for the Asia Pacific clusters. This individual is expected to work in close collaboration with global IA Banking and Client team to ensure adequate, timely and seamless audit coverage both at the cluster level as well as supporting and leading global assurance activities.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Leads a team of auditors to provide timely and complete assurance over banking and client-related activities for the Asia Pacific clusters, and supporting other global assurance work as needed.

• Deliver multiple audit engagements and ensure the delivery of audit reports are complete, insightful, timely, error free and concise.

• Contribute to the delivery of reports outlining IA’s contributions, and oversee audit’s coverage and reporting on common high-risk areas.

• Provide independent assurance on the design and operating effectiveness of an area, at a regional and global level.

• Ensure timely delivery of comprehensive regulatory and internal audit issue validation, including issues arising from other external parties.

• Be a key IA leader in the cluster, ensuring adequate engagement with senior Banking and Client stakeholders and participation in governance forums providing effective check and challenge.

• Ensure IA meets/exceeds strategic risk assurance coverage expectations and help to provide independent perspective.

• Improve the identification, measurement, management, reporting and controls in governance, risk and control environments.

• Support and endorse the Quality Assurance (QA) function of IA, and resolve issues found by QA, improving audit processes and coverage.

• Ensure the adoption of Citigroup and Citibank Audit Committee Charters and the IA Charter, and engage in internal/external negotiations.

• Oversee various tasks to build the audit team, including recruiting staff, developing and training the team, and managing the budget

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure: