Internal Audit Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific

Testing Site - JPMC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in Hong Kong seeks a senior Internal Audit COO Asia Pacific to translate strategy into a governed, executable plan. You will partner with Audit leadership to drive operational and financial execution, ensuring disciplined delivery and transparent governance across global teams.

Responsibilities include leading audit planning, supervising plan execution, and implementing metrics to monitor compliance and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Experience in internal audit execution or leading audit operations for a large, complex organization.
• Demonstrated people leadership with performance mgmt and team development.
• Strong knowledge of audit methodology, internal controls, and risk assessment.
• Ability to manage budgets, capacity planning, and governance.
• Program and project management capability to handle multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with senior stakeholder influencing.
• Experience working across matrixed, global, and virtual teams.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual audit planning process, including audit universe reviews, mapping, risk assessment, and coverage adequacy.
• Oversee audit plan execution, monitoring changes and adherence to internal standards and external requirements.
• Implement tools, metrics, and reporting to monitor compliance with audit policies, analyzing trends and driving corrective actions.
• Partner with Audit leadership and Audit Practices to prioritize, deliver, and communicate the strategic agenda and key initiatives.
• Drive process improvements and best practices that improve consistency, efficiency, and quality across audit activities.
• Manage budget, forecasting, and financial discipline in coordination with finance partners.
• Lead workforce management including headcount planning, open roles, hiring coordination, development, training, and required certifications.
• Coordinate governance and senior management forums, including preparation of materials and executive-level communications.
• Support regulatory and stakeholder interactions, including examinations, reviews, and responses to inquiries.
• Build strong working relationships with business and control partners to enable effective planning and delivery.
• Collaborate with the broader Internal Audit COO community to share practices and improve common deliverables.

Skills

Audit operations

Budget management

People leadership

Program/project management

Communication skills

Cross-functional teams

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Help shape how Internal Audit runs-how priorities are set, how teams are resourced, and how outcomes are delivered. In this role, you will partner closely with Audit leadership to translate strategy into a well-governed, executable plan. You will connect stakeholders across the firm and help ensure clear, consistent communication and disciplined delivery. If you enjoy operating at the intersection of strategy, execution, and risk, this role offers broad exposure and meaningful impact.

As anInternal Audit Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific in theInternal Auditteam, you will partner with Audit leadership to drive the operational and financial execution of the audit agenda. You will help ensure audit planning and delivery are well-governed, data-informed, and consistently executed, while supporting a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will also help advance strategic initiatives across methodology, reporting, and quality practices.

Job responsibilities

• Leadthe annual audit planning process, including audit universe reviews, mapping, risk assessment, and coverage adequacy
• Overseeaudit plan execution, monitoring changes and adherence to internal standards and external requirements
• Implementtools, metrics, and reporting to monitor compliance with audit policies, analyzing trends and driving corrective actions
• Partnerwith Audit leadership and Audit Practices to prioritize, deliver, and communicate the strategic agenda and key initiatives
• Driveprocess improvements and best practices that improve consistency, efficiency, and quality across audit activities
• Managebudget, forecasting, and financial discipline in coordination with finance partners
• Leadworkforce management including headcount planning, open roles, hiring coordination, development, training, and required certifications
• Coordinategovernance and senior management forums, including preparation of materials and executive-level communications
• Supportregulatory and stakeholder interactions, including examinations, reviews, and responses to inquiries
• Buildstrong working relationships with business and control partners to enable effective planning and delivery
• Collaboratewith the broader Internal Audit COO community to share practices and improve common deliverables

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience in internal audit execution and/or leading audit operations for a large, complex organization
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including performance management and team development
• Strong knowledge of audit methodology, internal controls, and risk assessment concepts
• Proven ability to manage budgets, capacity planning, and operational governance
• Strong program and project management capability, including managing multiple priorities and driving delivery
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including influencing and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across matrixed, global, and virtual teams
• Sound judgment, strong integrity, and comfort providing constructive challenge
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Professional certification such as Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Public Accountant
• Experience supporting regulatory exams, audit committee-related governance, or similar senior forums
• Experience designing or improving management reporting, metrics, and operating rhythms
• Familiarity with data analytics, automation, or continuous monitoring approaches in an audit context
• Experience managing vendor relationships or external service providers
• Track record of driving operational transformation or continuous improvement initiatives
• Strong stakeholder management across multiple lines of business and functions