Regional Audit Director, Asia - Leading Innovation & Risk

Manulife John Hancock; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife John Hancock seeks a Regional Audit Director to lead Audit and Advisory Services across Insurance and GWAM in Asia. You will influence ALT/GLT, represent the function in Risk Committees, and drive regional, global audits and advisory initiatives with minimal supervision.

The role requires strong leadership, deep risk and financial services knowledge, and expertise in analytics. Collaboration across 10+ locations will be essential for success.

Qualifications

• University degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience in Financial Services, preferably in insurance and wealth/investment management.
• Professional designation such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CIA, CISA is advantageous; candidates without an audit designation are encouraged to pursue one.
• Strong knowledge of life insurance and/or asset management; familiarity with risk management practices and control frameworks.
• Deep subject-matter expertise in at least one insurance/GWAM domain area (sales, product governance, underwriting, finance, AML, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Strategy and planning: prepare bi-annual audit and advisory plans for assigned areas across Asia.
• Stakeholder leadership: manage relationships with senior stakeholders and present issues to regional/global leadership.
• Audit and advisory delivery: direct audits and advisory engagements from planning to reporting, ensuring high quality outputs.
• Innovation: lead use of data analytics and GenAI to improve audit efficiency and effectiveness.
• People leadership: coach, develop and recruit team members; monitor KPIs.

Skills

Leadership

Data analytics

GenAI

Python

Education

University degree

Job description

Manulife John Hancock seeks a Regional Audit Director to lead Audit and Advisory Services across Insurance and GWAM in Asia. You will influence ALT/GLT, represent the function in Risk Committees, and drive regional, global audits and advisory initiatives with minimal supervision.

The role requires strong leadership, deep risk and financial services knowledge, and expertise in analytics. Collaboration across 10+ locations will be essential for success.