VP Internal Audit

HITACHI VANTARA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; India; On-site; INR 6,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI VANTARA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking a Vice President of Internal Audit to join the Core Technology Process Audit team. The role will be based in Pune or Chennai and involve delivering complex technology audits across global financial clients.

You will lead planning, fieldwork and reporting, and drive remediation actions with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has deep experience in technology audits, strong communication skills, and a proven ability to lead risk-based projects within

Qualifications

• Strong experience in technology audits including SDLC, Change Management, and IT Service Management.
• Familiarity with IT frameworks such as ITIL, COBIT, NIST, FFIEC.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services or banking within internal audit or risk/compliance monitoring.
• Proven track record leading and delivering risk-based projects.
• Solid understanding of audit methodologies and report drafting.

Responsibilities

• Participate in delivering complex technology audit assignments including SDLC and Change Management audits.
• Lead end-to-end planning, fieldwork and reporting of technology audit assignments.
• Identify issues and work with management to implement remedial actions.
• Lead projects and meetings with stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Prepare draft audit reports and follow up on audit actions.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and participate in continuous monitoring.
• Contribute to the development of the annual audit plan and risk assessments.
• Keep up-to-date with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Represent Internal Audit on projects and management committees.

Skills

Technology audits

SDLC

Change Management

IT Service Management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Excel

PowerPoint

Presentation skills

Teamwork

Education

Master's or Bachelor's degree in technology

Postgraduate qualification (CIA, CMIIA, ACA, ACCA, CAMS)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Word

Job description

Vice President, Internal Audit

We are seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President to join our Internal Audit – Core Technology Process Audit team for a global financial institution. This role is located in Pune/Chennai.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Participate in delivering complex technology audit assignments, including System Development Lifecycle and Change Management audits.
• Participate in the end-to-end planning, fieldwork and reporting of technology audit assignments - this will require consideration of complex, judgmental business processes and decisions
• Identify meaningful issues impacting the area under review, collaborating with management to develop appropriate remedial action to address the issues identified
• Lead projects and meetings with stakeholders.
• Prepare draft audit reports
• Follow-up of audit actions and where necessary testing their implementation.
• Build and proactively manage relationships with key stakeholders and participate in Continuous Monitoring
• Contributes to the development of the annual audit plan
• Maintain up to date knowledge of industry best practices and regulatory requirements
• Carry out other ad-hoc tasks and projects as directed by audit senior management
• Perform follow-up procedures on Internal Audit observations to ensure corrective actions have been appropriately implemented
• Represent Internal Audit on projects and at management meetings/committees

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Strong experience in technology audits and related processes. Experience in SDLC, Change Management and IT Service Management preferred.
• Knowledge of industry frameworks preferred such as ITIL, COBIT, NIST and FFIEC
• Excellent in written and verbal communication including working with stakeholders
• Relevant years relevant experience working in financial services or banking, within Third Line Internal Audit or Second Line Risk or Compliance Monitoring
• Proven track record in leading and delivering risk-based projects
• Good understanding of audit methodologies
• Proven record of strong communication skills and influencing skills
• Strong knowledge and use of Excel and other Microsoft software – PowerPoint, Word, Visio
• Excellent planning, co-ordination, organization, and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, including with colleagues remotely
• Ideally educated to master or bachelor’s degree level in technology and equivalent professional experience and have completed a recognized relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. CIA, CMIIA, ACA, ACCA, CAMS), but not essential.