Audit & Compliance Associate Manager

Accenture; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking an experienced Finance professional in Kuala Lumpur. The role involves conducting compliance audits and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance financial risk management processes. Candidates should have a strong educational background in finance or related fields and at least 5 years of relevant experience, along with proficiency in Excel and Power BI. The position offers a chance to lead projects and innovate audit techniques through data and behavioral science.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of experience in a Finance or financial compliance-related role.
• Prior experience in internal audit, external audit or investigation.
• Experience in financial modeling and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer audit test plans based on risk analysis.
• Conduct audit fieldwork and present findings.
• Coach junior auditors and lead risk-related projects.
• Engage with regions to share audit findings.

Skills

Communication and presentation skills

Data analysis

Project management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Science, Mathematics or Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Python

SQL

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional to conduct compliance audits, as well as partner with relevant internal stakeholders in Sales, Marketing, Legal and Finance to drive process and policy improvements to mitigate material financial risks for Client’s in the global geos. In addition, this candidate would help identify and implement improvements to our audit techniques and methods potentially through data science, behavioral science, market and industry intelligence, relevant prior experience and other disciplines.

Key responsibilities would include:

• Developing test plans for customer audits based on risk analysis of the audit area and reviewing pertinent data and information.
• Conducting audit fieldwork using appropriate auditing methods. Consolidate and present audit findings and recommendations to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Follow up with relevant internal stakeholders on the implementation of audit recommendations.
• Coaching and mentoring junior customer auditors in the team in the conduct of their customer audits.
• Proactively engaging with other regional counterparts to share and extract key audit findings, hence enable the regions to agilely intercept emerging risks.
• Lead and deliver global risk management related projects.
• Using data analytics and continued learning of Client’s business environment, to identify emerging risks, hence influence operational business partners on appropriate risk mitigation actions.
• Collaborating with counterparts in other regions and HQ in driving policy and process improvements, as well as delivery of data science projects to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our risk management and monitoring capability; and
• Delivering compliance training, as necessary, to help reinforce internal company policies and guidelines.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong bachelor's degree in relevant discipline (including but not limited to Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Science, Mathematics or Business)
• Minimum 5 to 8 years work experience in a Finance or financial compliance related role
• Prior experience in internal audit, external audit or an investigation's role
• Experience in financial modelling and analysis with intermediate to high proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel and Power BI tools
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Able to effectively manage and lead projects
• Highly analytical, able to extract insights from multiple sources of data.
• Working knowledge of Python and/or SQL