APAC Internal Audit Leader

Remitly; Manila; Presencial; PHP 6.500.000 - 8.500.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Rice Allowance

Transportation Allowance

Paid Vacation

Medical, Dental & Vision

Accident and Life Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Mental Health & Family FormingBenefits

Descripción de la vacante

Remitly is seeking a Head of Internal Audit – APAC to lead our Global Audit & Assurance coverage across Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Australia. Based in Manila, this role owns Remitly's internal audit function for APAC jurisdictions with high visibility to boards and regulators.

You will build the annual audit plan, lead a team of internal auditors, and ensure risk-based engagements across regions, embedding a strong control culture and collaborating with Compliance, Legal, Risk,

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk, or a related field.
• 7+ years in internal audit, compliance assurance, risk testing, or regulatory consulting in financial services, fintech, or payments, including people management.
• Experience with APAC regulatory frameworks (JFSA, BSP, MAS, AUSTRAC, or ASIC) for regulated financial services firms.
• Proven ability to lead the full audit lifecycle across multiple jurisdictions while managing a team and concurrent engagements.
• Experience building an audit universe and annual audit plan across multiple entities, with risk-based prioritization and budgeting.
• Strong understanding of AML/CFT, sanctions, consumer protection, and payment services regulation across APAC.
• Track record managing senior stakeholder, Board, and regulator relationships across jurisdictions.
• Strong people-leadership skills – building, coaching, and holding a team and co-source partners to standard.
• Comfort with data analytics and AI-assisted audit tools in workflows and decision-making.
• High ownership mindset – autonomous, with sound judgment in ambiguity and initiative without close direction.
• Strong communication skills, tailored from operational findings to Board-level reporting.

Responsabilidades

• Own the internal audit assurance framework across Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Australia, including continuous monitoring and data-driven audit techniques.
• Build the annual audit plan across all four jurisdictions – audit universe, risk assessment, budgeting, and scheduling.
• Manage and develop a team of internal auditors, building regional audit capability.
• Lead audit engagements end-to-end across the region – scoping, fieldwork, findings, and reporting.
• Monitor remediation of audit recommendations and report status to Boards and oversight committees.
• Build relationships across Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Product, and Engineering, plus regional regulators and Boards.
• Serve as the senior audit voice for APAC, embedding a strong control culture.
• Oversee co-source partner engagements across the region for quality and methodology alignment.
• Represent APAC priorities in global GAA initiatives – methodology, tooling, and AI-assisted audit techniques.
• Engage directly with entity Boards and regulators (e.g., JFSA, BSP, MAS, AUSTRAC/ASIC) on audit outcomes.

Conocimientos

People leadership

Executive communication

APAC regulatory knowledge

Audit lifecycle management

Data analytics / AI tools

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Risk

Herramientas

Tableau

Power BI

Snowflake

Alteryx

AI-assisted audit tools

Descripción del empleo

Remitly is seeking a Head of Internal Audit – APAC to lead our Global Audit & Assurance coverage across Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Australia. Based in Manila, this role owns Remitly's internal audit function for APAC jurisdictions with high visibility to boards and regulators.

You will build the annual audit plan, lead a team of internal auditors, and ensure risk-based engagements across regions, embedding a strong control culture and collaborating with Compliance, Legal, Risk,