Global Audit Director — Manufacturing & Controls

Our Clients; Taguig; On-site; PHP 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Clients is seeking a Head of Audit to lead the internal audit function across multiple countries and business operations, delivering independent assessments of financial, operational, and internal control environments.

You will manage a team of 5-6 auditors, oversee audits across Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand, and drive remediation of identified issues while partnering with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Experience in internal or external audit, ideally from Big 4 or multinational.
• Experience managing audit engagements from planning through remediation.
• Auditing manufacturing operations, shared services, subsidiaries, or multinationals preferred.
• Strong knowledge of internal controls, risk management, financial processes, and audit methods.
• Experience across multiple countries, business units, or functions is an advantage.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management, with presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SAP and Power BI preferred.
• Willingness to travel ~30% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 5-6 auditors across geographies.
• Oversee audit activities in Southeast Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand.
• Develop and execute the annual internal audit plan.
• Lead planning, execution, and reporting of financial and operational audits.
• Assess internal controls, risk management, and governance, identifying gaps.
• Conduct risk assessments and define audit scopes.
• Gather, analyze, and interpret financial and operational data for trends.
• Review working papers for compliance with standards.
• Develop clear audit findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Prepare audit reports communicating risks and root causes.
• Develop and monitor remediation plans, ensuring timely closure.
• Track outstanding issues and elevate overdue items to management.
• Provide audit insights to regional and global leadership.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, Compliance, Risk to strengthen controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve audit processes and use of analytics.
• Manage multiple engagements with quality, scope, and timelines.
• Present audit results to senior management and stakeholders.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required, ~30%.

Skills

Team leadership

Auditing

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting/Finance/Business

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Job description

Our Clients is seeking a Head of Audit to lead the internal audit function across multiple countries and business operations, delivering independent assessments of financial, operational, and internal control environments.

You will manage a team of 5-6 auditors, oversee audits across Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand, and drive remediation of identified issues while partnering with senior leadership.