Internal Audit Analyst

Co Ban Kiat Hardware, Inc.; Manila; On-site; PHP 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Co Ban Kiat Hardware, Inc. in the Philippines is seeking an experienced internal audit professional to join our finance team. The role covers planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up with emphasis on controls and process improvement.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business and 1–5 years of audit or finance experience, including supervising audit fieldwork and coaching junior staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 1–5 years in internal audit, external audit, finance operations, or compliance.
• Experience supervising audit fieldwork and coaching junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist in audit scope, objectives, risk controls, and programs.
• Develop preliminary process understanding and document narratives/flowcharts.
• Prepare audit schedules and testing plans.
• Conduct control testing, substantive tests, and evidence collection.
• Draft audit observations and support report finalization.
• Track action plans and validate remediation effectiveness.
• Support data analytics and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist special audits and investigations with confidentiality.

Skills

Audit experience

Supervising staff

Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

Job description

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 1–5 years experience in internal audit, external audit, finance operations, or compliance.
• Demonstrated experience supervising audit fieldwork and coaching junior staff.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Audit Planning and Engagement Preparation

• Assist in developing audit scope, objectives, risk control matrices, and audit programs for assigned audits.
• Perform preliminary process understanding, identify key controls, and document process narratives/flowcharts as needed
• Prepare audit schedules and testing plans

B. Fieldwork Execution and Supervision

• Perform and/or supervise control testing, substantive tests, and compliance testing.
• Validate exceptions, qualify impact where possible, and document evidence with strong working paper discipline.

C. Analysis, Reporting Support, and Recommendation Development

• Perform root-cause analysis and develop practical corrective action recommendations with control objectives in mind.
• Draft audit observations and support audit manager in report finalization.

D. Follow-up and Remediation Validation

• Track action plans, validate implementation evidence, and test whether remediations are operating effectively.
• Escalate delays, incomplete actions, and recurring issues to the Audit Manager for Management-level attention

E. Data Analytics and Continuous Improvement

• Use excel and available data sources to identify anomalies
• Recommend improvements to audit templates, trackers, and standard procedures

F. Special Reviews / Investigations Support

• Support special audits and investigation by gathering evidence, performing transaction tracing, and maintaining confidentiality
• Ensure proper handling and storage of sensitive documents and investigation working files.