- Deliver appropriate assurance through quality audit reports supported by appropriate audit evidence. - Manage or execute audits in alignment with Company Methodology and International Internal Audit (IIA) standards and ensure methodology efficiencies are identified. Manage audits of high complexity. - Ensure risk identification operationally is performed effectively, reducing where possible, the scope of the review without reducing the provision of assurance. - Active communication and engagement with business unit. - Audit messages and recommendations are value adding, material, show foresight, and are timely, commercial and pragmatic. - Ensure line management buy into the audit findings while also proactively and effectively managing any disconnect in opinions that may arise between senior parties during an audit. - Ensure relevant management and Chairman and members of Audit & Risk Committee of Company keep informed of progress of audit plan, areas of concerns, open and overdue issues. - Drive effective development, performance and management of team members.

- Experience in managing large audit or risk teams working on complex and high profile reviews – with complexities such as multi geographies, multiple stakeholders, different areas of subject matter expertise, coupled with significant banking & finance industry knowledge. - Tertiary qualified, ideally with Professional (CPA/CA) or Post Graduate qualifications with technically relevant skills (i.e. accounting, audit, credit risk, technology). - Track record in understanding key players in an organization and building relationships with them. - Experience working with and influencing senior managers in the business. - Significant demonstrated experience in managing audit or risk project teams proven experience in developing people in this context and in setting clear performance expectations and providing clear feedback against these. - Experience in supporting change and overcoming resistance to change. - Excellent negotiating, influencing and conflict management skills. - Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent listening and interpreting skills