Senior Assistant Director / Assistant Director, Internal Audit

Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a power brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one's soul.

Housing Singapore's largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands better than anyone how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and the future. We leverage our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas today, into assets tomorrow.

To succeed, we seek individuals who are anchored in integrity, sensible and confident. We seek team players who are interested in collaboration to explore diverse ideas and deliver tangible outcomes. We seek leaders who are forward-looking, flexible and dynamic.

We are looking for a dynamic, resourceful and pro-active candidate to join the Internal Audit Department.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to Head, Internal Audit Department, you will carry out the following responsibilities:

Assist in the development and review of the annual risk-based audit plan;

Plan and perform end-to-end financial, compliance and operational audits to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal control systems;

Provide practical and value-added recommendations based on best practices to improve the internal financial control and operating environment;

Prepare/review audit reports for submission to the management and the Audit Committee;

Manage and guide the audit team members in the conduct of audit projects;

Plan/manage external service providers to ensure audit work provides appropriate assurance and completeness in scope;

Provide secretariat support to the Audit Committee;

Perform investigation or any other ad-hoc assignments as required;

Assist in administrative matters on daily operations.

Write to us if you have/are:

A Degree in Accountancy / Business or professional accounting qualifications e.g. ACCA;

Relevant certification such as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) / Chartered Accountant (CA) / Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) or Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA);

Minimum 8 years of internal audit experience, including at least 3 years of internal/external audit experience from a CPA firm;

Prior experience in or knowledge of public sector entities will be an added advantage;

Good knowledge and understanding of internal controls, risk management and governance, auditing techniques and methodologies, as well as IT systems;

A strong team player with good networking and project management skills;

A strong analytical mind, resourceful and able to work independently;

A self-motivated individual with good interpersonal and communication skills;

The ability to use data analysis tool such as ACL , SQL and IDEA would be an advantage.

Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a power brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design,

Skills: Accounting, Analysis, Auditing, Budgets, Business Strategy, Customer Service, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Leadership, Management, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Process Improvement, Project Management, Risk Management, Strategic Planning

Experience: 7.00-10.00 Years