Supports the execution of the business process and operations audit program by conducting audit planning, fieldwork, and reporting activities in alignment with internal audit standards. Assists in evaluating process efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with policies and regulations. Provides recommendations and data-driven insights to enhance internal controls, risk management, and operational performance.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Assurance Planning, Fieldwork, and Reporting
- Contributes to annual audit planning and business process audit scheduling.
- Creates detailed audit work programs with clear goals, scope, and timelines.
- Facilitates preliminary meetings and opening conferences.
- Performs understanding of the business, walkthroughs, interviews, and risk assessments to identify key controls.
- Identifies trends, root causes, and control gaps through data analysis.
- Drafts Audit Work Programs (AWP) for Department Head approval.
- Conducts audits per approved AWP and internal audit standards.
- Reviews supporting documents, performs control testing, and evaluates compliance.
- Identifies issues and recommends corrective actions.
- Organizes working papers in accordance with audit documentation requirements.
- Drafts audit findings, audit briefs, and observation sheets.
- Prepares presentation decks for reporting audit findings to management and audit clients.
- Participates in closing meetings to review results and management responses, including agreed timelines.
- Monitors client responses and verifies implementation of corrective actions.
- Prepares quarterly progress reports to the Audit Committee.
- Consulting Advisory and Continuous Improvement
- Participates in special projects, management requests, or process reviews as part of advisory engagements.
- Provides analytical and risk-based recommendations to improve operations and organizational efficiency.
- Governance & Quality Assurance
- Monitors the status of audit recommendations and management action plans.
- Validates completion and effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Updates audit issue-tracking systems and submits periodic progress summaries
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy.
- Preferably a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
- At least four (4) years of relevant experience in internal audit, external audit, accounting, or business process review, including at least two (2) years in a supervisory or project management role.
- Strong working knowledge of internal audit standards (IIA Standards) and risk-based audit approaches.
- Experience in audit planning, fieldwork execution, reporting, and issue follow-up.
- Knowledge of internal controls, risk management frameworks, and governance practices.
- Experience in data analysis for audit purposes is an advantage.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and report-writing skills.
- Willing to conduct fieldwork.
- Willing to be assigned in Cebu.
