Senior Audit Manager at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya

Standard Chartered Kenya, whose official name is Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited, but is sometimes referred to as Stanchart Kenya, is a commercial bank in Kenya.

The Role Responsibilities

1. Group Internal Audit (GIA) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Senior Audit Manager to join our Kenya Country GIA Team within the AME region.


2. This is a role that provides exposure to auditing and risk management of various aspects of the Kenyan business including CCIB, CPBB & support functions and offers significant career development opportunities.


3. This role primarily focuses on auditing various aspects of the Bank’s business covering various Principle Risky Types. it also provides opportunities to learn about various Group framework, policies and standards across Principal Risk Types.


4. This role will get to work on more complex audits such as cross-functional and multi-location high risk audits and will also provide you the opportunities to interact and engage with both Regional and Country Stakeholders.


5. You will also get to learn about different Risk Types and get to engage with different Risk Groups such as Supply Chain Management, CISO, CISRO, Compliance (including Anti-Bribery and Fraud), Data Privacy, Resilience, Group Operational Risk etc.


6. The role reports to Head of Audit Kenya and East Africa.

Business

1. To act as a Team Member on assigned audit work and support the Team Leader/ Team Manager by executing audit planning, fieldwork and reporting for work assigned in an efficient and effective manner such that audit work meets the given budget, quality standards and timelines.


2. To act as a Team Leader and take responsibility for overseeing the planning and execution of the audit, maintaining the audit budget, including drafting of audit programmes, audit issues and the audit report.


3. Support the Team Manager / CHOA to ensure that the scoping of audit work assigned addresses the key risks identified in the detailed risk assessment and in the audit planning process, and meets relevant regulatory requirements and expectations that are required to be covered by GIA.


4. Ensure timely escalation of delays in execution of audit work, to CHOA, auditee management and GIA management.


5. To support the CHOA in the preparation of Reports to various governance committees and the Board Audit Committee.


6. Apply an in-depth understanding of, and compliance with, GIA methodology standards and the GIA system in all areas of assigned GIA activity.


7. Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data  (using data analytics) to diagnose underlying issues, patterns and root causes.


8. Monitor/track assigned audit issues and action plans, and report overdue items to the Head of Audit (CHOA) for resolution.


9. Provide ongoing continuous monitoring support to Country Head of Audit (CHOA) and raise issues and observations outside of formal audit work to expedite rectification of control weaknesses.


10. Demonstrate leadership and ability to motivate and guide audit team members.


11. Provide written performance feedback to team members at the end of an audit.

People and Talent

1. Build good working relationships with the business to facilitate execution of audit work, help improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the risk profile of the business.

Risk Management

1. Support the CHOA to update the relevant assigned risk assessments on a regular basis to ensure that changes in risk profiles are identified in a timely manner, proposing changes to the assigned audit plan to the CHOA, as appropriate.


2. Be prepared to raise issues/concerns outside the normal audit process.


3. Review MI and reports regularly to keep up-to-date with key trends within the business.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

1. Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.


2. Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.


3. Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

1. Designated business stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments and the assigned portfolio


2. GIA stakeholders – team leaders, team members, team managers, Product, Functional, Country and Regional Heads of Audit.

Other Responsibilities

1. At the request of the CHOA, attend stakeholder meetings to keep up-to-date on key business matters and to provide the right challenge to ensure risks are appropriately identified, discussed and timely remediation plans are put in place.

Our Ideal Candidate

1. An experienced career auditor with a minimum of 8 years audit experience preferably with a Bank of global scale or Big-4 Accounting firm.


2. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.


3. Certified Public Accountant of Kenya, ACCA or equivalent and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)


4. Experience in use of CAATs


5. Understanding of various risks impacting the financial services industry.


6. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to influence business management, other stakeholders, and peers.


7. Confident and courageous to raise/escalate issues in a proactive, professional and timely manner.


8. Track record of performing work independently with minimal supervision and meeting stretch timelines; comfortable to deal with ambiguity and solve problems.


9. Ability to collect and objectively analyse and apply information, “thinking out of the box” where necessary, in supporting the planning, fieldwork or reporting of results of internal audit engagements.


10. Displays initiative and knows when and how to seek guidance. Willingness and capacity to learn on the job.


11. Responds enthusiastically to tasks allocated, accepts responsibility readily and demonstrates business professionalism.


12. Good time management, well-organised with the ability to prioritise and plan workload to ensure delivery to timescales.


13. Ability to work in a team and willingness to assist team members.


14. Flexibility to work across different functions and situations globally, and change priorities at short notice.

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