JPMorgan Regional Head Internal Audit Practices Executive Director 

China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island 

554222851

As a Regional Head of Internal Audit Practices, Executive Director within our APAC Audit team, you will take on the regional leadership of our Audit Practice. Your role will involve promoting and executing regional Practices agenda items, including methodology, regulatory engagement, reporting & control, and quality assurance. You will be tasked with ensuring all regional regulatory requirements are met in a manner that aligns with global expectations and promotes positive change throughout the department. Building trusted relationships with business executives, global Audit Management, Internal Audit staff, and regulators will be a key part of your role, as will leading change effectively.

Job responsibilities:

• Leading the development of the Regional Internal Audit practice objectives and strategic direction, ensuring consistency with the global practice objectives and strategy
• Providing thought leadership and respectfully challenge as appropriate on methodology, tools, processes etc., acting to ensure that any regional variances are recognized to represent additional activities required by local regulators
• Assessing and enhancing core Internal Audit practices to meet the expectations of Institute of Internal Auditors standards, the firm, and global regulatory agencies, with particular attention to local regulatory requirements that might be incremental or different from global standards
• Being a subject matter expert on Internal Audit methodology, policies, processes and toolsets in order to respond to incoming queries and drive efficiency and consistency. Provide strategic Practices direction on emerging risks or issues that Internal Audit must address
• Actively participating and representing the region in the key forums to input into the change agenda. Ensure that the region supported is aware of all relevant audit methodology and toolset changes to eliminate confusion and promote a common understanding
• Leading, influencing and overseeing the regional implementation of tools, metrics and reporting to monitor adherence to audit policies and standards and completion of the audit plan, including regular analysis of results
• Strategically owning the resource and talent in the Regional Practices Team. Activities may include recruiting, assigning and counselling team members as well as performing job analysis for each role, clearly identifying and articulating responsibilities of each role, together with required skill-sets, qualifications etc.
• Building and maintaining close and effective relationships with the firm’s external auditors and with regulators in the Region. Direct the regional Audit regulatory interaction, including support of Audit regulatory request responses, exam status monitoring, and regulatory issue closure validation
• Supporting an effective Quality Assurance program by proactively reviewing their work and conclusions for regional applicability, and sharing with regional audit management to ensure globally consistent audit methodology is followed across all locations
• Working closely with the Audit Leadership Team and the Regional Chief Auditor to initiate and drive strategic initiatives and projects
• Identifying, escalating and if necessary remediating potential issues with regards to audit execution, regulatory interaction and general matters in a timely manner to understand the root cause, prevent recurrence and help create solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience including Audit and/or Financial Services, with at least 10 years managing and leading teams
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or similar
• Proven ability to work and think with a global as well as regional mindset with a track record of global partnership and influence
• In-depth understanding of audit practices and methodologies, internal controls, and risk assessment and management processes. Uses this knowledge to identify opportunities for improvement
• Broad experience of managing operational processes required to run a large business function. This should include technology infrastructure, internal and external reporting, regulatory exam management, real estate strategy and talent planning.
• Strategic and visionary in anticipating risk issues for different businesses units within the Audit function
• Effective ‘fact based’ decision making skills with the ability to secure support at all levels
• Operates with a sense of urgency, provides credible challenge as needed to all levels of management
• Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to present information clearly and in a way that is appropriate to the audience
• Demonstrated leader with excellent management skills and ability to cultivate a strong team work environment
• Experience driving and delivering strategic improvements and measurable change

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Commercially astute, with a track record of making commercially viable business decision
• Effective under pressure and willing to take personal responsibility/accountability
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and assess and change priorities as needed
• Able to demonstrate a general understanding and working knowledge of all banking business areas