Location: Islamabad, Pakistan OR New Delhi, India
Background
Adam Smith International is a leading global advisory firm dedicated to strengthening economies, enhancing societal safety, and improving government effectiveness. For nearly 30 years, across almost 100 countries, we've partnered with governments, the private sector, and civil society to tackle significant global challenges. Our strategies and programs foster economic growth, stability, and good governance.
Our diverse team of experts, based in multiple international offices, upholds the highest standards of quality and ethics demanded by our clients. As we continue to expand our business and program portfolio, we are seeking talented individuals to join our dynamic team during this exciting growth phase.
ASI is committed to integrity and sustainability, maintaining our status as a top-rated B Corp in the UK. Join us and be part of a team committed to making a lasting positive impact worldwide.
Job Context
As the Internal Auditor Manager (IAM) you’ll report the Head of Internal Audit (HIA), supporting them in ensuring the IA function operates in accordance with the Group’s IA Service Level Agreement (IA SLA). You’ll support senior ASI leaders, including the Executive Team (ET) and Senior Management Group (SMG), in the effective discharge of their responsibilities in relation to risk management, governance and internal control. You’ll work closely with the HIA to implement, on behalf of the Group Board, the IA SLA and to plan and deliver assignments, in accordance with relevant professional IA standards.
At this level you will be using, and further developing, your professional expertise to support the HIA to plan and deliver assurance, advisory reviews, and investigations, which will have some complexity to them. You’ll be:
prioritising your time within the context of the overall IA, ET, and ASI plans.
contributing to the thinking around work as well as delivering outcomes for IA and those that you are auditing, for example the scope and nature of the work to be carried out, including reporting format.
analysing information from different sources to use in your work, overseeing audit data, understanding risk, governance, and internal control, and using this to inform your findings, reports, and actions.
working alone or with, and influencing, programme and function colleagues (including associates) and some partners to create value for those you audit and the business.
working collaboratively but objectively (audit and assurance) and/or independently and objectively (investigations) with people across your network, supporting others in their work, coaching guest auditors and sharing your knowledge and findings with others.
We expect the Internal Audit Manager to be able to undertake some travel to overseas offices and project locations approximately for 15-20 weeks a year.
Key Relationships
Senior Management Group members
Regional teams and business function staff
Programme team members
Key Tasks
Support the HIA to complete an annual risk assurance triage process that informs the development of work/review priorities aligned to the Group and regional financial risks, strategies, and objectives to ensure appropriate coverage in line with professional internal auditing standards.
Plan and perform, reporting to the HIA individually or with others, full assurance, and advisory audits, including consideration of governance, risk management and internal control management, and assessing financial reporting and reliability.
Prepare focussed, quality, reports and other communications that reflect the audit findings, identified good practice and proposed improvement actions.
Work with guest auditors, ensuring they have the tools and other necessities needed to join and deliver impactful audit.
Establish strong, credible, relationships with key stakeholders to:
support the effective development and delivery of audit assignments.
act as an objective source of guidance and advice for teams across the Group to make sure that developments and processes are legal and work towards achieving ASAG and ASI’s strategy.
Plan and perform, reporting to the HIA, follow-up audits and other internal audit agreed action implementation tracking to provide assurance that agreed improvement actions have been implemented timely.
Support the HIA to maintain and revise the core IA methods and associated reporting templates.
Periodically, carry out or participate in investigations, reporting to the HIA or Group Finance Director.
Identify opportunities for, develop and deliver, risk, governance and controls advice to ASI staff and leaders.
Key Accountabilities
A good understanding of the key risks that the Group faces, to inform the delivery of high impact assurance and advisory work.
A good understanding of internal audit methods and techniques, to inform the delivery of assurance and advisory work in line with professional standards.
Keeping on top of ASAG/ASI policies and procedures and key client regulatory rules, to create credibility amongst stakeholders and inform appropriate improvement activities.
Deliver timely and accurate high impact assurance and advisory reviews/reports, identifying opportunities for improvement and efficiency and sharing identified examples of good practice.
Implement core audit methodologies in line with professional practice.
Conduct comprehensive and accurate quarterly improvement action implementation monitoring to inform progress other thematic reporting to senior leadership, ET, and Board reporting.
Minimum Qualifications:
Good undergraduate degree in a relevant subject.
CCAB (or equivalent) accounting, business, IT/IS, CISA or Institute of Internal Audit qualification (or actively studying towards). Qualified applicants shall be preferred.
Experience Required
Previous internal audit experience essential, preferably within the development or humanitarian sectors.
Solid knowledge of the regulatory frameworks required by ASI’s major clients.
Experience of supporting international businesses on strategic level transactions and issues preferred.
Key Competencies
Five elements of ASI’s career framework are applicable to this role, as follows:
Deliver impactful and results driven results.
Build and maintain great relationships.
Operate efficiently and effectively.
Manage and develop myself and others.
Create, deploy, and share knowledge.
We are looking for someone who combines tenacity with rigour, exudes sound judgment, demonstrates integrity and sensitivity, and is a strong team player. You should relish working in a lean team supported by guest auditors from across the business, should be innovative, energetic, positive, and genuinely committed to achieving high standards.
Deadline for applications is 9th March 2025.
Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.