Your new company
A leading global insurer is seeking an experienced Internal Audit Consultant to join its high-performing team in Sydney. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in strengthening governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks while partnering closely with stakeholders across the business.Working within a collaborative and agile environment, you will have the opportunity to lead audits from planning through to reporting, provide valuable insights to senior leadership, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the organisation.
Your new role
- Planning, coordinating and delivering internal audit engagements from scoping through to reporting.
- Preparing audit programmes, work papers, testing documentation, and supporting evidence.
- Evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management practices, and governance processes.
- Identifying control weaknesses, operational risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Preparing clear and concise audit findings and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Monitoring and tracking audit actions to ensure timely remediation.
- Building strong working relationships across business units and acting as a trusted advisor.
- Supporting the ongoing development and execution of the annual audit plan.
- Working closely with external co-sourced audit providers where required.
- Keeping abreast of regulatory developments and industry best practice.
- Proven experience in Internal Audit within insurance, financial services, professional services or consulting environments.
- Strong understanding of audit methodologies, risk frameworks and control environments.
- Experience managing audits from planning through to completion.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Strong analytical, investigation and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to work autonomously while managing multiple priorities.
- A degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
- CPA, CA or equivalent professional qualification will be highly regarded.
- Salary package plus annual bonus.
- Flexible hybrid working model with two days working from home.
- Modern Sydney CBD office location.
- Direct exposure to executive leadership and senior decision makers.
- Additional wellbeing leave and employee wellness initiatives.
- Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
- Supportive, collaborative and high-performing culture.
- Employee benefits and retail discount programmes.
- Genuine opportunities for long-term career growth and progression.
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.
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About us
At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. You are at the heart of everything we do. With over 50 years’ experience and a workforce of more than 10,000 people across 32 countries, we collectively put our customers, at the heart of everything we do.
Drawing on knowledge that’s unique to our scale, our commitment to understanding your needs and our ability to meaningfully innovate we are more than just a specialist recruitment business. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face in today’s fast paced world of work, we’ll help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.
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At Hays we know that finding the right role at the right time takes careful consideration. As your lifelong career partners, we’re by your side, every step of the way.
Whether you’re seeking a new opportunity or support in navigating a career change, we bring the expertise and the connections to partner with you to help you realise your ambition.
Providing an unmatched breadth of jobs across industries and professions whilst leveraging our knowledge, employer relationships, learning opportunities and support, we can offer you roles that challenge and excite you.
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