Internal Audit Manager
Australian Super
Total years of experience :15 years, 5 Months
• Managing client portfolios across various industries including education, financial services, government,
not-for-profit and event management.
• Managing and executing multiple client engagements to deliver high quality services on time and within
budgeted realisations.
• Providing initial justification for the initiation of an engagement and continuing to define deliverables,
objectives, constraints, and assumptions throughout the life cycle of all engagement activities.
• Demonstrating commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of quality services to clients and
providing value add solutions to clients’ problems.
• Working with clients to develop and maintain their annual Internal Audit plans by assessing their risk
landscape, prioritising potential projects, and calculating available resources.
• Developing Assurance Maps through collaboratively working with management to identify key assurance
activities across the organisation’s key risks and mapping them across the three lines of defence.
• Attending Audit and Risk Committee meetings to present audit report findings and address Committee
Members’ concerns and queries.
• Facilitating training sessions including Internal Audit Fundamentals, Root Cause Analysis, Understanding
Risks and Controls, and Report writing.
• Coaching and mentoring five direct reports by ensuring they achieve their annual goals, assisting them in
networking with the wider KPMG group and addressing any concerns they may have as they arise.
• Managed the operational aspects of audit project delivery (planning, fieldwork, and reporting) to ensure
they are delivered in time and in accordance with quality expectations.
• Assessed the risk environment, evaluated the design and operational effectiveness of controls and
determined business process improvements in the Health Insurance, Health Services and Aged Care
business units.
• Performed compliance audits in line with relevant APRA standards and the Private Health Insurance Act.
• Worked with senior stakeholders to develop appropriate management action plans to address audit
findings and coordinated with action owners to assess the implementation of these actions, as well as
managed their escalation and extension if required.
• Worked closely with the Heads of Internal Audit to prepare quarterly Executive Committee packs.
• Worked collaboratively with the Global Internal Audit (GIA) team to deliver initiatives such as the GIA
Learning and Development Framework and Management Information Reporting.
• Analysed audit results and themes and reported on insights and trends to the Global Internal Audit
Leadership team.
• Coached and mentored junior colleagues.
Evaluated governance, controls, and risk frameworks for multiple clients through planning and delivering
a range of end-to-end internal audits and business process reviews.
• Managed project timelines, project budgets/resourcing and client billing/invoicing.
• Actively contributed to Audit Committee papers and the development of annual Internal Audit plans.
• Tracked and reported on open audit findings for several clients: through coordination with management
to collate all relevant documents, verified their accuracy and concluded on whether actions have adequately
resolved the audit findings.
• Performed financial and compliance audits in line with relevant standards, internal policies and procedures
and regulatory frameworks.
• Produced written reports to senior decision makers clearly articulating weaknesses and risks and worked
with management to arrive at action plans.
• Coached and mentored junior colleagues and built internal relationships.
• Liaised with clients and developed client relationships.
• Co-facilitated training sessions relating to the Engagement Lifecycle, Models of Consulting,
Communication skills and Managing Change.
Understood business processes, identified and assessed business risks, and evaluated the controls over
the risks identified.
• Developed and tailored audit programs to specific industries.
• Developed and executed tests of controls.
• Ensured that policies and procedures are followed, and standards are met.
• Reported to company’s owners and management.
• Assisted in developing Policies and Procedures Manuals for Finance and Procurement Departments.
• Used the AuditSystem 2 on a daily basis to record and document audit work.
Achievements • Currently the Champion at our Enterprise Advisory division for the KPMG Internal Modules; an end to
end GRC delivery platform. My responsibilities include providing training to our teams, being available
to answer questions, escalating issues to appropriate teams as necessary and compiling users’ sentiments.
• Part of the team that piloted and was later appointed to perform mortgage aggregator reviews nationally
across Australia - a project that was relevant to and driven by the Royal Commission findings.
• Developed an internal reporting framework that measured the internal audit team’s effectiveness,
including KPIs that were reported to the Audit Committee.
• Consistently achieved “Met” or “Exceeded” expectations for all my previous and current roles.
• Played a key role in establishing a framework for conducting risk based internal audits at Abu Dhabi
Airport - including setting up templates for risk and control matrices, audit programs and working
Papers.
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