Background Information:

The Internal Control Team is part of AXA Hong Kong’s Risk Management and its mission is to provide reasonable assurance to the senior management and Board of Directors regarding the effectiveness of the Internal Control environment.

This opening focuses on the subset of the Internal Control Over the Financial Reporting.

The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team with high visibility and exposure to senior management.

Job Description:

• Interview department heads and managers to assess the control environment over processes leading to the production of the financial statement;
• Audit the Design and the Operating effectiveness of selected controls over financial reporting especially IT Automatic Controls and IT General Controls (ITAC and ITGC). Priority will be given to candidates with strong IT background able to independently perform the IT testing;
• Provide a holistic and synthetic view of the control environment to the Head of Internal Control for the presentation to the Board of Directors/ senior management;
• Monitor unresolved issues and status of remediating actions by coordinating with other lines of defence. The successful candidate is able to escalate to the department head/ senior management the most serious unresolved issues;
• Assist in any ad hoc tasks and projects as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• University degree (Bachelor / Master) in Accountancy, Finance, Engineering, or equivalent with 4+ years relevant working experience;
• Previous experiences in Internal Control and/ or Internal/External Audit will be advantageous. Big 4 candidates are welcome;
• Strong IT background encompassing the components of the Internet network, cybersecurity in a datacentre, software vulnerabilities, system development lifecycle. Previous experience in testing IT General Controls and IT Automatic Controls will be highly regarded
• Excellent level of written English (the ability to articulate complex findings in a clear and easy-to-read text is a must);
• Organized and self-starter;
• Good understanding of risk management concepts and recommendation of controls to mitigate risks;
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills (the candidate must have ability to engage first-lines and challenge stakeholders that are more senior than the candidate);
• Sound understanding of accounting principles and financial statement items is a must;
• Sound understanding of IT environment strongly preferred;
• Sound understanding of insurance business and actuarial calculations is nice to have (exposure to Solvency II will be highly regarded).

**Work location is in Wong Chuk Hang.