Senior Director-Internal Audit

About This Role

Job Description Audit Planning

• Develop and own the risk-based Annual Audit Plan for the data centre business, aligned with the enterprise risk register and senior management’s priorities
• Conduct structured risk assessment workshops with business leadership to identify high-impact, high-likelihood risk areas requiring audit coverage
• Present the Annual Audit Plan and resource requirements to the SVP-Internal Audit and ongoing oversight
• Continuously adapt the plan in response to emerging risks, regulatory changes, and strategic business pivots

Audit Execution & Quality Assurance

• Lead end-to-end execution of operational, financial, IT/OT, compliance, and advisory audit engagements
• Supervise and coach audit managers and senior auditors through planning, fieldwork, evidence evaluation, and reporting phases
• Apply recognised methodologies including IIA International Standards, COBIT 2019, ISO 19011, and relevant ISACA frameworks
• Perform or direct specialist technical audits covering critical facility systems, DCIM, BMS, cybersecurity controls, and cloud platforms
• Maintain and operate the Internal Quality Assessment (IQA) programme; act on findings to continuously improve audit practices

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of progressive internal audit experience
• Demonstrated experience auditing data centre, critical facilities, telecoms, cloud, or digital infrastructure businesses
• CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) – desirable
• One or more of: CISA, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 50001, PMP, CDCP – required