Senior Audit Lead – Change Execution

About the role

The Senior Audit Lead – Change Execution provides independent third‑line assurance over the governance and risk management of major transformation initiatives across ANZ. Reporting to the Audit Director – Change Execution, the role leads audit engagements that evaluate change execution risk, control effectiveness and delivery discipline.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and deliver Change Execution audit engagements across the Group, ensuring alignment with the Internal Audit plan.
• Apply strong risk judgement to scope, test and conclude on change execution risk and control effectiveness.
• Identify emerging execution risks and thematic insights, contributing to audit planning and risk registers.
• Manage audit projects within agreed timelines and budgets, escalating issues and following up on remediation.
• Apply Internal Audit methodology, Global Internal Audit Standards and Change Execution risk frameworks to produce high‑quality audit reports.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in internal audit, preferably within a banking or financial services environment.
• Proven ability to assess governance, delivery discipline and execution risk of large‑scale transformation programmes.
• Strong analytical and judgement skills to evaluate complex change initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to work with audit teams and business owners.

Required skills