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Audit Director - Coverage

Requisition Number: 46488
Job Location: Dubai, ARE
Work Type: Office Working
Employment Type: Permanent
Posting Start Date: 07/01/2026
Posting End Date: 21/01/2026
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Job Summary
The role of Audit Director, CIB Client Coverage at Standard Chartered is a pivotal leadership position within the Group Internal Audit International (GIAI) function, responsible for the strategic oversight and delivery of audit plans to effectively monitor and manage risks within the Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) Client Coverage portfolio. This position requires close collaboration with the GIAI Credit Risk and GIAII CFCR teams to ensure a coordinated approach to audit coverage, identifying and addressing cross-cutting themes and strategic risks inherent in diverse business units. As part of the third line of defence, this role provides independent assurance to the Board and Executive Management on the robustness of management's controls and risk frameworks, ensuring the safeguarding of the Group's assets, reputation, and long-term sustainability.
The Audit Director is expected to exemplify the highest standards of professional ethics, objectivity, and integrity as outlined in the Audit Charter and Internal Auditing standards issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). They will champion the Group's valued behaviours and promote the "Habits of a Human Auditor" to support a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement across audit functions. This leadership role demands strategic vision, strong risk acumen, and the ability to guide a multi-disciplinary team in delivering impactful audits that support the bank's risk management and regulatory compliance objectives.
Key Responsibilities

• Shape and contribute to the overall GIAI strategic agenda and support key deliverables driving continuous improvements in audit quality and effectiveness.
• Lead and manage the end-to-end audit process within the CIB Client Coverage portfolio, ensuring high-quality, insightful audits that offer practical, risk-based recommendations to management and stakeholders.
• Supervise the efficient allocation of resources and oversee audit activities to ensure timely delivery within set budgets and adherence to established GIAI methodologies and standards.
• Work closely with management to articulate clearly the risks and implications identified during audits, negotiating actionable management responses to mitigate identified control gaps or vulnerabilities.
• Advance continuous monitoring efforts to maintain real-time oversight of risk profiles and control environments, maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and communication across business and audit functions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the CIB Client Coverage portfolio, facilitating effective knowledge sharing both within GIAI and with external stakeholders to enhance audit insights and strategic alignment.
• Ensure audit plans comprehensively address identified risks and regulatory requirements, adapting plans proactively based on changing risk environments and emerging trends.
• Lead the execution of audit plans across Client Coverage and supporting functions such as Data Analytics, fostering collaboration to deliver a holistic, coordinated audit programme.
• Provide robust quality assurance through detailed review and supervision of audit teams' work, ensuring outputs meet professional standards and organizational expectations.
• Coach and develop audit teams by imparting business and technical expertise as well as project management skills, fostering a proactive, high-performance team culture.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape and business environment affecting Client Coverage, embedding this knowledge into risk assessments and audit executions.
• Regularly update Continuous Risk Assessments to reflect the dynamic risk exposure of the portfolio and amend audit strategies accordingly.
• Promote transparent risk reporting and issue escalation, ensuring that emerging risks and strategic concerns are communicated promptly to senior management and relevant committees.
• Employ a forward-looking approach to risk identification through active stakeholder engagement and environmental scanning, enhancing the relevance and impact of audit activities.

Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the GIAI audit methodology and related systems, with the ability to expertly manage audit engagements from inception through to conclusion, including continuous monitoring and risk reassessment. Proven experience in stakeholder engagement is essential to foster strong relationships and influence at various levels within the organisation.
Applicants should possess a deep knowledge of the business dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and emerging risks specific to Client Coverage, Data Analytics, and the evolving domain of Digital Assets. Exceptional communication skills are mandatory, enabling complex audit findings and risk analyses to be conveyed clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences including audit teams, business leaders, subsidiary boards, and regulators.
Strong leadership capabilities are required, especially in managing culturally diverse and geographically widespread teams, nurturing talent, and driving collective success. The candidate must be adept at balancing technical audit requirements with strategic insight to uphold audit integrity and deliver substantive value.
Qualifications
Educational Requirements: A Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline such as Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field is required to support the technical knowledge necessary for this senior audit role.
Professional Training: Candidates should have completed comprehensive bank-wide and role-specific training programmes that reinforce the essential skills and regulatory knowledge needed for this position.
Certifications: A recognised professional qualification in auditing, accounting, or risk management (e.g., CPA, CIA, ACCA, or equivalent) is highly preferred, affirming the candidate's commitment to professional excellence and continuous development.
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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