The Role
Leads internal audit activities, including risk assessments, audit planning, fieldwork, team coaching, report preparation, findings presentation, stakeholder coordination, compliance reviews, and follow-up of corrective action plans. The role also provides process advisory support and performs ad hoc assignments while ensuring adherence to statutory requirements, group policies, and internal guidelines.
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Job Responsibilities:
- Perform routine & scheduled audits, risk assessment, process advisory & ad hoc assignments.
- Lead audit team in performing audits including audit planning, fieldwork execution, coaching subordinates, report drafting as well as finding presentation.
- Liaise with the respective stakeholders to obtain data/information for planning and fieldwork as well as coordinating cross-departmental meetings for alignment if necessary.
- To monitor and perform follow up review on the implementation status of agreed action plans.
- To review compliance to statutory requirements, Group policies and guidelines.
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Undertake other tasks and responsibilities as instructed by the Superiors
Candidate Requirements:
- Min 4 years of working experience in internal audit, comprising at least 1 year solid experiences of leading team/ project.
- Degree in Accounting/ Business/ Finance. Professional qualification or equivalent (i.e. CIA/ ACCA) will be an added advantage.
- Exposure to auditing in retail industry will be an added advantage.
- Possess good interpersonal, presentation and report writing skills.
- Strong critical thinking and data analytical skill.
- Independent and experienced in dealing with various Stakeholders.
- Good command of both spoken and written English and Bahasa Malaysia.
About Us
Watsons Malaysia is part of AS Watsons Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer operating over 16,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 28 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2022, AS Watsons Group recorded revenue of US$22 billion. Every year, we are serving over 5.5 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology-enabled platforms.
Watsons Malaysia is the leading health and beauty retailer with more than 650 Watsons stores and growing in the country serving the needs of all Malaysians. Watsons continues to inspire our customers to enjoy life to the fullest and set the standards in the health, wellness, and beauty market, providing personalised advice in health, beauty, and personal care on top of its market-leading product ranges, making customers LOOK GOOD, DO GOOD, FEEL GREAT every day.
Since 2009, Watsons has been the No.1 pharmacy/drugstore brand in Asia Pacific for the 13th year running*. On top of that, Watsons Malaysia won Platinum Award for the Best in Retail Category 2022 by Putra Brands Award, a premier and only brand award in Malaysia voted by Malaysian consumers. Watsons Malaysia is also the No. 1 Retailer Most Preferred Graduates Employers to Work for by Talentbank Graduates' Choice Award 2022.
*Campaign Asia-Pacific “Asia’s Top 1000 Bands online study over 8,000 respondents across 14 markets in Asia Pacific region”.
Skills Required
- At least 4 years of experience in internal audit
- At least 1 year of experience leading teams or projects
- Degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance
- Professional qualification such as CIA or ACCA
- Experience auditing in the retail industry
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and report-writing skills
- Strong critical-thinking and data-analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and manage stakeholders
- Proficiency in spoken and written English and Bahasa Malaysia
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The Company
What We Do
AS Watson Group is an international retail company rooted in Asia and the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer. It operates more than 17,000 offline and online stores under 12 retail brands across 31 markets, offering health, beauty, personal care, wellness, food, electronics and other products. Its purpose is to improve customers’ wellbeing and put smiles on their faces today and tomorrow.
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