職務内容

Career Opportunity for Audit Senior Manager / Director – Japan and APAC Technology in Japan!

■ Audit Senior Manager / Director (Only English/ No Japanese required)

■ Company Overview

A leading global insurance organization operating across 190+ countries, offering a broad range of insurance and financial services. The company focuses on delivering innovative solutions and maintaining strong risk management and governance practices.  

We are seeking a senior leader to drive technology audit strategy across Japan and the APAC region. This role will provide independent assurance over applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies supporting a large-scale digital ecosystem.

You will lead a team of auditors, assess risks and controls related to areas such as data governance and AI, and work closely with senior stakeholders (CIOs, CISOs, CTOs) across the region. The role also involves ensuring audit quality, strengthening governance frameworks, and building capabilities in emerging technology domains.

■ Your Role and Responsibilities 

●Work with the Chief Technology auditor to define audit strategy to address risks associated with applications, cloud, infrastructure, and emerging technology activities. This will include ensuring compliance with regional, country and global regulations. 

●Lead and Oversee the execution of the audit strategy coverage: Execute a global assurance plan and audit methodology for business processes and applications, cloud, infrastructure and data center activities, emerging technology activities, including continuous monitoring of regulatory developments and best practices.

●Manage and Develop Teams: Build, coach, and maintain a high-performing team with cloud, transformation, and technology assurance skillsets; oversee talent management of offshore teams, staff evaluation, and hiring processes.

●Engage Stakeholders and Influence Change: Proactively manage relationships with senior management, and other stakeholders; provide insights to drive sustainable improvements in processes and controls.

●Deliver Audit Outcomes: Draft, review, and communicate audit findings and reports to executive management; participate in steering committees and working groups to promote balanced discussions and continuous improvement.

●Driving the adoption of data analytics, AI, and automation in audit testing and risk assessment to enhance assurance efficiency and insight.

■ Experience and Qualifications

●Relevant bachelor's degree in data science, Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, or other relevant fields. Postgraduate qualifications are desired but not mandatory. 

●One industry-recognized certification (eg, CPA, CIA, CISA, CISSP, CISM, CDMP, AAIA, AAISM or equivalent) required. 

●15+ years of experience with assurance, ideally in financial services, data governance and risk management, and technology innovation. 

●Must be fluent in English. Japanese not required but a plus.  

●Proven ability to learn innovative products and technologies and execute related assurance. 

●Deep experience with assurance in a number of the following: infrastructure (compute, databases, network, application development, validation, deployment, and monitoring; complex technology environments; Regulatory compliance related to cybersecurity. 

●Experience auditing cloud infrastructure platforms eg AWS 

●Experience auditing infrastructure including cloud, network, compute, storage, databases 

●Audit experience in public accounting or internal audit, focusing on regulated industries is preferred. 

●Demonstrated experience in leading and developing diverse teams and overseeing multiple large-scale projects. 

■ Good Reasons to Join

●High-Impact Leadership Role: Lead technology audit strategy across Japan & APAC, directly influencing risk, cybersecurity, and digital transformation initiatives at scale. 

●Cutting-Edge Domain: Gain hands-on exposure to emerging technologies such as AI, data governance, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
●Strategic & Global Scope: Drive audit initiatives across multiple countries and complex technology environments within a global organization. 

●Team Leadership & Growth: Build and mentor high-performing, diverse teams while shaping future audit capabilities in advanced tech domains. 

●Executive Exposure: Work closely with senior stakeholders including CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and report into global leadership.

■ Work Location

Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)
Interested? Apply now or reach out to me directly at kanika.pal@talisman-corporation.com !

Details will be provided during the meeting.