Head of Audit Strategy and Coordination

Ready to shape how Global Internal Audit spots risk and shares insights?

Why HSBC

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Guided by our purpose of opening up a world of opportunity, our ambition is to become the world’s most trusted bank globally, putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

The Role

Head of Audit Strategy and Coordination is a global role within Global Internal Audit (GIA) reporting to the Head of Audit Strategy and Governance. You’ll help shape and implement strategic initiatives across GIA and coordinate the function’s continuous monitoring activities to strengthen risk insight and control assurance. A key focus is bringing together thematic insights through cross-functional collaboration and ensuring these insights are reflected in reporting to the Group Audit Committee. The role interfaces with senior stakeholders across GIA and works with internal and external stakeholders including regulators where required. Success looks like clear strategic priorities, effective continuous monitoring processes across GIA and timely actionable insight that supports decision-making.

What you'll be doing

• Oversee and coordinate all GIA continuous monitoring activities across the function
• Shape and implement audit strategy initiatives with the Head of Audit Strategy and Governance, ensuring coverage requirements are met
• Set objectives for strategic change initiatives and monitor delivery against agreed outcomes
• Embed technology solutions to strengthen continuous monitoring and coordination processes
• Partner across the bank to identify thematic risk insights and align on risk and compliance matters
• Prepare and coordinate continuous monitoring insights for inclusion in updates to the Group Audit Committee
• Establish approaches that promote best practice sharing within GIA and across the Group
• Maintain reliable systems and data to report on the effectiveness of HSBC’s management of internal controls evidenced through GIA work

What we're looking for

• Bring a thorough understanding of HSBC Group structures, values, behaviours, processes and objectives
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of the financial services landscape including competitor developments
• Apply a strong understanding of the external environment including regulatory, political, competitor and economic factors
• Show a clear understanding of the purpose of an Internal Audit function and its role within an organisation
• Demonstrate outstanding relationship management, communication and stakeholder influencing skills across matrixed networks
• Evidence experience coordinating work across diverse stakeholders and geographies including senior executives and regulators where required
• Bring proven experience managing multiple complex programmes or business transformations with significant change requirements
• Apply strong analytical capability to contextualise data into business activities and conclusions and make evaluative judgements in complex situations

Strengthening Audit Strategy and Insight

This role sits at the heart of how GIA sets direction and turns continuous monitoring into insight that matters. You’ll connect strategy, data and cross-functional perspectives so emerging themes are identified early and escalated with clarity. You’ll also help ensure GIA’s monitoring and coordination processes stay effective as the risk environment evolves. If you want to shape how Internal Audit supports HSBC’s control environment at global scale we’d welcome your application.