About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 40 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD's customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.

For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

About FWD Takaful Berhad

FWD Takaful Berhad ("FWD Takaful") is a takaful provider in Malaysia that offers family takaful services. FWD Takaful is licensed under the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 and is regulated by Bank Negara Malaysia. FWD Takaful is a takaful business unit of FWD Group.

Visit https://www.fwd.com.my

Join us

We're proud to be a company that encourages and nurtures fearless innovation in achieving our vision of changing the way people feel about takaful. Our teams come from a wide variety of industries and backgrounds because we value developing a truly diverse pool of talent that brings different perspectives and experiences. Our values - committed, innovative, proactive, open, and caring - define who we are and what we do as we work together to bring our vision to life, every single day.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Assist with the development of the annual audit plans for IT related audits.
• Lead and perform the full cycle of IT audits, including risk assessment, planning, fieldwork and reporting.
• Ensure assigned audits are completed in a timely manner and within the set timeline.
• Evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of internal controls in audits performed.
• Identify weaknesses in control activities, and ensure management develop action plans that address control weaknesses identified. Where applicable make value-added recommendations for process improvements.
• Communicate audit findings to local management via conducting of closing meetings at the end of fieldwork review.
• Develop and improve IT auditing techniques (e.g. risk assessment and data analytics), and assist in creating a standard library of IT audit programs to be used across the regions.
• Review and follow-up on status of remedial action plans and submit periodic reports to Management and Audit Committee.
• Perform ad hoc tasks and special projects reviews as assigned from time to time.
• To develop a collaborative, partnership relation with Auditees and Business Units across the entity.
• Assist with operational and business audits, and perform integrated audits.
• Participate in IT related management steering committee (ie. ITSC) and provide input from internal audit perspective.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or professional certificate holder in IT field with focus on information systems. Additional certification such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CIA or comparable would be an added advantage.
• Minimum 3-5 years working experience in audit in Big 4 accounting firm or equivalent and preferably with experience in risk based internal audit in the insurance industry.
• Extensive exposure in information system, cyber security and auditing. Ideally, this experience should be gain from Big 4 accounting firm, information systems and financial industry IT internal audit function.
• Familiarity with professional standards.
• Familiarity with Life Asia system is a plus.

KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Good knowledge of family takaful / life insurance / banking industry trends, regulations, and business processes in Malaysia/across South East Asia
• Excellent knowledge of IT audit methodologies, IT project management, and IT governance frameworks.
• Knowledge of IT security controls, prevention tools and cybersecurity trends.
• Experience in IT System development methodologies (e.g. SDLC, Agile) and cloud computing.
• Understanding of core takaful/insurance admin systems and platforms is an advantage.
• Data analytical experience a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident and can engage with senior management and stakeholders.
• Enthusiastic and motivated self-starter with the ability to work autonomously with analytical thinking and meet deadlines.
• Collaborator and team player.