Associate Manager, Operations Audit | Damansara Jaya, Selangor

Job Summary

The Associate Manager plays a crucial role in supporting the Operation Audit Department in achieving its goals and objectives. The key objectives include:

• Assisting in safeguarding GSC’s value by supporting the development and implementation of effective corporate governance policies and control procedures.
• Contributing to the evaluation and improvement of risk management, internal control, and business processes to enhance operational effectiveness.
• Assisting in providing independent and objective reviews of enterprise risk management and control procedures on a regular basis.
• Supporting efforts to ensure compliance with operational procedures, laws, and regulations for management control, and aiding in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of GSC’s operations.
• Collaborating in the planning, organization, and execution of operational audit reviews at cinemas and across the GSC extended group of companies.

Job Responsibilities 

1. Accomplishes Operation Audit Objectives

• Work together with the Operation Audit (OA) team to achieve departmental and company objectives, while supporting one another professionally, efficiently, and upholding a high standard of respect, trust, and confidentiality
• Ensure Policies, Guideline, SOPs, Checklist and established Laws and Regulations are strictly followed to minimise non-compliance and leakages.
• Research & implement new audit techniques to enhance the quality and effectiveness of audit and reviews.

2. Cinemas and Head Office Audit Checks for GSC Extended Group of Companies

• Support in assessing operational risks and assist in developing the annual audit plan, including defining audit scopes for management review and approval.
• Work together with the operation audit team to carry out audit checks, identify control weaknesses, and contribute value-added recommendations to improve internal controls, including assisting in reviewing and updating policies, guidelines, standard operating procedures, and checklists for the GSC extended group.
• Collaborate with various departments to communicate audit findings and support the presentation of recommendations to relevant stakeholders.
• Follow up on audit issues to ensure that appropriate management actions are implemented and audit cases are properly closed.

3. Enterprise Risk Management Audit

• Assess and improve the effectiveness of Risk Management, internal control and business processes are effective and in compliance.
• Ensure that the operational processes are reviewed.
• Provide reasonable review that the control procedures identified in enterprise risk management/ audit findings are implemented and functioning.

4. Liaison with Auditors and Related Duties

• Assist in the review of monthly audit reports, highlighting key findings and important feedback gathered from various channels, in preparation for Division and Management meetings.
• Coordinate with PPB internal auditors and the GSC team during internal audit visits and exit meetings, and assist in reviewing management comments and action plans to ensure timely resolution of PPBIA’s audit findings in line with agreed timelines