Job Description
ASSOCIATE MANAGER – INTERNAL AUDIT
The job holder is responsible for planning, executing, and reporting risk-based operational audits across the Bank's operations. This role involves conducting end-to-end audit engagements as part of a team to ensure compliance with internal policies, as well as applicable regulatory and legal requirements
THE JOB
- Ensure all audit engagements are conducted in accordance with the Internal Audit Framework, including approved charters, policies, guidelines, and procedures of the Bank and its subsidiaries
- Support the development of the annual audit plan, ensuring it is risk-based, aligned with CBSL supervisory expectations, and submitted to the Board Audit Committee for approval
- Contribute to the preparation of the annual risk-based operational audit plan, ensuring comprehensive coverage of high-risk areas identified through the Bank's risk assessment process.
- Maintain full functional independence in line with CBSL Corporate Governance Directions and uphold the objectivity of the internal audit function.
- Independently assess compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including Banking legislation, CBSL Directions, Foreign Exchange regulations, and relevant internal and external circulars and best practices.
- Review policies and guidelines periodically, in line with regulatory requirements and bank standards, and recommend enhancements to policies, systems, and processes to address evolving business and risk environments.
- Support the external audit process in meeting statutory and regulatory obligations, including responding to audit queries, providing management representations where required, and coordinating responses to audit findings, while contributing to the organization’s combined assurance framework and maintaining professional independence.
- Prepare audit planning documents and detailed audit programs in line with the approved audit methodology for Manager review
- Perform audit fieldwork, obtaining sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, and maintain robust and well-documented working papers to support audit conclusions
- Ensure consistent adherence to internal audit methodology, professional standards, and quality requirements throughout the audit lifecycle.
- Monitor and follow up on the implementation of audit findings to ensure timely, effective, and sustainable remediation.
- Maintain and update the audit issue tracking system, including preparation of periodic follow-up reports and status dashboards.
THE PERSON
- Possess part qualification in Banking or Finance discipline / Internal Audit qualification is added advantage
- Possess around 07 years of banking experience, including 05 years of Audit experience in a licensed bank or financial institution in Sri Lanka
- Knowledge and experience in Treasury Audits and/ or Data Analytics(SQL Queries) will be considered an added advantage.
- Pay attention to details and analytical skills.
- Ability to work under strict deadlines and manage multiple concurrent audit engagement
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
The position is at Associate Manager Grade.
Please login to https://www.ndbbank.com/careers to apply on or before 11th June 2026
We will correspond only with the shortlisted applicants.
We are an equal opportunity Employer
