American Express

Director-Audit

Posted On

Oct. 20, 2025

Location

Gurgaon, Haryana

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Nov. 16, 2025

Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

About the Internal Audit Group at American Express

Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk.

We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

About the Role

Our Internal Audit Group (IAG) is seeking an eager Audit Director to be part of the IAG’s Asia Pacific (APAC) portfolio in India. In this role, the ideal candidate will be responsible for leading a team and assisting in audit activities across various APAC markets/ associated subsidiary bank. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to showcase and further expand your audit skills, and knowledge!

Key Responsibilities

Oversee audit professionals across multiple simultaneous audit projects of all sizes and complexity across multiple business areas within and outside of local region, in unfamiliar areas, and for different audit leaders, ensuring audits are completed timely and with high quality; conduct L2 reviews
Specialize in one or more specific lines of business; own portfolio with accountability, ownership and horizontal risk view of entire portfolio
Collaborate with Audit Leaders to develop the annual Audit Plan, leveraging knowledge of the portfolio, banking, and industry trends to establish arisk-based Audit Plan with adequate coverage
Support and/or lead regulatory activities and attend regulatory meetings as appropriate
Lead delivery and execution of the annual Audit Plan for assigned audit portfolio using an integrated auditing approach that considers financial, operational, compliance, and technology risks
Review management’s corrective action plans to address business-identified issues, audit findings and regulatory remediations
Lead Chief Audit Executive (CAE) audit report reviews and share insights / observations
Develop relationships with Senior Business Leaders across all business units, proactively identify changes in business environment, emerging risks, and control priorities that may impact Audit Plans, conducts effective business monitoring and guides team to adjust the audit approach accordingly; demonstrate effective challenge by providing deep subject matter knowledge industry related knowledge to support business partnership efforts
Collaborate with Senior Managers / Managers to conduct post-audit feedback discussions with audit team members to provide actionable feedback, support development, and recognize accomplishments
Support Audit Leader with special projects across multiple business units and geographic regions, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and risk frameworks, helps prepare for regulator responses and attend meetings as needed
Serve as a People Leader, providing mentorship, coaching, and career development support for direct reports
Recruit, supervise, coach, mentor, and develop audit staff to build high-performing teams, fostering continuous learning and professional growth
Develop the training plan to upskill colleagues to ensure audit teams have the skills necessary to effectively deliver the Audit Plan
Champion continuous improvement by monitoring industry trends, regulatory developments, and best practices in auditing and banking, and incorporate these insights into audit methodologies and team ways of working

Minimum Qualifications

12+ years of audit experience
Prior experience working at a Big Four / G-SIB
Has strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver high quality, actionable and value-added feedback to management on potential issues and potential solutions to close gaps
Effectively oversees multiple audits, projects and portfolio, setting direction, and developing team capabilities
Guides the team in applying critical thinking to evaluate potential risks and how to translate these considerations into evidence and risk-based insights
Guides team in applying control theory and professional auditing practices across the full audit lifecycle, including design and evaluation of control frameworks
Stays abreast and cascades in-depth knowledge of current trends, new developments, regulations, technologies, and best practices in the auditing profession, banking industry, and area of specialization to teams, peers, and leaders

Preferred Qualifications

Professional Certification (CIA, CPA, CISA or equivalent)
Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), information systems / technology, and scorecards / dashboards, etc.
Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
Support for financial-well-being and retirement
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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