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Finance · Karachi · Senior · Contingent
Senior Internal Auditor — Credit Risk
Pakistan tier-1 bank (same group as the Principal Engineer role)
12,000 staff total · 90-person internal audit function
Compensation band
PKR 7.2m – 9.6m base annual
Bonus
Up to 12%
Equity
None
Posted
2 April 2026
The brief
Senior auditor on the credit-risk audit team. Reports to the Audit Manager (Credit). Audits commercial-banking credit decisions, IFRS-9 staging models, and the credit-monitoring framework.
Scope of the role
- · Plans and executes 4 to 6 audit engagements per year on the credit-risk side.
- · Reviews credit decisions, IFRS-9 staging, ECL models, and the watch-list / NPL classification framework.
- · Mentors two audit associates without managing them.
Must-haves
- · CA Pakistan or ACCA, fully qualified.
- · Four years post-qualification, two of those in a bank internal audit function (Big Four audit time counts toward the 4 years).
- · IFRS-9 ECL exposure.
- · Comfort writing audit findings memos to senior management.
Nice-to-haves
- · Direct exposure to SBP inspections.
- · Big Four banking-audit background.
- · Familiarity with credit-rating model validation.
Process
- 45-min initial call with Ayesha.
- 90-min conversation with the Head of Internal Audit + the Audit Manager (Credit).
- Technical case study (IFRS-9 staging memo).
- On-site loop: head of risk + chief auditor + a senior auditor on the team.
- Offer.
Consultant on the search
Ayesha Mirza
Consultant, Finance
Pakistan finance corridor — internal audit, controller, FP&A. CA Pakistan, ex-A.F. Ferguson and Engro Corp internal audit.
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