How to become an audit manager
Official title: Audit manager
Also called: Audit director, Audit senior manager, Chief audit executive, Internal audit director, Internal audit manager, Audit Partner/Audit Director, Chief Audit Executive/Head of Internal Audit, Internal Audit Senior Manager/Internal Audit Manager, Audit director, Internal audit manager
Audit manager oversees a portfolio of audit engagements or the internal audit of an organisation. He/she plans, organises and leads audit engagements. He/she reviews and provides technical expertise to ensure the quality of audit work performed is in compliance with professional standards and requirements. He/she establishes and reviews the internal audit plan, ensuring that internal audit goals and objectives are met.
Main tasks
- Assessing the financial situation of the enterprise or organisation, preparing budgets and overseeing financial operations
- Consulting with the chief executive and with managers of other departments or sections
- Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures
- Developing and implementing administrative and procedural statements and guidelines for use by staff in the organisation
- Representing the enterprise or organisation in dealings with outside bodies
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $120,492 a year. The middle half earn $92,304 to $169,992 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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- Budgeting/Financial accounting manager
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- Personnel/Human resource manager
- Industrial relations manager
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- Policy manager
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Questions people ask
How do I become an audit manager?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
How much does an audit manager earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $120,492 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $92,304 to $169,992.
Will AI change the work of an audit manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026