Info Edge - Vice President - Internal Audit & Risk (10-15 yrs)

Company Overview :

- InfoEdge's mission is to create world-class platforms that transform lives by continuously innovating. Our products and services are built keeping our customers in mind. We always delight our customers by delivering superior value through enhanced offerings on the internet and other platforms. Through our continuous investment across various businesses, especially in cutting-edge technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), we have built a robust system that constantly increases our predictive powers on customer behavior, and optimizes and improves our systems. Our various teams tirelessly work together to solve problems, innovate, and create something to empower our customers.

- At Info Edge, people are our core competitive advantage and we will continue doing all that is needed to attract and retain the best available talent

About the Role:

- The individual will lead the internal audit function, ensuring financial transparency, compliance, and effective risk management within the organization. This is a role for an experienced professional from IT industry, The person will also ensure to maintain risk registers. Both at organization level as well as BU/ functional levels and is expected to work closely with business and functional heads and their reportees.

- The person will also be responsible for ensuring smooth planning, scoping and closure of internal audit, both by external internal audit firm as well as special reviews as per plan finalized by CFO/ EVP- Finance. This role is designed to support the company's evolving business requirements and will require a seasoned finance professional with expertise in both risk management and auditing.

Key Responsibilities:

- Oversee the risk management process at entresprise/ function/ business levels, ensuring that financial risks are properly identified, collated, classified, assessed and have robust mitigants if not reported.

- Ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations.

- Being Strategist to Provide risk leadership in determining the organisation's strategy, incorporating strategic risk perspectives, risk appetite, and risk tolerance to optimize performance.

- Provide Risk domain expertise and inputs in Board/ Management Discussions.

- Planning and undertaking appropriate review and challenge of 1st line risk management activities (eg risk profiling, Key Risk Indicators, control testing, regulatory change implementation, product risk assessments)

- Acting as a Catalyst to Influence behaviours for building risk awareness culture across the organisation and a risk based approach for decision-making.

- Review processes, system changes and SOPs for control improvement across group

- Assisting in the development and maintenance of a risk and compliance framework that is fit for purpose, including the updating of risk and compliance documentation per regulatory requirements (e.g. Risk Management Strategy), supporting the implementation of group wide frameworks, undertaking the assurance process which supports annual Risk Management Declarations.

- Monitors & controls all risk limits with prompt reporting and actioning of corrective action for any breaches.

- Carry out various internal audit/ review assignment as per plan as well as on need basis.

- Work with external statutory auditors as well as internal auditors for smooth and seamless completion of audit as per plan and scope.

- Engage with big 4 firms for deep dive of specific areas and finalize scope and coordination and lead the entire proects.

- Develop specialization for in-house internal audit for emerging risk areas, especially on IT & marketing related activities.

Qualifications:

- CA or B.Tech /IT graduate with (preferred) post-graduate degree (PGDM/MBA) in marketing or a relevant professional qualification in marketing and tech is preferred.

- Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance, procurement, and audit, with a strong background in the IT industry.

- Proven experience in managing procurement processes, particularly for marketing and IT-related spend.

- Demonstrated expertise in internal auditing, risk management, and compliance within an organization.

- Strong experience in negotiating and managing vendor contracts, including marketing and IT services.

- Experience in managing commercial and procurement operations in a high-growth, technology-driven business environment.

Skills and Competencies:

- In-depth understanding and expertise of ERM and internal audits

- Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex financial and operational data and provide actionable insights.

- Strong leadership and team management skills, with experience in developing and mentoring teams.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and complex projects.