Manager - Internal Audit - CA (5-7 yrs)

- We are hiring a Manager - Internal Audit for our esteemed client in Bangalore. This role is crucial in driving risk mitigation, governance, and process excellence across key business functions like sales, marketing, supply chain, procurement, and finance.

- As part of the organization's commitment to innovation and digital transformation, the incumbent will leverage audit analytics and industry best practices to enhance control mechanisms and support business teams in identifying and mitigating risks.

What are the Key Deliverables in this role ?

Overview:

- The Manager - Internal Audit is responsible for executing internal audits across various business functions, identifying process and control gaps, and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

- This role involves working closely with business teams, driving process improvements, and developing risk analytics to enhance business efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Outcomes:

- Execute internal audits across business functions, ensuring process maturity and risk mitigation

- Support audit planning and execution across sales, marketing, supply chain, procurement, finance, and other key business areas, including IFC.

- Identify control weaknesses, document findings with evidence, and provide actionable recommendations.

- Develop risk analytics and dashboards to enhance control mechanisms.

- Support special assignments and investigations to strengthen controls and improve processes.

Customer Service:

- Proactively identify and highlight challenges and conflicts during audits execution.

- Work with audit lead and business on pending audit actions to ensure timely implementation of audit recommendations and agreed action plans.

- Engage with low to middle management for business in aligning the audit observations, taking their inputs to enhance correctness and quality of observation.

- Provide industry-based insights to the stakeholders, during the discussion for better clarity on process gaps, observations, issues etc.

Internal Process:

- Draft quality reports with clear recommendations, specific action plans, and concise reporting.

- Work alongside with co-sourcing and in-house teams to deliver the engagement.

- Embed audit inputs from CIA and audit lead, ensure comprehensive audit coverage, robust test procedures, and quality observations.

- Ensure audit progress in line with agreed scope document to execution and provide regular updates.

- Proactively highlight challenges for timely audit completion in line with agreed timelines.

- Propose practical and value-added recommendations to address control weaknesses and/or process inefficiencies.

- Ensure factual accuracy of observations and alignments with business.

- Plan and conduct meetings with auditee at the end of fieldwork, providing clear explanations.

- Assist in benchmarking processes with peer FMCG companies to identify improvement areas and best practices.

Innovation and Learning:

- Support and develop need-based analytics on TGO platform for Internal audit as well as for business on control related aspects.

- Attend the trainings suggested by the audit leads and focus on professional development agenda.

- Collaborate with other audit leads to share best practices and improve audit quality.

- Foster a culture of training to enhance knowledge on covered domains and risk factors.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role ?

1. At least 5-7 years of work experience in Internal Audit, preferably in the FMCG industry or other large global organizations.

2. Possession of a reputable accounting or business degree, such as Chartered Accountant (CA)

3. Strong process audit capabilities across functions such as sales, marketing, supply chain, and finance.

4. Excellent communication skills for articulating complex concepts.

5. Commitment to professional development and staying abreast with changes in the market.

Location: Bangalore