Assistant Manager- Central Risk & Quality

BDO India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO India is seeking an Assistant Manager Central Risk & Quality to support the Associate Director and the risk function. The role focuses on coordinating, collating, and maintaining risk, quality, and compliance information across the India firm to ensure accurate leadership reporting and regulatory compliance.

You will maintain trackers and data repositories, assist in analysis and drafting summaries and dashboards, and support documentation for client acceptance, conflicts, and policy

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in a professional services firm.
• Experience in risk, compliance, or governance roles preferred.
• Exposure to regulatory or internal quality reviews desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate risk, quality, and compliance data across service lines.
• Maintain central trackers, templates, and data repositories.
• Prepare dashboards, summaries, and reports for governance.
• Support client acceptance, independence, and conflict documentation.
• Maintain policy repositories and map policies to procedures.
• Support responses to regulatory and review requests.
• Assist in governance reporting for India Risk Committee.
• Track mandatory ethics and risk training; generate completion reports.
• Coordinate with risk teams and enabling functions; escalate delays.
• Provide day-to-day operational support to the Senior Manager.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Follow-up discipline

Education

CA/CPA equivalent (India) or semi-qualified CA

Job description

Reporting to: Associate Director Central Risk & Quality (India)

Function: Central Risk & Quality / Professional Practice

Location: India (Firm-wide support role)

Role Summary

The Assistant Manager Central Risk & Quality supports the Associate Director and the Central Risk & Quality function in coordinating, collating, and maintaining risk, quality, and compliance information across the India firm. The role is execution-focused and plays a critical part in ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of information used for leadership reporting, governance, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Risk & Quality Information Coordination

• Collate risk, quality, and compliance data from service lines across the firm.
• Maintain central trackers, templates, and data repositories.
• Perform completeness and accuracy checks before escalation.

2. Compliance Support & Documentation

• Support compilation of firm-wide compliance submissions.
• Maintain compliance calendars, evidence folders, and documentation logs.
• Track compliance confirmations and follow up on pending items.

3. Risk & Quality Analysis Support

• Assist in analysing risk and quality data to identify basic trends and gaps.
• Prepare draft summaries, tables, and charts for reporting.
• Support remediation tracking activities.

4. Client Acceptance, Independence & Conflict Support

• Support documentation for client acceptance and continuance processes.
• Assist with conflict and independence documentation and tracking.
• Maintain records for high-risk reviews.

5. Policy & Process Administration

• Maintain policy repositories and version control.
• Support communication of approved policies.
• Assist in mapping policies to procedures and compliance requirements.

6. Regulatory, Professional & Network Reviews

• Support coordination of responses to regulatory and review requests.
• Collate requested documentation and evidence.
• Maintain action trackers for review findings.

7. Governance & Leadership Reporting Support

• Assist in preparing materials for India Risk Committee and governance forums.
• Compile dashboards, presentations, and trackers.
• Maintain records of actions and follow-ups.

8. Training & Risk Culture Support

• Support tracking of mandatory ethics and risk training.
• Prepare training completion reports.
• Assist with risk & quality awareness initiatives.

9. Stakeholder Coordination

• Liaise with service line risk teams and enabling functions.
• Follow up on information requests and deadlines.
• Escalate delays or issues to the Senior Manager.

10. General

• Provide day-to-day operational support to the Senior Manager.
• Assist with ad-hoc risk and compliance initiatives.
• Identify process improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (India) or semi-qualified CA preferred, or CPA / ACCA equivalent.
• Relevant certifications or coursework in risk, compliance, or governance desirable.

Experience Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in a professional services firm.
• Experience in risk management, quality, compliance, or governance roles.
• Exposure to regulatory or internal quality reviews preferred.

Core Competencies

• High attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.
• Clear communication and follow-up discipline.
• High integrity, discretion, and reliability.