Associate

CO_AFATI Apex Fund Services LLP; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group, India-based, invites experienced Internal Audit professionals to manage IA engagements and support risk and controls across business processes. You will prepare reports for Board and Regulators, draft findings and recommendations, and track corrective actions with senior management guidance.

The role requires strong analytical skills, Excel proficiency, and effective communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in Internal Audit or External Audit within financial services.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking with ability to propose independent recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of interacting with senior management.
• Knowledge of data mining and analytics and strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage internal audit engagements.
• Assist with risk and controls including end-to-end business process reviews.
• Prepare reports to the Board and Regulators on IA activities and effectiveness of controls.
• Draft audit reports with findings, recommendations, and issue finalization with senior management.
• Track implementation of recommended controls and risk mitigations.
• Assist SSAE18 controls provision and recording.

Skills

Internal Audit

External Audit

Financial services knowledge

Analytical thinking

Written & verbal communication

Data mining & analytics

Excel proficiency

Stakeholder liaison

Independent recommendations

CIA / ACA qualification

Education

CIA / ACA qualification

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Job Specification

India based role

• Co-ordinate and manage Internal Audit engagements
• Assist with all aspects of Risk and Controls including review end to end business process
• Assist in the preparation of reports to the Board and Regulators on IA activities and effectiveness of internal controls
• Support in the drafting of audit reports including writing clear and concise findings and recommendations and negotiating issue finalization with senior management
• Help tracking the implementation of recommended processes designed to strengthen internal controls as well as risk mitigation measures
• Complete ad hoc projects which may occur in business requirements
• Assist with the successful provision of SSAE18 controls and the recording of these
• Partake in the assessment of potential findings and the formulation of solutions to issues around internal controls

Skills Required

• Internal Audit / External Audit experience
• Experience in Financial Services industry and specifically in Internal Audit
• Strong analytical and critical thinking combined with the ability to make independent recommendations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of data mining and analytics
• Strong IT/PC knowledge especially in Excel
• Business acumen to allow to understand the business needs
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, for liaising with senior management
• Flexible in work approach due to nature of the role to meet client deliverables
• CIA /ACA qualification

Disclaimer

Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices.

Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which support the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms.

With our focusonmakingadifferencetoourpeople,ourplanetandoursociety,you’llexperiencemoreherethanyouwouldatmostothercompanies.

Preparetoaccelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech.

We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. Thismeansyougetmoreopportunitiestogrowwithus.Sopreparetoaccelerate.We’llmakesurethetimeandeffortyouputintakesyoufurther,faster.

Positivechangestartswithyou. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech.

We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. Thismeansyougetmoreopportunitiestogrowwithus.Sopreparetoaccelerate.We’llmakesurethetimeandeffortyouputintakesyoufurther,faster.

Thejourneyisyours toown. Whenyoustretchyourself,yougrow.

We want you to explore waysofworking thatwillseeyou thrive as part of somethingbigger. We’rehelping with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues right.

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