Associate Director - Central Risk & Quality

BDO India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO India is seeking an Associate Director, Central Risk & Quality (India) to support risk, quality, and regulatory compliance across a large professional services firm. The role focuses on coordinating, analysing, and reporting risk data while aligning with Indian regulatory requirements and global network policies.

Based in Mumbai (Dadar), the incumbent collaborates with India leadership and network teams to oversee governance, policy localisation, and remediation tracking, driving

Qualifications

• 10–15 years experience in a large professional services firm in India.
• Chartered Accountant (India) mandatory.
• Experience in central risk, quality, compliance, or professional practice roles.
• Exposure to regulatory, professional body, and global network reviews.
• Commitment to ongoing professional education.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate firm-wide risk and quality inputs across service lines in India.
• Prepare dashboards and analytics for leadership forums and governance.
• Manage India compliance submissions and evidence repositories.
• Oversee client acceptance, continuance, independence, and conflict processes.
• Localise global risk and quality policies for India and maintain approvals.
• Coordinate responses to regulatory and network reviews; track remediation.

Skills

Risk management

Quality management

Regulatory compliance

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Governance reporting

Leadership

Training & ethics

Education

Chartered Accountant (India)

Job description

The Associate Director Central Risk & Quality supports India Leadership and the Central Risk & Quality Leader in managing professional, regulatory, and reputational risk across a large, multi-service-line professional services firm operating in India and as part of a global network. The role focuses on coordinating, collating, analysing, and reporting risk and quality information, while supporting compliance with Indian regulatory requirements, professional standards, and global network policies.

• Designation: Associate Director, Central Risk & Quality (India)
• Reporting Manager: Central Risk & Quality Leader (India)
• Experience : 10-14 years experience in a large professional services firm in India
• Qualification: Chartered Accountant (India) mandatory
• Function: Risk & Quality
• Location: Mumbai (Dadar)

Key Responsibilities

1. Firm-wide Risk & Quality Coordination (India)

• Coordinate risk and quality inputs across Audit, Tax, Advisory, Consulting, and other service lines in India.
• Establish structured templates, timelines, and quality checks for service line submissions.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of data for leadership and global reporting.

2. India Compliance Management & Consolidation

• Compile India-level compliance submissions aligned to regulatory, professional, and global requirements.
• Maintain compliance calendars, trackers, and evidence repositories.
• Support annual and periodic compliance certifications for India leadership.

3. Risk & Quality Analytics and Insights

• Analyse firm-wide risk and quality data to identify trends and emerging issues.
• Prepare dashboards and analytical insights for leadership forums.
• Support prioritisation of remediation and quality improvement.

4. Client Acceptance, Continuance & Independence

• Support oversight of client acceptance, continuance, independence, and conflict processes across India.
• Assist with escalation and documentation of high-risk clients and engagements.
• Monitor adherence to India-specific ethical and independence requirements.

5. Policy Localisation & Documentation

• Localise global risk and quality policies for India.
• Maintain policy repositories, approvals, and version control.
• Coordinate policy communication across the firm.

6. Regulatory, Professional & Network Reviews

• Coordinate responses to regulatory, professional body, and global network reviews.
• Compile evidence and management responses.
• Track remediation actions through closure.

7. Training & Risk Culture

• Support planning and tracking of mandatory ethics, independence, and risk training.
• Monitor completion across service lines and Partners.
• Support firm-wide risk and quality culture initiatives.

8. Governance Reporting & Leadership Support

• Prepare dashboards, papers, and presentations for governance forums.
• Support leadership decision-making with clear risk insights.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

9. Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with service line risk leaders and enabling functions in India.
• Coordinate with Global and Network Risk & Quality teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor on operational risk matters.

India Risk & Quality Governance Overlay

The Associate Director supports formal India Risk & Quality governance structures and provides coordination, reporting, and analytical support to leadership committees.

India Risk Committee Associate Director Responsibilities

• Prepare agendas, dashboards, and papers for the India Risk Committee.
• Consolidate firm-wide risk themes, incidents, and review findings.
• Track action items, decisions, and remediation plans.
• Support escalation of critical matters to India and global leadership.

Key Requirements

• 10- 15 years experience in a large professional services firm in India.
• Experience in central risk, quality, compliance, or professional practice roles.
• Exposure to regulatory, professional body, and global network reviews.
• Commitment to ongoing professional education.
• Strong professional judgment and integrity.
• Excellent analytical and reporting capability.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• High resilience, discretion, and execution focus.