Head – Internal Audit – Manufacturing/Consumer/Retail/E-commerce Parasparam Search Partners

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; Vor Ort; INR 4.000.000 - 7.000.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Corporate Institute in Mumbai is seeking an seasoned Internal Audit Leader to oversee governance, risk assessments, and audit execution. You will manage auditors and co-sourced partners, drive data-led insights, and ensure timely closure of findings in line with ICAI standards.

Ideal candidates have Chartered Accountant qualification with 8–10 years in internal audit or risk advisory, and hands-on experience with SQL, Python, Alteryx or Power BI to analyze population-level data.

Qualifikationen

• Chartered Accountant with 8–10 years post-qualification experience in internal audit or risk advisory.
• Experience running risk-based internal audits in manufacturing, consumer, retail or e-commerce sectors.
• Proven ability to work with transaction data at population level using SQL, Python, Alteryx or Power BI.

Aufgaben

• Lead governance and mandate for internal audit, including independence safeguards and reporting to Audit Committee.
• Direct audit execution across high-risk areas, managing auditors and co-sourced partners, ensuring quality and ICAI standards.
• Develop data-led audit capability post-ERP go-live, enabling full-population testing and continuous monitoring.
• Drive findings to closure with owners, tracking ageing items and preventing recurrences.

Kenntnisse

SQL

Python

Power BI

Alteryx

Auditing

Data analysis

Ausbildung

Chartered Accountant

Jobbeschreibung

Governance and mandate:

• The Internal Audit Charter, including scope, access rights, independence safeguards and the defined transition of functional reporting to the Audit Committee
• The annual enterprise risk assessment, and its conversion into a risk-based audit plan for board approval
• The quarterly Internal Audit pack to the CFO, board or Audit Committee

Audit execution:

• Management of the appointed internal auditor and any co-sourced partners: scope, plan, fee, quality of output, and adherence to ICAI Standards on Internal Audit
• Personally leading audits across high-risk, high-judgement areas
• Building data-led audit capability following our SAP go-live, moving from sampling to full-population testing and continuous monitoring

Findings and closure:

• A single tracker of all open findings across internal audit, statutory audit management letters and control reviews
• Driving findings to genuine closure with named owners and dates, and escalating ageing items
• Ensuring no finding recurs year on year without explanation

Fraud and investigations:

• Establishing the protocol for whistleblower and fraud investigations
• Leading or overseeing investigations as required

Essential:

• Chartered Accountant
• 8 – 10 years post-qualification, with a substantial internal audit or risk advisory core.
• Experience running risk-based internal audit in a manufacturing, consumer, retail or e-commerce business
• Demonstrated ability to work with transaction data at population level, using SQL, Python, Alteryx, Power BI or equivalent
• The personal weight to deliver an uncomfortable finding to a function head and hold the line on it

Strongly preferred:

• Exposure to an ERP implementation, ideally SAP, including control design, segregation of duties and post-go-live review
• Exposure to IPO readiness, ICFR or internal financial controls frameworks