Internal Auditor

EliteRecruitments; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

EliteRecruitments seeks an experienced risk advisory professional to execute internal audits and risk engagements for asset managers and insurance clients. You will understand end-to-end investment processes across asset classes and apply SOX/ICFR methodology.

The role requires strong communication, independent work style, and willingness to travel across time zones. You will contribute to proposals and ensure high-quality deliverables for global clients.

Qualifications

• CA or ACCA qualification is required and highly valued.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills are essential.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements with minimal supervision.
• Willingness to travel as needed and work across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end internal audits from planning to reporting, including risk/control matrices and testing.
• Understand asset management and insurance industry processes and risks.
• Deliver engagements within time and budget, providing insightful recommendations.
• Support business development through proposals and lead identification.
• Comply with firm quality and risk management policies.

Skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Learning agility

Issue escalation

Relationship management

Team player

MS Office & Analytics

Time zone flexibility

Travel readiness

Client engagement

Education

CA or ACCA

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

About the Company:

We are a rapidly growing 140-member business consulting practice focused on FS (mainly asset management and insurance sectors but not including banks). We perform a variety of internal audit and other risk advisory engagements such as SOX/ IFC/ ICFR, risk management (ERM/ ORM), process reviews / standard operating procedures (SOP), data analytics and other governance, risk & compliance (GRC) engagements for large global and Indian clients.

About the Role:

The current role requires executing internal audit and other risk consulting engagements for asset managers or reviewing investment processes for insurance companies. As part of the role, the candidate is expected to:

Responsibilities:

• Perform end-to-end internal audits from planning to reporting including process understanding, walkthroughs, preparation of risk and control matrix / audit work program, control testing to assess their design and operating effectiveness, preparation of audit report and agreeing issues/actions with management.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the asset management industry risks/issues/trends and end-to-end investment process (front, mid and back office processes) for all asset classes including fixed income, equities, derivatives, real estate, private equity/hedge funds and alternatives.
• Have thorough knowledge and understanding of Internal Audit and SOX/ ICFR methodology and IIA requirements.
• Deliver/ manage engagements to time, cost and high quality.
• Identify key areas of improvement in the client's business processes and add value by preparing insightful recommendations.
• Contribute to business development activities such as preparing proposals, lead identification.
• Always comply with the firm's quality and risk management policies.

Qualifications:

CA or ACCA

Required Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to quickly learn and handle new areas/solutions by leveraging internal and external knowledge sources.
• Proactively anticipate engagement related risks and elevate issues as appropriate.
• Strong relationship management skills to actively establish stakeholder/client (process owner/functional heads) and internal relationships.
• Team player looking for opportunities to contribute to wider team goals.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) skills, data analytics.
• As part of a high-performing team, the individual should be self-motivated and willing to stretch to meet client and practice requirements.
• Ability to work on multiple engagements/clients concurrently.
• Willingness to work across time zones and flexible to travel in future if needed.