Lead - Internal Audit - GO/JC/4954/2026

Golden Opportunities; Chennai; Sur place; INR 800 000 - 1 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Golden Opportunities in Chennai is seeking an Executive with 3 to 8 years of total and relevant audit experience to lead audit engagements across planned scope and risk areas, coordinating with client accounts and functional teams.

The candidate should hold CA/CPA/CIA/MBA or an equivalent business/finance degree, with a strong emphasis on audit discipline, professional ethics, and ongoing development. The role is office-based in Chennai with India-wide client exposure.

Qualifications

• Lead audit engagements across planned scope and risk areas, understanding objectives, processes, functions and systems and develop audit procedures.
• Coordinate client-initiated and pre-emptive audit activities with Client account and functional teams.
• Assess identified gaps and improvement opportunities, recommend remediation actions and support discussions on findings before final report.
• Produce complete, accurate audit work products independently while ensuring documentation is recorded in the Client Audit tool.
• Experience coordinating client-initiated or internal audit engagements from planning through testing and reporting.
• Experience assessing control gaps, developing remediation recommendations, and tracking resolution actions.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development through training, seminars, feedback, and certifications.
• Working knowledge of approved AI tools and identifying practical opportunities to use AI in audit activities.

Responsabilités

• Lead audit engagements from planning through reporting across the planned scope and risk areas.
• Coordinate client-initiated audit activities with client accounts and functional teams.
• Assess gaps and remediation opportunities and support discussions on detailed audit findings.
• Produce complete, accurate audit work products and document steps in the Client Audit tool.
• Manage project status, milestones, and ad-hoc requests, leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency.

Connaissances

Client audit

Internal Audit

Audit engagement

Financial Audit

Formation

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

MBA

Description du poste

Candidate Expectations

Total Experience and Relevant Experience: 3 to 8 years

Job Details

Job Title: Executive

Job Location: Chennai

Work Model: Work from Office

Candidate Location: Anywhere in India

Skills- Client audit, Internal Audit, Audit engagement, Financial Audit.

Education and Certification

Qualification: Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), MBA, or comparable graduate degree in business or finance.

Detailed Job Description

Key Skills

• Lead audit engagements across the planned scope and risk areas, including understanding engagement objectives, business processes, functions, and systems, and developing audit procedures and planning documentation for review.
• Coordinate client-initiated and pre-emptive audit activities with Client account and functional teams, including audit calls, responses, testing, deliverables, reporting, and Resolution Action Plan updates.
• Assess identified gaps and improvement opportunities, evaluate their significance, recommend appropriately aligned remediation actions, and support discussions on detailed audit findings before final report issuance.
• Produce complete, accurate, organized, and clear audit work products independently while ensuring audit documentation and work steps are promptly recorded in the Client Audit tool.
• Manage project status, milestones, special projects, and ad-hoc requests while leveraging approved AI tools and developing fit-for-purpose agents to improve audit efficiency, accuracy, and insight generation.
• Experience coordinating client-initiated or internal audit engagements from planning through testing and reporting.
• Experience assessing control gaps, developing remediation recommendations, and tracking Resolution Action Plans.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development through relevant training, seminars, feedback, and certifications.
• Working knowledge of approved AI tools and the ability to identify practical opportunities to use AI and fit-for-purpose agents in audit activities.

Mandatory Key Skills

Collaborate with Client account teams, functional teams, management, and senior leadership. Support and lead client-initiated and pre-emptive audit engagements, helping provide risk-based and objective assurance, advice and insight aligned with organizational strategies, objectives, and risks. Work in a global environment, exposure to multiple audit types, develop new skills and contribute to continuous improvements in audit delivery.

Good To Have Skills

• Ability to work independently within a large, multinational, geographically dispersed environment.
• Ability to effectively engage and build working relationships with various levels of management and senior leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage large quantities of information and data, think critically, multitask, and solve problems effectively.
• Demonstrated professional standards, integrity, and ethical behavior.
• A strong sense of ownership, a desire to create meaningful outcomes, and passion for work that serves customers, communities, or global challenges.