Regional Audit Manager - Hyderabad

Aditya Birla Capital Ltd.; Telangana; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. is seeking a role focused on audit planning and execution for Gold loans across branches, products, and channels.

The incumbent will assist the Vertical Head in evaluating internal controls, risk management, and regulatory compliance across the end-to-end lifecycle of gold loans, including onboarding, valuation, disbursement, and recovery processes. The role emphasizes proactive auditing, use of data-driven techniques, collaboration with operations and product teams,

Responsibilities

• Assist Vertical Head Gold loan audits in developing and executing audit plan across gold loan branches, products and channels.
• Support risk assessment for Credit, Regulatory, Financial and Operational risks in gold loan portfolio.
• Contribute to audit testing coverage across end-to-end lifecycle of gold loans.
• Leverage technology and data analytics for continuous control monitoring and offsite audits.
• Engage with business stakeholders to ensure adherence to policies and regulatory requirements.

Job description

• Job Context & Major Challenges: Write the specific aspects of the job that provide a challenge (internal and external) to the jobholder in the context of the Business/Unit/Function/Department/Section
• Purpose of this role is toassist Vertical Head Gold loan audits in thedevelopmentand execution of theAuditPlan(both onsite and offsite audit)forGold Loanscovering all the key areas in the end-to-end Lifecycleof gold loansincludingcustomer onboarding, collateral valuation, purity checks,screening, credit assessment and sanction, limit and facility booking, credit operations, disbursement, post-disbursement monitoring,collateral management, safe custody and physical security, CCTV surveillance,collectionsandrecovery, pre-payments/foreclosures, settlements,collateral release / re-pledge process, auction process,early warning monitoring,fraud risk controls,legal and regulatory compliance and reporting,etc., acrossgold loans branches,productand channels inABCL NBFCto assess adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and controls, and adherence to internal policies and procedures as well as applicable laws and regulations
• The primary function of the role will be toassist the Vertical Head Gold loan audits in thedevelopmentandexecution ofthe audit plan for proactive and qualitativegold loansaudits acrossvariousgold loan branches,product and channels in ABCLNBFCfactoring the nature of business, level and direction of risk, extent and nature of collateral, scale of operations, level of digitalisation and use of technology, use and involvement of third party vendors/partners, complexity & diversity of thegold loansportfolio, the organization strategy, culture and maturity
• Support the Vertical Head Gold loan audits in the development of theprocesses for adequate and effective audit coverage of various risks including Credit, Regulatory, Financial and Operational risks arising fromthePortfolio and Lifecycle ofgold loans across branches, product andchannels and various applicable laws and regulations
• Support the Vertical Head Gold loan audits to ensure theaudit procedures and checklistsarecurrent and updated keeping pace and aligned with changes in internal policies/guidelines as well as legal/regulatory changes and evolving industry best practices
• Support the Vertical Head in the development ofauditstrategy and planfor identification and assessment ofCredit Risk, FinancialRisk, Operational Risk (includingFraud Risk), ComplianceRisk,Reputational Riskand Other risks arising from Portfolio and Lifecycleof gold loansacross thebranches,product,channels of ABCLNBFC, scale of operations and complexities of the business and maturity level of controls
• Support the Vertical Head in development ofaudit plans based on risk assessment and regulatory framework; ensuringuse of advanced integrated auditing concepts and extensive use of technology and data for achievement of the audit objectives
• Drive execution of thegold loansaudits testingcontrols covering entireLifecycleof gold loansacross branches,productand channels in ABCL NBFCin accordance withthe Policies, Procedures, Legal and Regulatory requirements, Internal Audit Standards, and leading best practices
• Contribute through knowledge / best practices sharing or other ways to support the Vertical Head in developing aspecialisedgold loansaudit team for execution ofgold loan audit reviews includingspecialisedareas such ascollateral valuation and purity checks, and other key areas across gold loans lifecycle
• Ensuretimelycompletion ofgold loansaudit plan and projects along with quality of audits, and meet with all audit documentation and reporting requirements as perrisk based internalaudit policy and procedures and leading best practices
• Explore and use emerging technology solutions tobuild andimplement a continuouscontrolmonitoringand offsite auditprocess forproactive andongoing assessment ofcontrols across various risks in the gold loans lifecycle includingCredit,Regulatory,Financial,Fraudand Operational risks, arising fromgold loans portfolio andlifecycleprocesses acrossbranches,product and channels in ABCL NBFCto ensure, timelyand proactiveidentification and resolution of significantrisk andcontrol issues; Identify and develop automated tests for monitoring effectiveness of controls on an ongoing basis
• Activelyandproactivelyengagewithrelevant business, operations, functional stakeholdersforgold loans business/product