Assistant Manager - Audit - BPO/Manufacturing Firm - CA

Assistant Audit Manager

Only CA Qualified candidates should apply :

- Supervises and leads associates assigned to teams or projects (internal audits) in progress.

- > 6 years in Internal Audit (typically more years needed).

- Experience in at least 2 different functional areas or significant experience outside the company is preferred.

- Applies new learning to increasingly complex situations

- Comprehensive & detailed analytical complexity, yet still sees big picture to drive audits

- Audit requiring ability to function outside of traditional audit areas

- Has demonstrated an ability to take concept and drive project through to completion

- Reserved for special individual contributors or "soon to be managers".

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. As an Assistant Audit Manager, audit assignment responsibilities include:

- Execute the annual audit plan under the supervision of the regional Audit Director

- Conduct 8-12 individual internal audit assignments per year. This is likely to involve supervising staff from a third party organization.

- Undertake comprehensive planning and risk assessments relating to each assignment to ensure that the engagement identifies potential business risks.

- Ensure that detailed audit work is effectively focused on areas assessed as high risk, thus ensuring maximum payback from the assignment.

- Ensure that recommendations are clearly presented to and agreed to by management and that a subsequent audit report is issued promptly.

- Ensure that all agreed recommendations are subsequently implemented.

- The position holder is likely to be called upon to be a team member or team leader on various special projects requiring analytical and risk assessment skills.

- Stay abreast of best practices both internally and externally and provide conduit for introducing those practices to the company.

- Be a role model for the company's values and demonstrate the highest ethical standards.

- Deliver presentations to Senior Management.

- Uses effective communication to empower others

- Develops and maintains networks of decision makers and key influencers

- Willingly shares information, facilitates discussion and assigns follow-up

- Interdisciplinary team spokesperson

- Helps formulate departmental policy

- Identified as team leader responsible for specific audits

- Undertakes issues & processes that are moderately complex and that stretch across functions

- Leads process improvement events and initiatives

- Successfully establishes and maintains relationship with vendors and outside consultants

RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS :

Supervisory Relationships:

1. Reports to the Regional Audit Director.

Organization Relationships:

1. Has frequent internal contact with all levels of corporate and operating personnel on matters relating to audit assignments.

External Business Relationships:

1. Has external contact with the Company's Certified Public Accountants in order to assist in their work when required.

2. Has external contact with the Company's service vendors and/or advertising agencies selected for audit

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

- Likely to hold professional certification with seven years post qualification experience.

- Comfortable with leading edge risk assessment methodologies.

- Several years people supervisory experience.

- MBA and/or IT and/or language skills.

- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.

- Strong interpersonal skills - ability to work closely with people at all levels of the organization and facilitate the implementation of corrective action.

- Willing to travel up to 50% of the time to locations throughout the world.

- Proficient in SAP, ACL, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint