Associate Director - Internal Audit

Associate Director-Assurance

Client Service Delivery

MNC Shared Services

Location-NCR,India

- Contribute to the development of annual internal audit plan

- Take responsibility of the execution and completion of assigned audits planned through the year, where necessary from the scoping and planning through to wrap-up and final report delivery

- Apply the methodology in a consistent manner; establish and monitor the engagement budget

- Participate in the review of the quality of work products of audits / projects

- Review audit team’s work and challenges their understanding of audit areas and processes to assure adequate coverage

- Manage the creation of work papers that document the engagement procedures performed, the findings and the results of those procedures

- Serve as first level approver of final reports and enhance its content based on application on knowledge and experience

- Participate in presentation of report and audit findings to management (auditee) and manage relationship with the auditee where necessary

- Perform internal audit work of a degree that is of a very complex nature and involves significant knowledge of internal audit techniques and technical problem solving skills

- Contribute to the preparation of stakeholder presentations

People

- Responsible for attracting, hiring, and retaining a team of high-performing audit professionals who possess outstanding knowledge, experience, ethics, and integrity

- Participate in the recruiting process and help to build practice’s workforce by conducting interviews and evaluating candidates

- Responsible for training and on-boarding the India Team members

- Train the new team members on internal audit techniques, organizational issues, and departmental procedures and protocols.

- Ensure right skills set deployment to deliver optimal results

- Manage the annual goal setting and performance management process for the team members

- Serve as a career counselor for the entire team and manages their career aspirations

- Provide written and verbal performance feedback for team members on internal audit engagements/ against annual goals KnowUse current and developing technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and service. Suggest application of the tools/ technologies to the team

- Leverage ideas from other projects to enhance knowledge bases and create efficiencies

- Provide guidance on complex internal audit matters

- Oversee and support departmental initiatives and projects to maintain a world class internal audit practice

- Maintain a professional development plan to continually develop technical and management skills consistent with the firm’s requirements and philosophy; keep skills and knowledge up to date

Candidate Attributes:

- Unquestionably high standard of ethics, integrity, and values

- Be able to manage client expectations in a high-pressure, changing environment while maintaining a calm, professional working style

- Possess excellent leadership skills including the ability to inspire and motivate others by recognizing outstanding performers

- Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, including creativity and innovative thinking

- Possess excellent communication skills (oral and written) in English, strong interpersonal and presentation skills interacting with senior stakeholders

- Be able to summarize complex, technical concepts into communications that can be understood by the team and other stakeholders

- Feel comfortable and confident in a challenging global environment (face-to-face and virtual), and be sensitive to cross-cultural differences and current international events

- Execute his/her assigned role and responsibilities in a timely and independent manner with minimum guidance from leadership; effectively delegate and manage execution of assigned responsibilities where appropriate

- Possess consistently excellent project management skills

- Demonstrate flexible teaming skills (both face to face and in a virtual setting), e.g. be able to translate guidelines from leadership into well-structured, practical and clear instructions for others

- Bring innovation to improve processes and work products, and have the ability to learn/adapt quickly when required

Education & Experience:

Essential:

- A Post Graduation degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field, or a professional accounting designation i.e. CA etc.

- Certification in at least one area (CIA, CPA, CISA, CMA. CFE, CIRM etc)

- Minimum of 10 years of related experience (at least last 3 years in a management role) in a similar organization (i.e. Big Four accounting firm or other large global organization)

- Hands on experience in internal audit and risk management

- Well-developed analytical, interpersonal, and communication (both verbal and written) skills in English

Desirable

- Additional foreign language abilities

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