Associate Director - Internal Audit - CA

Job Title: Associate Director - Internal Audit.

Location & Work Mode: Gurugram - 5 Days a week from office.

Job Description:

- Lead large-scale internal audits, compliance, and risk management initiatives with a focus on continuous control mechanisms and cost optimization.

- Lead and manage large internal audit, compliance, and risk management teams.

- Design systematic processes for annual and quarterly audit scheduling based on company-wide risk assessments and senior management input.

- Develop and implement automated Continuous Control Mechanisms (CCM) across the organization.

- Review processes to ensure adequacy of internal controls, policy adherence, and compliance frameworks.

- Monitor and manage outsourced internal audit activities.

- Lead financial and operational audits across business functions.

- Collaborate with operations teams to discuss audit findings and develop corrective action plans.

- Track open audit issues to ensure timely resolution by process owners.

- Drive cost optimization initiatives through audit insights and KPI monitoring.

Required Skills / Must-Have: Continuous Control Mechanism (CCM), KPI monitoring, cost optimization.

Experience:

- 10+ years in internal audit, compliance, and risk management.

Knowledge:

- Strong understanding of business processes, auditing standards, and risk & control frameworks.

Leadership:

- Proven track record in devising and implementing risk policies and mitigation strategies.

- Nice-to-Have / Preferred Skills Experience in managing outsourced audit activities.

- Exposure to cross-functional projects and enterprise-wide risk frameworks.

- Familiarity with automation tools for audit and compliance monitoring.

Education & Qualifications: CA with 11 yrs Experience.

Skills Grouping & Synonyms:

Audit & Risk: Internal audit, compliance, risk management, IFC (Internal Financial Controls).

Process Controls: Continuous Control Mechanism (CCM), automated monitoring, KPI tracking.

Finance: Cost optimization, financial audits, operational audits.