Associate Vice President - Lead, Internal Controls & Assurance

Location: Mumbai

Function: Finance & Accounts

Qualification: Chartered Accountant

Experience: 12-14 Years

About Native:

Native is a leading executive search and leadership hiring firm, partnering with organisations to build high-impact leadership teams. With presence across Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore, and a team of 200+ professionals, Native works across 14 industries and has successfully supported 4,500+ organizations in identifying leadership talent that is truly native to their business context and culture.

About the Organization

Our client is a leading, large-scale media and entertainment organization with a strong presence across television, digital, and content production. As the business continues to expand and evolve in a dynamic, digitally driven environment, strengthening financial governance and internal control frameworks remains a strategic priority.

Role Overview

This is a senior finance leadership role responsible for driving enterprise-wide financial controls, governance, and assurance frameworks.

The role will lead the design, implementation, and continuous strengthening of internal financial and process controls to ensure accuracy, transparency, compliance, and risk mitigation across the organization.

This position reports to the Head - Transformation, Assurance & Compliance and works closely with Finance, Procurement, Technology, Business Teams, Internal Audit, and Statutory Auditors.

Key Responsibilities

1. Internal Controls & Governance

- Identify control gaps across financial and cross-functional processes and implement structured remediation plans

- Strengthen approval mechanisms, automation controls, and system-based checks

- Embed robust internal financial controls across the organization

2. Accounting Policy & Compliance Oversight

- Conduct periodic review of accounting policies to ensure alignment with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements

- Govern capitalization, depreciation, and amortization frameworks

- Ensure consistency and compliance across evolving business models

3. Enterprise Financial Assurance Framework

- Establish structured quarterly certification mechanisms

- Drive formal control confirmations from key stakeholders

- Institutionalize monitoring and documentation discipline

4. Audit & Risk Management

- Partner with Internal Audit and Statutory Auditors

- Drive timely closure of audit observations

- Strengthen risk mitigation mechanisms and governance standards

-Evaluate and standardize SOPs, process notes, and control checklists across Finance and related functions

5. Process Standardization & Documentation

- Evaluate and standardize SOPs, process notes, and control checklists across Finance and related functions

- Drive version control and documentation governance

- Lead automation and continuous improvement initiatives

6. Asset Governance

- Conduct periodic asset reviews and reconciliations

- Ensure integrity and accuracy of asset registers

7. Team Leadership

- Lead and mentor a controls and assurance team

- Build capability through structured training and performance management

- Drive best practices and operational efficiency

Ideal Candidate Profile

- Chartered Accountant with 12-14 years of experience

- Strong background in internal controls, risk advisory, controllership, or financial governance

- Experience in designing and implementing Internal Financial Controls (IFC) frameworks

- Strong understanding of accounting standards, especially related to capitalization and depreciation

- Hands-on experience with SAP (FI/CO & MM preferred)

- Exposure to large enterprise or listed company environments preferred

Key Competencies

- Deep expertise in financial controls and governance frameworks

- Analytical and structured problem-solving approach

- High attention to detail and risk awareness

- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills

- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change