Designation: Head - Business Excellence & Governance

Experience: 8-12 Years

Location: Malad (West), Mumbai

Job Summary:

The Head - Business Excellence & Governance will build and lead a global Business Excellence function focused on strengthening internal controls, reinforcing process discipline, ensuring ESG and statutory compliance, and enabling predictable, scalable execution across geographies.

- This role will work closely with leadership to ensure governance frameworks effectively support business execution, growth, and risk management, while maintaining operational agility.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Internal Audit & Controls

- Design and execute a global internal audit framework across functions and geographies

- Audit financial, operational, and project-level controls

- Highlight control weaknesses, compliance gaps, and execution risks

- Drive timely closure of audit observations in collaboration with business teams

- Track repeat observations and ensure sustainable corrective actions

2. ESG, Risk & Compliance

- The candidate must bring strong hands-on knowledge of internal audit frameworks, governance models, risk management, statutory and ESG compliance, with the capability to interpret regulations and best practices into practical, business-relevant guidance.

- They must be able to guide teams during complex or high-risk situations, support decision-making with structured risk insights, and ensure governance knowledge is institutionalised rather than dependent on individuals.

3. Governance & Reporting

- Develop leadership dashboards covering audit, compliance, risk, and governance metrics

- Provide regular governance updates to senior management

- Act as the primary interface for external auditors and governance reviews

- Partner closely with Operations, Finance, and other functions to embed governance into execution outcomes

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- MBA from a Tier-1 institute (IIMs preferred)

- 8-12 years of relevant experience in audit, internal controls, business excellence, or governance roles

- Exposure to project-based, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, or execution-driven businesses preferred

- Strong understanding of operational and financial controls in scaled organisations

- High maturity with strong cross-functional and stakeholder management skills

- Comfortable operating independently at a senior leadership level.

Outcomes Expected from the Role:

- A strong, scalable governance and audit framework embedded across the organisation

- Consistent process discipline with minimal SOP deviations

- Reduced execution surprises and repeat audit observations

- Improved project margin protection and risk visibility

- High readiness for audits, ESG assessments, and governance reviews

- Increased leadership confidence in predictable, well-governed execution