Internal Auditor

Description:

About the Company:

- We are a rapidly growing 140-member business consulting practice focused on FS (mainly asset management and insurance sectors but not including banks).

- We perform a variety of internal audit and other risk advisory engagements such as SOX/ IFC/ ICFR, risk management (ERM/ ORM), process reviews / standard operating procedures (SOP), data analytics and other governance, risk & compliance (GRC) engagements for large global and Indian clients.

About the Role:

- The current role requires executing internal audit and other risk consulting engagements for asset managers or reviewing investment processes for insurance companies.

- As part of the role, the candidate is expected to:

Responsibilities:

- Perform end-to-end internal audits from planning to reporting including process understanding, walkthroughs, preparation of risk and control matrix / audit work program, control testing to assess their design and operating effectiveness, preparation of audit report and agreeing issues/actions with management.

- Have an in-depth understanding of the asset management industry risks/issues/trends and end-to-end investment process (front, mid and back office processes) for all asset classes including fixed income, equities, derivatives, real estate, private equity/hedge funds and alternatives.

- Have thorough knowledge and understanding of Internal Audit and SOX/ ICFR methodology and IIA requirements.

- Deliver/manage engagements to time, cost and high quality.

- Identify key areas of improvement in the client's business processes and add value by preparing insightful recommendations.

- Contribute to business development activities such as preparing proposals, lead identification.

- Always comply with the firm's quality and risk management policies.

Qualifications:

- CA or ACCA.

Required Skills:

- Excellent oral and written communication skills.

- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

- Ability to quickly learn and handle new areas/solutions by leveraging internal and external knowledge sources.

- Proactively anticipate engagement related risks and escalate issues as appropriate.

- Strong relationship management skills to actively establish stakeholder/client (process owner/functional heads) and internal relationships.

- Team player looking for opportunities to contribute to wider team goals.

- Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) skills, data analytics.

- As part of a high-performing team, the individual should be self-motivated and willing to stretch to meet client and practice requirements.

- Ability to work on multiple engagements/clients concurrently.

- Willingness to work across time zones and flexible to travel in future if needed.