Role Overview:

The Corporate Audit Manager will serve as a pivotal leader within our internal audit function, responsible for driving risk-based audit engagements that safeguard the organization's operational and financial integrity. In this role, you will partner closely with senior leadership, department heads, and cross-functional teams to identify control gaps, evaluate process efficiencies, and provide actionable insights that mitigate enterprise-wide risks. By fostering a culture of transparency and continuous improvement, you will directly influence strategic decision-making and ensure that our business practices align with both regulatory standards and long-term corporate objectives. Based in our Chennai office, this role offers the opportunity to shape the governance framework of a growing enterprise while working in a collaborative, high-impact environment.

Key Responsibilities:

- Plan and execute functional audits across various business and support functions.

- Conduct audits of Credit, Operations, Sales, Collections, Finance, HR, Procurement, IT and other corporate functions.

- Prepare audit plans, define audit scope and identify key risk and control areas.

- Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, policies, SOPs and processes.

- Identify process gaps, control weaknesses, operational risks, policy deviations and potential fraud risks.

- Perform transaction testing, sample checking and data analysis to identify exceptions and irregularities.

- Prepare detailed audit observations, findings, root-cause analysis and risk ratings.

- Discuss audit findings with functional/business teams and agree on corrective and preventive action plans.

- Prepare and present audit reports to senior management and the Audit Committee, wherever required.

- Monitor and conduct follow-up audits to ensure timely closure of audit observations.

- Review compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, RBI/NHB guidelines and applicable laws.

- Coordinate with business, risk, compliance and other stakeholders during audit assignments.

- Conduct special audits/investigations based on management requirements.

- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation and strengthening of internal controls.

- Maintain proper audit working papers and documentation as per internal audit standards.