Porter.in - Deputy General Manager - Internal Audit

Role:

- Manage the Internal Audit engagement for the group (domestic and foreign subsidiaries), executed through Big4 as internal auditors.

- Own the relationship with Big4 - planning, scoping and prioritizing the annual audit calendar jointly with them.

- Coordinate with stakeholders across functions to enable audit fieldwork and information flow.

- Review audit findings and draft/finalize management responses in coordination with process owners.

- Drive remediation of audit observations through structured follow-ups and closure tracking.

- Conduct adhoc reviews of processes and work with stakeholders to fix identified gaps.

- Independently drive audit discussions with the Audit Committee and Board - presenting findings, risk ratings and status of action plans.

- Partner with CXOs and functional heads to strengthen the overall control environment.

- Support enterprise risk management (ERM) framework and periodic risk assessments.

- Ensure audit coverage adequacy across foreign subsidiaries, coordinating with local finance/compliance teams.

- Standardize audit governance - reporting templates, MAP (Management Action Plan) tracker, and escalation protocol.

- Ensure timely closure of all open audit observations, tracked to root cause.

Skill:

- Strong grounding in internal financial controls (IFC) and risk-based audit methodology.

- Experience managing co-sourced / outsourced audit engagements (Big4 or similar).

- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

- Leadership skills and good at people management.

- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

- High integrity, objectivity and comfort handling sensitive/confidential matters.

Exp and Educational Qualification:

- Big 4 exposure mandatory.

- Last 5 years focused on Internal Audit.

- Chartered Accountant - max 1-2 attempts.

- Experience driving audit discussions with Audit Committee and Board.

- Preferably from ecommerce industry.