Sonalika - Manager - Internal Audit - CA

Job Description:

Financial Perspective:

- Identify and implement process improvements that contribute to cost reduction, productivity enhancement, and improved financial controls.

- Support business in optimizing working capital and resource utilization through effective audit recommendations.

- Evaluate ROI on process reengineering initiatives and report value addition to management.

Customer Perspective:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Manufacturing, Sourcing, HR, R&D, Sales, and Finance) to understand pain points and design streamlined processes.

- Ensure timely closure of audit findings and process improvement recommendations through stakeholder engagement.

- Enhance internal customer satisfaction by ensuring effective, risk-based, and solution-oriented process reviews.

Business Process:

- Drive & Execute business process mapping, gap analysis, and reengineering for core and support functions.

- Responsible for formulation, implementation, and monitoring of the Delegation of Authority (DoA) framework to ensure that organizational powers and responsibilities are exercised with transparency, accountability, and control.

- Develop SOPs, control frameworks, and process documentation to standardize key operations.

- Integrate digital tools and automation for audit analytics and process monitoring.

- Conduct root cause analysis for recurring audit observations and recommend corrective/preventive actions.

- Drive process maturity assessment and benchmarking with industry best practices.