Vice President - Internal Audit - BFSI

The Internal Audit team performs risk based audits of every function globally. The Audit plan is formulated at the beginning of the year based on a risk assessment of each business and corporate line and executed in the respective regions and entities.

India Internal Audit is responsible for leading Sarbanes-Oxley assessments and certification procedures for EMEA and for providing support to all the other regions.

The Audit function looks to continuously enhance and improve its audit methodologies, introducing new techniques and innovations like data analytics, guest review programs, root cause analyses of issues, etc. The India Audit team is at the forefront of several such initiatives.

Position Specifications:

Vice President Experience 12+ Years Qualification Graduate/ Post Graduate Requisition No.

Role & Responsibilities:

- Working with the Global Head of QA & Methodology and supporting team members to plan, execute and report independent QA reviews of global internal audit work.

- Assisting in the review and improvement of global Internal Audit methodology and practices through:

- Benchmarking methodology to best practice and industry standards;

- Drafting and presenting methodology documents, guidance notes and practice guides;

- Developing and delivering targeted methodology training; and

- Providing day to day support and guidance to auditors on methodology-related matters.

- Helping to ensure the workflow within the global Internal Audit system supports key methodology requirements.

- Assisting with the preparation of QA & Methodology related presentations for Audit Committees and other stakeholder meetings.

- Supporting with other ad-hoc initiatives (e.g. streamlining of IA management information, enhancements/upgrades to audit workflow tool, etc.)

Mind Set:

- VP level; financial services industry background

- QA and IA experience strongly preferred (if Big 4, should have extensive experience performing controls-based audits of global financial institutions)

- Proven ability to work independently, exercise professional judgment and effectively interact with senior stakeholders

- Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to adapt communication style where appropriate to effectively engage with colleagues in other regions (as this is a globally-focused role)