Assistant Manager- Central Risk & Quality

Reporting to: Associate Director Central Risk & Quality (India)

Function: Central Risk & Quality / Professional Practice

Location: India (Firm-wide support role)

Role Summary:

The Assistant Manager Central Risk & Quality supports the Associate Directorand the Central Risk & Quality function in coordinating, collating, and maintaining risk, quality, and compliance information across the India firm. The role is execution-focused and plays a critical part in ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of information used for leadership reporting, governance, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Risk & Quality Information Coordination

• Collate risk, quality, and compliance data from service lines across the firm.
• Maintain central trackers, templates, and data repositories.
• Perform completeness and accuracy checks before escalation.

2. Compliance Support & Documentation

• Support compilation of firm-wide compliance submissions.
• Maintain compliance calendars, evidence folders, and documentation logs.
• Track compliance confirmations and follow up on pending items.

3. Risk & Quality Analysis Support

• Assist in analysing risk and quality data to identify basic trends and gaps.
• Prepare draft summaries, tables, and charts for reporting.
• Support remediation tracking activities.

4. Client Acceptance, Independence & Conflict Support

• Support documentation for client acceptance and continuance processes.
• Assist with conflict and independence documentation and tracking.
• Maintain records for high-risk reviews.

5. Policy & Process Administration

• Maintain policy repositories and version control.
• Support communication of approved policies.
• Assist in mapping policies to procedures and compliance requirements.

6. Regulatory, Professional & Network Reviews

• Support coordination of responses to regulatory and review requests.
• Collate requested documentation and evidence.
• Maintain action trackers for review findings.

7. Governance & Leadership Reporting Support

• Assist in preparing materials for India Risk Committee and governance forums.
• Compile dashboards, presentations, and trackers.
• Maintain records of actions and follow-ups.

8. Training & Risk Culture Support

• Support tracking of mandatory ethics and risk training.
• Prepare training completion reports.
• Assist with risk & quality awareness initiatives.

9. Stakeholder Coordination

• Liaise with service line risk teams and enabling functions.
• Follow up on information requests and deadlines.
• Escalate delays or issues to the Senior Manager.

10. General

• Provide day-to-day operational support to the Senior Manager.
• Assist with ad-hoc risk and compliance initiatives.
• Identify process improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (India) or semi-qualified CA preferred, or CPA / ACCA equivalent.
• Relevant certifications or coursework in risk, compliance, or governance desirable.

Experience Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in a professional services firm.
• Experience in risk management, quality, compliance, or governance roles.
• Exposure to regulatory or internal quality reviews preferred.

Core Competencies

• High attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.
• Clear communication and follow-up discipline.
• High integrity, discretion, and reliability.