Associate Director - Internal Audit

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee delivery of Internal Audit, Risk Advisory, and IFC engagements, ensuring high-quality execution, timelines, and client satisfaction.
• Drive senior stakeholder management, including regular interaction with CXOs, CFOs, Audit Committees, and Board members.
• Own client accounts end-to-end from relationship management and engagement delivery to identifying growth opportunities within existing clients.
• Play a key role in Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy, including identifying target sectors, building pipeline, and driving market outreach initiatives.
• Lead proposal development and pitch presentations, including scoping, solution design, commercials, and closure support.
• Build, mentor, and manage high-performing teams (AMs, Seniors, consultants), including resource planning, capability building, and performance management.
• Review and guide risk assessments, process understanding, and control evaluations across business cycles and functions.
• Provide value-added insights and business recommendations focused on process improvements, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Integrate data analytics and technology-led solutions into engagements to enhance audit effectiveness and business insights.
• Lead Audit Committee / Board presentations, synthesizing key findings, risks, and actionable recommendations.
• Oversee engagement economics, including budgeting, profitability, and efficient resource utilization.
• Support finance transformation and process improvement initiatives, including automation and governance enhancements.
• Maintain a light SOX/IFC oversight, including review of documentation, testing approach, and control frameworks where applicable.
• Ensure structured issue tracking, stakeholder communication, and closure of audit observations.
• Build long-term relationships across a network of clients, positioning the firm as a trusted risk advisory partner.
• Ensure clear, concise, actionable and practical observations and recommendations, with a well-documented process for communication and resolution with clients.
• Developing long-term relationships across a network of existing and potential clients, understanding their businesses to provide tailored insights.
• Preparing for leadership decks, by synthesizing the data at company level and connecting the dots and building the story on what is happening in the business and in the market.

Qualifications:

• 9+ years of post-qualification experience (CA/CPA/ACCA) with a big 4 or mid/top-tier accounting firm, focused on internal audit/IFC/SOX.
• Strong understanding of internal control frameworks and auditing standards (e.g., COSO Framework, PCAOB Auditing Standards, IIA Standards), with practical application across internal audit and risk advisory engagements.
• CISA is an added advantage.
• Experience in end-to-end internal audit and risk advisory engagements, including risk assessments, process walkthroughs and flow mapping, RACM design and documentation, controls evaluation/testing, and identification and remediation of control gaps.
• Focus on continuous improvement in quality of testing, risk and control coverage and team performance.
• Possess project management and organizational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.

Skills & Competencies:

• Manage the existing clients and look for opportunities to expand the involvement.
• Look for business opportunities beyond existing clients to grow the business.