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.