Audit Manager - Systems Audit & Access Governance

Role Snapshot

Role Title

Audit Manager - Systems Audit & Access Governance

Department

System and Process Audit

Location

Tirupur, Tamil Nadu (on-site; travel within group companies as required)

Team

Build and lead a team of 2–4 audit analysts

Experience

8–14 years in IT / Systems Audit or ERP Access Governance

Qualifications

CA Intermediate / MBA (Finance or IT) / CPA / ACCA

Certifications

CISA preferred — CISSP / CIA / CRISC advantageous

Industry

Manufacturing / Textiles / Retail — Multi-ERP, multi-application environment

Role Purpose

Single owner of user access governance, controls assurance, process audit, and continuous systems improvement across the entire application landscape. Hands-on and board-facing — equally comfortable extracting raw ERP data and presenting risk findings. We want someone dynamic and raring to make a measurable difference, not a passive reviewer.

Key Responsibilities

01 User Access Review

Reconcile all ERP/app accounts against live HR records; disable leavers and dormant users; establish JML process; maintain User Access Register with quarterly owner-certification cycles.

02 Segregation of Duties

Build role-to-function matrices; apply SoD rule library to identify conflicts (e.g. create-vendor/approve-payment); prioritise by risk; track remediation in a living Risk Register.

03 Least Privilege

Compare assigned permissions vs actual usage; produce Entitlement Heat Map; drive rationalisation programmes; establish bi-annual re-certification for all privileged accounts.

04 Access Control Vulnerabilities

Assess authentication, MFA coverage, PAM controls, API/middleware gaps, and logging adequacy; produce prioritised Vulnerability Register with risk ratings and mitigations.

05 Management Reporting & Follow-Up

Prepare risk-rated audit reports; maintain CAP tracker; conduct monthly follow-up reviews; escalate overdue critical actions; produce Quarterly Governance Dashboard for the board.

06 Process Controls Review

Walkthrough P2P, O2C, R2R, H2R and Inventory cycles; identify control gaps and single points of failure; recommend preventive/detective controls; re-audit remediated areas.

07 Redundancy & Productivity

Identify duplicate functions, unused modules, and manual re-keying steps; quantify effort cost; prepare rationalisation business cases with productivity impact projections.

08 AI & Advanced Analytics

Deploy AI anomaly detection; run SQL/Python/ACL population-level tests; automate reconciliations via RPA; design Continuous Monitoring Framework with real-time risk dashboards.

09 Analytical Reporting & Abnormality Detection

Prepare data-driven reports with Benfords Law, duplicate-payment, and three-way match tests; profile user behaviour anomalies; produce consolidated Master Exception Reports.

10 Master Data Governance

Review Vendor, Customer, Item, CoA and Employee masters for duplicates and orphaned records; detect unauthorised changes; implement governance framework with data stewards and cleanse cycles.

Education & Certifications

• CA Intermediate / MBA (Finance or IT) / CPA / ACCA
• CISA strongly preferred
• CIA / CISSP / CRISC / SAP GRC advantageous
• A Degree/Diploma in CS or any IT field is a plus

Experience

• 8–14 years in IT/Systems Audit or ERP Access Governance
• Hands-on with ≥ 2 years of: SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics or equivalent
• SoD analysis, access reviews, and least privilege in multi-system environments
• Board-level audit reporting and CAP closure track record
• Manufacturing / Textiles / FMCG background preferred

Technical Skills

• ERP user admin, role config, authorisation, and log extraction
• SQL / Python / ACL / IDEA for population-level data testing
• Power BI / Tableau for management dashboards
• AI anomaly detection and LLM-assisted audit tools
• RPA / scripting for audit automation
• ISO 27001, COBIT, ITIL, SOX awareness

Behavioural

• Dynamic, action-oriented — finds problems and drives resolution
• Translates technical findings into plain board-level language
• Owns findings through to closure, not just the report
• Resilient — comfortable raising uncomfortable truths
• Hunger to learn and adopt new tools and techniques

Work Schedule:6 Days Working (Monday – Saturday)

Timings: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Mode:Work From Office (WFO)

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