Manager Internal Audit

Overview: Manager Internal Audit is responsible for executing internal audits across various business functions, identifying process and control gaps and implementing risk mitigation strategies. This role involves working closely with business teams, driving process improvements, and developing risk analytics to enhance business efficiency.

Financial Outcomes

• Execute internal audits across business functions, ensuring process maturity and risk mitigation
• Support audit planning and execution across functions such as Manufacturing, Supply chain, Sales, Marketing, procurement, finance, and other key business areas.
• Identify control weaknesses, document findings with evidence, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Develop risk analytics and dashboards to enhance control mechanisms.
• Support special assignments and investigations to strengthen controls and improve processes.

Customer Service:

• Proactively identify and highlight challenges and conflicts during audits execution.
• Engage with low to middle management for aligning the audit observations, taking their inputs to enhance correctness and quality of observation.
• Provide industry-based insights to the stakeholders during the discussion for better clarity on process gaps, observations,
• issues etc.

Internal Process:

• Draft quality reports with clear recommendations, specific action plans, and concise reporting.
• Work alongside with co-sourcing and in-house teams to deliver the engagement.
• Embed audit inputs from CIA and audit lead, ensure comprehensive audit coverage, robust test procedures, and quality observations.
• Ensure audit progress in line with agreed scope document to execution and provide regular updates.
• Proactively highlight challenges for timely audit completion in line with agreed timelines.
• Propose practical and value-added recommendations to address control weaknesses and/or process inefficiencies.
• Ensure factual accuracy of observations and alignments with business.
• Plan and conduct meetings with auditee at the end of fieldwork, providing clear explanations.
• Assist in benchmarking processes with peer FMCG companies to identify improvement areas and best practices.

Innovation and Learning:

• Support and develop need-based analytics on TGO platform for Internal audit as well as for business on control related aspects.
• Attend the trainings suggested by the audit leads and focus on professional development agenda.
• Collaborate with other audit leads to share best practices and improve audit quality.
• Foster a culture of training to enhance knowledge on covered domains and risk factors.
• Support on business case building for new products, new pricing, grammage reduction

Critical success factors for the Role

• At least 4-6 years of work experience in Internal Audit or Business Finance, preferably in the FMCG or Consumer Facing Manufacturing Industry.
• Reputable accounting or business degree, such as Chartered Accountant (CA) or Master of Business Administration (MBA) from a leading business school.
• Strong process understanding across business function such as manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and finance.
• Excellent communication skills for articulating complex concepts.
• Commitment to professional development and staying abreast with changes in the market.
• Working Knowledge of SAP

Desirable success factors for the Role

• Awareness and knowledge about FMCG industry and best practices across business process areas
• Ability to connect with numbers