This position is reporting to the Internal Audit (IA) Sr. Manager/ Director or above and an integral player in building strong, dynamic global Internal Audit, Internal Controls and Enterprise Risk Management functions. This Manager position will be a member of the Internal Audit Operations & ERM team and will be based in our Bengaluru, Karnataka, India office.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the IA Sr. Manager/ Director or above, this position will assist in developing the overall ERM function, leading and executing recurring and improvement projects in the Internal Audit function globally, collaborating with the other Internal Audit pillars – Finance & Operations audit, IT & Cyber audit, Process Automation & Data Analytics, and Consulting & Advisory.
Key Responsibilities include:
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Assisting in performing the annual enterprise-wide risk assessment including maintaining the risk universe database and leading discussions with senior leadership.
- Based on the ERM assessment, assist in developing action plans, identifying owners of enterprise-wide risks to manage either the level of risk or identify and coordinate with Internal Audit to assess the controls.
- Assist with linking Enterprise Risk outputs and the rolling Internal Audit plan.
Internal Audit Operations
- Assisting in performance of an Internal Audit annual risk assessment of the business, development of an overall audit plan, and quarterly refreshes of the risk assessment and the audit plan.
- Assisting in fraud risk assessments and integrate results into the internal audit planning process.
- Monitor status of projects on the audit plan, and assist in scheduling personnel on audits, coordinating the necessary resources to ensure that the approved audit plan is timely accomplished, and monitoring under/over utilized personnel.
- Monitors hours budgets and reports budget versus actual on projects and for each pillar team.
- Assisting with continued development and refinement of assurance methodology, strategy, structure, operations, and model for the Internal Audit Operations pillar.
- Monitors and reports on key performance indicators for function.
- Monitors and reports on audit issues and management action plans.
- Prepares reports on audit findings and other data to key stakeholders.
- Assists with creation of Audit Committee materials.
- Manages the IIA Certification and membership process, and monitors auditor independence.
- Administers the Internal Audit Quality Assessment & Improvement Plan. Schedules, reviews, and conducts audit quality reviews.
- Performs functional benchmarking projects as needed.
- Assists with managing learning & development including developing, delivering, and supporting career development and training.
- Assisting on need-basis in execution and or review of SOX or operational audit or consulting projects across financial, operational, compliance, site, and cross functional areas across the global business.
- Assists on special assignments for Chief Audit Executive or other member of the Internal Audit leadership team as needed.
- Work experience: 5+ years of progressive work experience required. Strong preference for some US Public Company Internal Audit experience and background with a large public accounting firm.
- Certification: CIA, CPA (or equivalent), CRMA professional certification strongly preferred with expectation of base certification shortly upon hire if not already obtained. Preference for additional certifications including CIA, CPA (or equivalent), CISA, or PMP.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree with focus on Accounting, or Finance required. Preference for a master’s degree.
- ERM Project Execution Skills: Risk assessment, controls evaluation, root cause identification, reporting, and consulting skills required. Preference for additional skills in internal audit areas (see below).
- ERM Technical Skills: Ability to understand and analyze complex business process, internal control theory, COSO 2013, governance, and working knowledge in ERM pillar required. Preference for prior industry knowledge and Internal Audit experience.
- ERM Soft Skills: Ability to apply oversight and judgment across a broad range of finance, IT, operations, compliance, and cross functional areas, constructively assist with difficult conversations, excellent presentation skills, coaching and developing team members, relationship building, and business partnering skills required.
- Internal Audit Project Execution Skills: Risk assessment, testing, sampling, review, root cause identification, audit reporting, and consulting skills required. Preference for additional skills in other internal audit pillars.
- Internal Audit Operations Execution Skills: Outstanding project and time management skills required.
- Internal Audit Technical Skills: Ability to understand and analyze complex business process, internal control theory, COSO 2013, governance, and expert knowledge in finance & operational audit pillar required. Preference for prior industry knowledge and technical skills in data analytics or IT audit.
- Internal Audit Soft Skills: Ability to apply judgment across several finance, operations, compliance, and cross functional areas, constructively assisting with difficult conversations, excellent presentation skills, ability to assist in influencing and managing expectations of stakeholders, coaching, and developing team members, relationship building, and business partnering skills required.
- Language: Excellent verbal and written English language skills required. Secondary written and verbal language skills a plus.
- Travel: Ability and willingness to travel throughout globally up to 25%.
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