Director - Risk Assurance & Advisory - Consulting Firm - CA

Whats in it for you?

- A platform to evolve and drive a service line

- To grow service line across regions (India and Dubai) and provide service as global delivery center

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy:

- Drive the service segment in strategic direction including newer avenues for sustainable revenues, innovation and strategic partnerships

- Consult with leaders, sales and marketing teams to structure rolling business plan and formulate measures to achieve them

- Drive the relationships with the business partners for service delivery

Leadership

- Demonstrate excellence in engagement delivery, insightful thought leadership, strategic problem solving, high impact team management and strong client relations at senior executive levels

Project management

- Being responsible for all aspects of project and reflect our high quality standards. Being a business/functional Consultant/Subject Matter Expert to a project delivery. Managing & developing existing and/or new client relationships.

- Leading and managing multiple projects, delivering them on timely basis and regularly monitoring them

Operational management

- Being responsible for quality of deliverables in the Risk Assurance & Advisory division

- Should be able to independently present to audit committees and BOD where required for operation

- Being responsible for revenues, budgets, billings, collection and recovery from the client projects

- Implementing the need for tools, technologies, training etc to enable service delivery on an ongoing basis

- Identify digital transformation opportunities and implement the same

Team management

- Create a strong learning culture within the team

- Manage teams including supporting & implementing processes like appraisals, mentoring, coaching, training, capability development

- Identify development needs of team members, pro-actively develop skills that are required currently & in future, grooming them to take on additional responsibilities and facilitating their growth

General skillsets:

Service Orientation:

- Should be aware of both - the internal as well as external customers and their needs; and is committed to meeting the customers evolving, long-term needs the focus is on SERVICE

Result Orientation:

- Should be able to direct efforts towards developing and implementing realistic action plans to meet business objectives; with a sense of urgency the focus is on achieving RESULTS

Initiative:

- One must not only understand and accept the responsibilities towards his/her job; but also proactively works towards identifying challenges and its resolution the focus is on seeking SOLUTIONS

Professionalism:

- Should have in-depth knowledge of all functions and displays not only required skill-set, but also ethics and integrity while conducting the job the focus is on PROFESSIONALISM

Cooperation:

- One must ensure completion of all tasks at hand and simultaneously extends support to team members and displays joint ownership towards achieving business objectives the focus is on TEAMWORK

Communication/Feedback:

- Should believe in providing feedback to other associates and receiving feedbacks to enhance performance, thereby meeting business objectives the focus is on OPEN COMMUNICATION

Desired Candidate Profile

To be tailor-fit for the above skillsets, you need to have,

- A Chartered accountant with 12 to 15 years of experience in Risk Assurance & Advisory

- Should have exposure/experience in conducting Fraud investigation & Forensic assignments as well

- Certifications in CAA, CFE & CIFA is an added advantage

- Should possess strong data analytical skills and have knowledge of technology / automation and how to use it to transform delivery of the operation

- Should possess excellent communication skills

- Should have handled projects where he has the ability to present the report to audit committees or management level people independently

- A proven track record of managing operations along with strategic initiatives like growth, addition of products/ sub-service lines etc.

- Should have strong people management skills

- Should have contributed in writing thought leadership content

Perks and Benefits

At par with the best in industry

Location could be either Pune or Mumbai depending on the candidate's preference