General Manager - Internal Audit - CA - FMCG

Role - General Manager - Internal Audit

Responsibilities:

- Reviewing the soundness, adequacy and application of accounting, financial and operational controls. Evaluating the controls in principle to decide whether or not they are appropriate and can be reasonably relied upon to achieve their purpose of mitigating the organization's risks; providing management with a clear articulation of residual risks where existing controls are inadequate; and proposing remedial action

- Determining the internal audit scope of the external internal auditors and branch auditors

- Scoping of in-house internal audit to cover areas not covered by the external internal auditors and also based on key risks identified in the business and inputs from the management; formulating annual audit plans and internal audit programs in respect of the same and conducting the audit as per approved audit plans across locations.

- Co-ordinating with the external Internal Auditors and the user departments for the data and information requirements of the Internal Auditors. Facilitating meetings and handholding between the Internal Auditors and the User Departments for this purpose

- Reviewing the Reports of the external Internal Auditors, Branch Auditors and Stock Auditors

- Attending to the observations, comments and recommendations of the external internal auditors, Branch Auditors and Stock Auditors

- Discussing the audit observations with the process owners and agreeing to the corrective and preventive measure with them

- Tracking open audit issues for effective implementation on due date as agreed by process owners.

- Timely closure of reviews/audits planned during the year

- Preparing and presenting reports and audit findings memorandum to the management that reflect audit's results

- Performing specific management audits that may be mandated by senior management from time-to-time

- Developing an effective team of competent internal audit personnel who understand, and are able to discharge the obligations of their jobs and providing training to them

- Assessment of the framework established by the Company for statutory compliances

- Assessing the responses to emerging risks and proposed developments

- Coordinating with the statutory auditors in their work on audit of internal financial controls

Desired Profile:

- Experience : 10 to 12 Yrs post Qualification

Educational Qualification :

- CA with experience in Internal Auditing

- Strong interpersonal and team-oriented skills

- Ability to prioritize tasks and change focus as new information becomes available.

- Should be willing to travel extensively.

- Candidate should have good understanding & knowledge of risk management, control, governance processes and accounting procedures.

- Candidates from Gujarat or belonging to Gujarat will be preferred .