Deputy Manager Internal Audit

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Key Responsibilities

1. Internal Audit & Reviews

a)        Execute risk-based internal audits across end-to-end business processes.

b)        Identify control gaps, quantify impact, and recommend practical corrective actions aligned with FMCG best practices.

c)        Review process compliance at CFA sites, APOB/Co-packer units, plants, and central operations.

d)        Prepare high-quality audit reports for senior management, highlighting key risks, financial exposure, and process improvements.

2. Internal Financial Controls (IFC)

a)        Assist in annual IFC design, walkthroughs, testing, and remediation activities.

b)        Work closely with Statutory Auditors to ensure smooth audit coordination and timely deliverables.

c)        Perform design and operating effectiveness testing of controls across functions.

3. SOP / Policy Development

a)        Support drafting, reviewing, and implementing SOPs, policies, and governance frameworks for Procurement, Sales, Inventory Management, Capex, Transportation, and Manufacturing.

4. Inventory & Supply Chain Controls

a)        Conduct audits of inventory movements, production processes, consumption,, physical verification (PV), and reconciliation.

b)        Assess controls around GRN, dispatches, shortages, damages, claims, and POD validations.

5. Data Analytics & Insights

a)        Analyse trends, patterns, and anomalies to identify early warning signals and potential fraud indicators.

6. Fraud Risk Management

a)        Support forensic reviews, root cause analysis, red-flag investigation, and implementation of preventive controls.

7. Stakeholder Management

a)        Work closely with cross-functional teams (Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Legal).

b)        Influence process owners to implement remediation plans and ensure closure of audit observations.

c)        Prepare and present audit findings to senior leadership.