Porter.in – Deputy General Manager – Internal Audit

Role:

– Manage the Internal Audit engagement for the group (domestic and foreign subsidiaries), executed through Big4 as internal auditors.

– Own the relationship with Big4 – planning, scoping and prioritizing the annual audit calendar jointly with them.

– Coordinate with stakeholders across functions to enable audit fieldwork and information flow.

– Review audit findings and draft/finalize management responses in coordination with process owners.

– Drive remediation of audit observations through structured follow-ups and closure tracking.

– Conduct adhoc reviews of processes and work with stakeholders to fix identified gaps.

– Independently drive audit discussions with the Audit Committee and Board – presenting findings, risk ratings and status of action plans.

– Partner with CXOs and functional heads to strengthen the overall control environment.

– Support enterprise risk management (ERM) framework and periodic risk assessments.

– Ensure audit coverage adequacy across foreign subsidiaries, coordinating with local finance/compliance teams.

– Standardize audit governance – reporting templates, MAP (Management Action Plan) tracker, and escalation protocol.

– Ensure timely closure of all open audit observations, tracked to root cause.

Skill:

– Strong grounding in internal financial controls (IFC) and risk-based audit methodology.

– Experience managing co-sourced / outsourced audit engagements (Big4 or similar).

– Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

– Leadership skills and good at people management.

– Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

– High integrity, objectivity and comfort handling sensitive/confidential matters.

Exp and Educational Qualification:

– Big 4 exposure mandatory.

– Last 5 years focused on Internal Audit.

– Chartered Accountant – max 1-2 attempts.

– Experience driving audit discussions with Audit Committee and Board.

– Preferably from ecommerce industry.