Deputy Head - Internal Audit

Role & responsibilities

Role & Responsibilities

• Operations Audit to deliver audits and provide internal stakeholders with critical assessments of governance, risk and control frameworks.
• Effectively manage individual audits and activity through planning and delivery of the annual audit plan within expected timeframe, standards, methodology, budget, and best practices.
• Devise, develop and champion the use of relevant audit techniques and approaches to drive operational effectiveness and improve management of audit assignments.
• Confirm that audit findings and recommendations are understood and mitigated.
• Drive the co-ordination and collaboration to make sure audit work is consistently delivered.
• Manage the interface between stakeholders to confirm a common understanding of key deliverables

Ensure availability of financial and operational controls that are used to create maximum sustainability and productivity at a company as a whole.

• Conduct audit engagements, from planning through to completion.

• Develop an annual audit plan using input from the stakeholders to identify priorities and resource requirements for the year.

• Execute independent and objective internal audit engagements and special projects as requested and agreed with the Management.

• Identify shortfalls or gaps in processes and procedures regulated by Company policies (SOP - Standard Operating Procedure).

• Check the financial, operational and management statements, analyze its reliability, assess the timeliness of its preparation and presentation.

• As part of internal audit analyze the expenditure of funds for various projects, analyze the Company's income and expenses, provide recommendations for optimization expenses and taxes.

• Communicate the findings as a reports, presentations, provide recommendations to improve exist internal controls and/or develop new

• Make a proposals to improve the audit process.

• Ensure relevant internal control over the contract process, timeliness and completeness of the records. Conduct an internal audit of the designated processes and provide an expert assessment of the effectiveness of controls.

• Execute independent inspection of compliance with local laws and guidelines.

• Interact with external auditors and disclose information on audits conducted and testing the operational effectiveness of internal controls.

• Assess the risks as per the Risk Management policy of the Company and the efficacy of its risk management efforts.

• Build relationships with leaders to understand issues and identify areas of improvement for the organization as a whole.

• Provide continuous education and advice to different business units and teams regarding compliance and risk assessment.

• Investigate instances of possible fraud upon special request from the management.

• Promote ethics and help identify improper conduct.

• Building proper internal environment for the business processes to ensure compliance with corporate requirements as well as local laws and regulations. Implementation of relevant internal controls to provide reasonable assurance of compliance]

• Consulting departments on compliance matter to ensure implementation of all corporate requirements for business processes as well as local laws and regulations.

• Monitor implementation of agreed action and report the implementation status to management on regular basis.