Roles & Responsibilities
Assistant Manager Internal Audit
Job Role
- Overlooking daily/weekly showroom audits, guiding the team & doing follow ups.
- Ensuring that unresolved audit findings are followed up on a weekly basis and presented to the management at the month-end management meeting.
- Completing the list of tasks handled by the internal audit within a period of month, presenting the same to the management at the month-end management meeting & circulating the minutes.
- Driving the Annual Audit plan by ensuring quality audit deliverables within the agreed deadlines according the Annual Audit Plan.
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies by connecting with the operations and tracking subsequent changes to the processes.
- Doing timely revisions of the SOPs.
- Ensuring data is reflected in the books & checking the adequacy of the controls in place.
- Ensuring delivery of all planned stock counts throughout the year and ensuring strong inventory related internal controls are in place.
- Monitoring the expansion strategy of showrooms, construction plans and launching new showroom related work.
- Ensuring audit strategy is driven while communicating timely management information (MIS) to the management.
- Planning, executing & communicating the results of Process audits & semi audits in a timely manner.
- Presenting Process audit reports at the Group Internal Audit Committee on a quarterly basis.
- Handling major investigations, draft records & thefts.
- Handling follow ups on team, coaching & guiding Auditors.
- Planning weekly audits & achieving team’s timely achievement.
Required Skills and Competencies
- A degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration from a recognized university.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience related audit firm (Auditing Experience in a FMCG entity / in an internal audit environment would be a definite advantage).
- Professional qualification will be an added advantage CA/CIMA/ACCA/CMA.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Sound knowledge in MS Office packages “xls” and “Oracle” will be an added advantage.
- Strong Communication, Analytical & Presentation Skills (both Sinhala and English).
- A strong ability to identify internal control deficiencies/irregularities, analyze the risk implications & recommend risk mitigation plans.
