Assistant Manager - Internal Audit

The Opportunity

Kantilal Patel & Co. (KPC) is looking for an Assistant Manager in Business Risk Consulting (Internal Audit).

Qualification and Experience

Chartered Accountant with minimum 2 years of post-qualification experience in Internal Audit.

Your Key Responsibilities

The Business Risk Consulting Assistant Manager shall primarily be responsible for executing client related engagements, inter alia, in the areas of Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), internal audits, process reviews and improvements, standard operating procedures, enterprise risk management, revenue assurance. Key requirement would be to learn and assist in the implementation of technology led changes and innovations for clients, that lead to automation in processes and reporting.

Audit service delivery

Business Risk Consulting Associates are required to carry out operational, financial, process, systems and SOP reviews designed to review and appraise its activities, systems and controls, which includes:

• Identify areas requiring improvement in the client's business processes to enable preparation of recommendations.
• Demonstrate the zeal to partner with clients in ensuring the implementation of the recommendations and being a solution-provider rather than a problem-identifier.
• Suggesting ideas on improving engagement productivity and identify opportunities for improving client service
• Preparation of reports/deliverables/status updates/audit committee presentations.
• Handling data analytics – advanced features of Microsoft Excel.
• Develop strong working relationships with client (process owner/functional heads).
• Building industry specific knowledge and capabilities within the teams that the professional leads
• Be responsible for standardising and optimising processes across the set of clients assigned and have an eye to improve efficiency
• Demonstrate professionalism, industry competence and clarity of communication when dealing with the team and the clients
• Contribute to KPC Training Sessions by taking in-house seminars to continually develop the team's skills on industry specific areas of work
• Lead innovation through technology enabled solutions for various processes being undertaken as a part of the assignment

Skillsets required

• Must have strong knowledge of analytics with advanced features of Microsoft Excel as a bare minimum
• Should have handled internal audit assignments earlier
• Ability to prioritize work on multiple assignments and manage teams across assignments
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Clarity of thoughts and assertive
• Effectiveness and creativity of written expression
• Good presentation skills and ability to respond promptly
• Should be a team player with a proactive and result oriented approach
• Ability to meet deadlines

Other skills that we look for:

• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
• Comfortable interacting with partners, executives, and juniors (within the firm and at the client).
• Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility.

What Working At KPC Offers

We are a growing firm of chartered accountants, exploring our way into new areas of practice and determined to improve our quality year-on-year with in-house benchmarking of high quality standards, and to create an inclusive and motivating environment for performance driven growth. We strive to achieve the right balance for our team, making us capable of delivering excellent client services while allowing our team members to grow in their career with an amazing work life balance. Our client profile includes listed entities which are amongst the top corporates of the country, and our team members have significant exposure in handling assignments across various fields for our varied clientele.

About KPC

KPC is made up of a team of like-minded professionals constantly adding value to our clients' businesses and processes. We focus on research based outputs driven by data, information and analytics for our clients. Know more about KPC here:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/kpcindia/