Head of Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk

Key Responsibilities:

Audit:

• Manage and maintain a dynamic audit universe for the India entity, SOX, and global entity.
• Update risk assessments and identify emerging risks and significant business changes.
• Plan and conduct audits across the full audit cycle, including planning, fieldwork, and reporting.
• Exercise critical thinking to identify and evaluate key controls and risks.
• Prepare and review audit programs and procedures to test controls, integrating data analytics techniques.
• Communicate recommendations strategically to stakeholders and recommend and track remediations to completion.
• Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels within the business lines and control functions locally and globally.
• Perform pre-implementation, special investigations, and post-mortem reviews as needed.
• Work with Internal Audit leadership to prepare and deliver updates to stakeholders, including senior executives, management committees, audit committees, board of directors, and external auditors/regulators.
• Stay updated on industry, local, and product-specific developments and raise any risk and control-related topics of interest to IIPL Management teams, Audit and Risk management, and other key global stakeholders.
• Contribute to developing a culture of risk and control awareness throughout the organization.
• Facilitate collaboration and teamwork to support Internal Audit, Risk Advisory, Intelligence Analytics, and Risk Audit Operations activities.

People and Culture:

• Establish effective governance processes and meeting cadence with global stakeholders and global delivery teams.
• Work closely with global stakeholders and global delivery teams to ensure delivery of agreed outcomes, including established metrics and KPIs.
• Collaborate with global delivery teams to ensure a strong and consistent global approach to goal setting, performance reviews, promotions/progressions, development discussions, and the annual talent review and compensation process.
• Support talent acquisition, development, and retention strategy for the team in collaboration with the local HR team.
• Foster the evolution of the capabilities in Hyderabad to meet evolving business needs.
• Drive a culture of accountability and ownership to resolve issues and ensure strict adherence to IIPL policies.
• Develop and maintain strong strategic partnerships and collaborate with leaders across all regions and functions.
• Exhibit leadership maturity to drive change and enhancements while ensuring timely and effective communications.
• Participate actively in Hyderabad employee engagement, cultural building forums, and Hyderabad office initiatives.
• Provide mentoring, developmental opportunities, and career guidance to employees.
• Partner with the Hyderabad HR team in talent management and training strategies.
• Identify and act upon opportunities to better leverage the team s talent and capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to drive synergies, improvement, optimization, and standardization of processes.
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders and global delivery teams to identify and implement opportunities for automation and innovation.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience as an audit leader or risk management equivalent, in financial services, with experience as a head of station.
• Undergraduate degree in a related field is required.
• Experience in front-to-back audits, SOX, and knowledge of enterprise risk, IT general controls, and data analytics. CPA, CIA, or relevant Risk certification preferred.
• Knowledge of Internal Audit and Risk standards and best practices.
• Proven experience in managing and developing high-performing teams in a matrix reporting environment.
• Ability to lead, drive, and coach a senior team of professionals across audit, risk, operations, and data analytics.
• Excellent relationship, project, and team management skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Deep understanding of risk management principles and practices.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior management and global stakeholders.
• Ability to adapt to changing regulatory environments and business needs.
• Proficiency in data analytics and data visualization.
• High ethical standards and integrity. Commitment to the Hyderabad location onsite.