Senior Internal Auditor

India

• LOCATION
  Kochi, Kerala
• WORK LOCATION TYPE On-site
• DATE POSTED 2025-07-30
• CATEGORY Accounting

We are urgently hiring a Internal Auditor - Accounts to join our team. Sr. Internal Auditor will be responsible for Maker and Checker in Accounts department.

Responsibilities:

• Walk through business processes to understand workflows and identify key control points.

• Evaluate process effectiveness across departments such as Finance, Procurement, HR, Operations, Sales, Inventory, and IT.

• Review supporting documents such as invoices, GRNs, vouchers, contracts, and system logs.

• Perform testing of internal controls:

• Verify compliance with SOPs (e.g., procurement approvals, sales billing, cash disbursement).

• Test samples for accuracy, completeness, and authorization.

• Inspect inventory or assets for physical existence.

• Identify gaps, irregularities, or control weaknesses and document observations.

• Assess compliance with applicable laws, regulations (e.g., Companies Act, GST, Income Tax), policies, and standard operating procedures.

• Monitor implementation of internal controls, especially for high-risk areas like cash handling, procurement, and inventory.

• Perform surprise audits or special investigations, such as suspected fraud, inventory losses, or whistleblower complaints

• Use data analytics to analyze trends or detect anomalies (e.g., duplicate payments, unusual vendor activity).

• Prepare detailed audit reports summarizing audit objectives, scope, findings, root causes, implications, and actionable recommendations.

Requirements:

• Must have completed CA Inter with 3 years Article ship

• 1 year additional experience in Internal Audit or in similar capacity is required

• Bachelors degree is preferred but not mandatory

• Strong understanding of internal control frameworks

• Expertise in audit planning, execution, and documentation.

• Proficiency in Excel, data analytics tools (Power BI)

• Knowledge and experience in SAP is preferred

• Good communication skills both written and verbal