Senior Internal Auditor

Senior Internal Auditor

India
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  • 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

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