Gm - Internal Audit

Job Req ID: 41240- Location: Mumbai, IN- Function: Commercial/ Finance- About:

- Vodafone Idea Limited is an Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group partnership. It is India’s leading telecom service provider. The Company provides pan India Voice and Data services across 2G, 3G and 4G platform. With the large spectrum portfolio to support the growing demand for data and voice, the company is committed to deliver delightful customer experiences and contribute towards creating a truly ‘Digital India’ by enabling millions of citizens to connect and build a better tomorrow. The Company is developing infrastructure to introduce newer and smarter technologies, making both retail and enterprise customers future ready with innovative offerings, conveniently accessible through an ecosystem of digital channels as well as extensive on-ground presence. The Company is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.

**Role**

Team Leader Internal Audit - Business audits

**Job Level/ Designation
M3 / General Manager

**Function / Department**

Internal Audit

**Location**

Mumbai - Corporate office

**Job Purpose**

To assist the Function Head to plan and execute the half yearly audit calendar through effective operational planning and coordination with business’s operating teams and audit team members.

Get insights through effective audit planning and execution (fine balance between detailing and focus on key areas); discuss the same with Corporate/Cluster Leadership teams and get time bound action plans for remediation.

Assist in creating empowered, high performance team through building trust amongst team members, promoting open work culture, delegation of work, guide and encouraging team members to stretch their boundaries.

**Key Result Areas/Accountabilities**
- **Strategic vision**:(To be on top of the learning curve about business operations and its nuances, which would support drawing up of a ‘relevant internal audit plan’ in the prevailing business context)
- Actively participate in the overall coordinated efforts made between business operations, controls assurance (oversight functions) and internal audit to leverage each other’s' work and thereby strengthen overall Control Environment in the business.
- Gain detailed understanding of the Company’s business, industry developments, related regulations and its impact on business
- Interact with Cluster Leadership teams, other risk management functions, Corporate Heads and obtain their perspective on emerging challenges
- Prepare draft risk based internal audit plan under the overall guidance of the Function Head
- Be aligned with developments in internal audit space on standards, technology embedment in execution; identify improvement opportunities and make recommendations to the Function Head in order to keep the function ‘relevant’
- **Execution oversight**:(Lead from the front to guide team members appropriately by clarifying ‘how’, and ‘why’ aspects of audit execution, encourage team members to ‘think’ independently; which would ultimately help achieve overall audit objectives)***
- Participate, direct and supervise as required and appropriate, the execution of internal audit per finalized calendar to ensure timely completion
- Supervise and review engagement progress to support achievement of stated audit objectives (especially audit quality and depth of audit coverage; audit documentation)
- Monitor work execution and quality of output delivered by the external service provider, wherever applicable; provide feedback to the external service provider.
- Review and finalise the 'Draft audit reports', 'Risk and Control Matrices' and 'process flow-charts'
- Implement knowledge management initiatives to bring in efficiencies in the internal audit process
- Build an effective network of professional contacts with peers across industries to understand best practices, provide advice to the business on specific issues at hand, as appropriate
- Coordinate with the business management and seek feedback on function’s performance.
- **Data analytics **(consciously think through and identify opportunities for testing controls through data analytics)
- Incorporate data analytics into audit delivery to enhance the assurance quality and achieve operational efficiencies
- During Engagement planning, understand process in detail including system interfaces, identify controls (business / fraud) that can be assessed through data analytics
- Discuss identified business scenarios with the Data Analytics Lead to develop scripts that will aid audit execution
- Validate the data analytics outcomes and discuss the same with the business teams; identify gaps in the scripts and get the same corrected by engaging with the Data Analytics Lead
- Influence and encourage business teams to regularly use scripts developed as a pro-active oversight activity
- **Communicating results**: (Strive to imbibe habit of writing thin