Associate Director
Location
Gurgaon/Gurugram
Experience
12–14 years
Required Skills
About the Role
1. Job Title & Summary
Associate Director - Internal Audit Lead large-scale internal audits, compliance, and risk management initiatives with a focus on continuous control mechanisms and cost optimization.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage large internal audit, compliance, and risk management teams.
- Design systematic processes for annual and quarterly audit scheduling based on company-wide risk assessments and senior management input.
- Develop and implement automated Continuous Control Mechanisms (CCM) across the organization.
- Review processes to ensure adequacy of internal controls, policy adherence, and compliance frameworks.
- Monitor and manage outsourced internal audit activities.
- Lead financial and operational audits across business functions.
- Collaborate with operations teams to discuss audit findings and develop corrective action plans.
- Track open audit issues to ensure timely resolution by process owners.
- Drive cost optimization initiatives through audit insights and KPI monitoring.
3. Required Skills / Must-Have
- Technical Skills: Continuous Control Mechanism (CCM), KPI monitoring, cost optimization.
- Experience: 12+ years in internal audit, compliance, and risk management.
- Knowledge: Strong understanding of business processes, auditing standards, and risk & control frameworks.
- Leadership: Proven track record in devising and implementing risk policies and mitigation strategies.
4. Nice-to-Have / Preferred Skills
- Experience in managing outsourced audit activities.
- Exposure to cross-functional projects and enterprise-wide risk frameworks.
- Familiarity with automation tools for audit and compliance monitoring.
5. Education & Qualifications
- CA
6. Skills Grouping & Synonyms
- Audit & Risk: Internal audit, compliance, risk management, IFC (Internal Financial Controls).
- Process Controls: Continuous Control Mechanism (CCM), automated monitoring, KPI tracking.
- Finance: Cost optimization, financial audits, operational audits.
7. Location & Work Mode
Gurugram - 5 Days a week from office
Ideal Candidate
A CA with 12-14 years in internal audit who has successfully built and scaled audit teams, implemented automated control frameworks, and moved beyond compliance-only audits to drive operational cost savings.
Estimated Salary Range(medium confidence)
₹24 L – ₹38 L per year
Likely Interview Questions
- 1.Walk us through a Continuous Control Mechanism (CCM) framework you've designed or implemented—what were the key challenges in getting operational teams to adopt it?
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