Auditor, Corporate Audit

About The Role 

Why does this position exist?  With what permanent objectives?

Corporate Audit supports the BASF Board of Executive Directors in its responsibility to perform supervisory, steering and control activities. It is an integral part of BASF’s internal control and risk management system. It has teams spread over 3 continents of the globe. This position will be a part of the Asia-Pacific hub of the global Corporate Audit function.

How Will You Do It

We are seeking for an experienced Internal Auditor who possesses strong set of internal audit skills including resilience and agility, business acumen, and critical thinking to join our team. Your role will involve conducting audits with a resilient and agile approach to assess the effectiveness of our organization's risk management, control, and governance processes and recommend improvements. You will also be responsible for conducting audits of our organization's financial and operational processes to identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the process.

It is also expected that you actively collaborate with Global experts (Domain Owners/ SPOCs) as regional subject matter expert for specific audit topic/ risk aspect.

Main Task:

• Execute the internal audit plan in accordance with established audit standards and procedures.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the organization's risk management, control, and governance processes.
• Conduct audits of the organization's financial and operational processes to identify areas for improvement.
• Provide value adding recommendations to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Communicate audit observation and recommendations to management and other stakeholders.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate and engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations and provide guidance as needed.
• Stay up to date with changes in laws, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Maintain integrity and ethical behaviour, conduct unbiased audits, ensuring transparency, compliance, confidentiality, professionalism, and teamwork mindset in the role.

What We Look For 

Education:

• Chartered Accountant, Chemical Engineer, or Data Scientist.
• Preferable Candidate should have Professional Certifications such as: required CIA (Certified Internal Audit) – or work in progress, optional CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), CISA (Certified Information System Audit)

• Working Experience
  4 – 7 Years experience. Preferably worked on international assignments and working in diverse cultures of team members. Exposure to industries that are manufacturing based preferably chemical companies.

Travel Requirement

• Travel requirement would be ~30%.
• Approx. 6 to 7 audits per annum with fieldwork for each audit ~3 to 4 weeks. Depending on the audit scope, a site fieldwork, may require travel between 1 - 3 weeks. 

Orther

1. Proven experience in internal auditing, demonstrating resilience, agility, and critical thinking.
2. Strong understanding of business dynamics that comes with complex organization, financial principles, and internal control frameworks.
3. You will need to possess the aptitude to understand the intricacies of business dynamics, enabling you to provide valuable insights that strengthen the organization's management processes.
4. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks and propose effective solutions.
5. Ability to embracing technology and data analytics. With the increasing volume of data and the complexity of business operations, you will leverage data analytics tools to enhance audit efficiency and effectiveness.
6. Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. 

Work Location 

Godrej One - Vikroli (Mumbai)