Overview

Collins Aerospace is seeking an experienced finance professional to lead Internal Controls, Statutory Audit, Internal Audit and Financial Compliance activities for its India operations. The role will be responsible for strengthening the internal control environment, ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance, driving audit readiness, and partnering with business and finance leadership to support a strong governance framework.

What You Will Do *

Key Responsibilities:

- Internal Controls & Governance
- Ensure compliance with corporate internal control policies and global governance and statutory framework.
- Evaluate business processes and identify opportunities to strengthen controls and mitigate financial risks.
- Drive periodic control testing, remediation plans, and closure of identified gaps.
- Work with global Internal Controls team to complete internal audit as per the timelines.

Statutory Audit

- Lead end-to-end statutory audit activities for the India legal entity.
- Act as the primary interface with external statutory auditors.
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of audit schedules, financial statements, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate closure of audit observations and implementation of corrective actions.
- Support reporting to the Board as required.

Financial Compliance

- Monitor compliance with corporate accounting policies and regulatory changes.
- Coordinate with tax, legal, secretarial, and shared services teams to ensure timely statutory compliance.
- Risk Management & Process Improvement
- Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and control effectiveness.




- Drive automation and standardization initiatives within finance processes.
- Support enterprise risk management and compliance initiatives.
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with plant finance, controllership, operations, supply chain, procurement, legal, and corporate finance teams.
- Present control and compliance updates to senior leadership.
- Leadership
- Foster a culture of accountability, governance, and continuous improvement.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration to achieve compliance objectives Required Qualifications
- Chartered Accountant (CA) or Cost & Management Accountant (CMA/CWA).
- 10+ years of post-qualification experience in Internal Controls, Statutory Audit, Financial Reporting, and Compliance.
- Prior experience in a manufacturing organization is strongly preferred.

Strong knowledge of:

- Internal Financial Controls (IFC)
- Statutory Audit
- Ind AS
- Companies Act, 2013
- Financial Reporting
- SOX/internal control frameworks (preferred)
- Experience working with ERP system such as SAP.
- Preferred Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapid-paced environment.
- High level of integrity and commitment to governance and compliance.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process optimization and automation.
- Leadership Competencies
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Partnership
- Influencing without Authority
- Decision Making
- Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Results Orientation

📌 Manager-Audit & Controls (Bengaluru)
🏢 Collins Aerospace
📍 Bengaluru