Roles and Responsibilities :

- Lead internal audit teams to conduct IT risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Develop and implement effective risk mitigation strategies to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to design and execute statutory audit plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Provide expert guidance on CISA, ITSM, ISO 27001 standards, and other relevant frameworks.
- Lead end-to-end management of Internal, External, Regulatory, and Group IT Audits for Mobile Services, Mobile Money and Enterprise
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate audits across telecom infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, data centers, cybersecurity, and Airtel Money platforms.
- Ensure timely closure of audit findings through effective remediation tracking and governance.
- Conduct root-cause analysis of recurring observations and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Develop audit readiness programs and continuous monitoring frameworks.
- Presenting the periodic compliance dashboard to management on Key Controls, Audit Statuses and Risk Management
- Ensure adherence to Group Technology policies, standards, and operating procedures.
- Design and monitor controls around systems to deal with violations of IT Financial controls s and internal policies.
- Regularly assess the efficiency of IT General Controls, Security Controls,



and recommend effective improvements including identification of hidden risks or common issues.
- Investigate, in depth on non-compliance areas, where observations are raised to identify the root cause, preventive and corrective actions across all IT systems
- Working closely with internal, external and Partners to ensure zero non-compliance on all control
- Evaluating the efficiency of controls and improve them continuously.
- Revising procedures and periodic reports to identify hidden risks or non-conformity issues.
- Keep abreast of developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in IT compliance control
- Continuously work towards reduction in IT Risks and monitor exceptions till closure
- Partner with Internal Engineering teams, Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Business teams.
- Present audit and compliance status to leadership forums and governance committees.

Job Requirements :

- 13-20 years of experience in IT Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, or Information Security.
- Strong knowledge of CISA certification program and its application in an audit setting.
- Proven track record of leading internal audit teams and executing successful projects.
- Experience working across multiple industries, including financial services, Telecom, Mobile Financial Services, Banking, FinTech, or Digital Payments environments.

📌 Lead - IT Audit and Compliance (Gurugram)
🏢 Airtel Africa
📍 Gurugram