Location:

Mumbai, MH, IN

Areas of Work: Corporate Finance Job Id: 15129

External Job Description
Job Purpose
The position is that of Assistant Manager (Controls & Governance) in Corporate Accounts where you will be responsible to strengthen the Company’s internal control and governance framework by acting as a second line of defence, ensuring effectiveness of Internal Financial Controls (IFC/ICFR), supporting control design for recent initiatives, and driving compliance and cost optimisation efforts. This is an individual contributor role.

Business Responsibility Areas
Internal Financial Controls (IFC/ICFR) – Oversight
Review the design and operating effectiveness of existing IFC/ICFR controls across business processes
Identify control gaps, weaknesses, recommend and follow up on remediation actions with the process owners
Perform periodic risk assessments and align control framework with evolving business risks
Ensure documentation of controls (RCMs, SOPs) is robust and audit-ready along with the process owners
Second Line of Defence (Governance Role)




Act independently of process owners to challenge and validate control effectiveness
Coordinate with first line (business/finance teams) and third line (internal/external auditors)
System & Control Development
Contribute to control design for recent systems, ERP implementations, and automation initiatives
Embed preventive and detective controls within system workflows
Participate in UAT from a controls perspective to ensure risks are mitigated before go-live
Regulatory & Compliance (including PIT Regulations)
Monitor adherence to APL’s internal insider trading compliance frameworks – identify system which contains unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI), review and monitor access of UPSI and communication with the secretarial team.
Cost Optimisation & Efficiency Initiatives
Identify opportunities for cost savings through process improvements and control rationalisation
Drive autom

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