· Ensure independence and reporting to Audit Committee
· Lead onboarding and day-to-day governance of co-source IA partner(s)
· Define audit scope, allocate audits, and review deliverables
· Ensure: Quality and consistency of audit execution, Adherence to agreed timelines and coverage, Alignment with Airtel IA methodology
· Review audit findings, risk ratings, and root cause analysis
· Ensure high-quality audit documentation and working papers
· Review and finalize audit reports before submission to management / Audit Committee
· Have regular interactions with the statutory auditors and be informed of the financial issues observed by them. Consider the same while reviewing the annual plan on quarterly basis and propose changes to the plan in the light of accounting issues noted.
· Monitor closure of audit observations and management action plans
· Ensure timely closure of high-risk issues
· Prepare status of action tracker report and be responsible for testing the implementation status of the committed actions
· Reviews audit work-papers, and related correspondence, etc with the co-sourced partner. Determines that audit work performed adequately satisfies audit objectives. Performs Internal Auditing quality assurance procedures.