We are looking for an experienced Internal Auditor for a manufacturing company to assess financial and operational controls, ensure compliance with company policies, identify business risks, and improve the efficiency of manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct internal audits of manufacturing operations, financial transactions, and business processes.
- Audit inventory management, raw materials, work-in-progress (WIP), finished goods, and stock reconciliation.
- Review procurement, purchase orders, vendor payments, production costs, and material consumption.
- Verify bills of materials (BOM), production records, wastage, scrap management, and material variance.
- Conduct audits of stores, warehouses, production units, and plant operations.
- Review cost accounting, overhead allocation, and product costing procedures.
- Evaluate internal financial controls and identify process gaps, irregularities, and potential fraud risks.
- Verify sales transactions, dispatch records, purchase invoices, expenses, and supporting documents.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and applicable statutory requirements.
- Review fixed assets, asset registers, physical verification, and depreciation records.
- Prepare detailed audit reports with observations, risk assessments, and recommendations.
- Coordinate with Finance, Accounts, Procurement, Stores, Production,



and other departments.
- Follow up on audit observations and ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.
- Support management in strengthening internal controls and improving operational efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- CA Qualified Mandatory
- 37 years of relevant experience in internal audit within a manufacturing organization.
- Strong understanding of inventory controls, cost accounting, production processes, and financial auditing.
- Experience in stock audits, process audits, cost variance analysis, and internal control assessments.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Tally.
- Advanced MS Excel skills and robust analytical abilities.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and report-writing skills.
- High integrity, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.

Preferred Candidate Profile

- Candidates from manufacturing industries with exposure to plant audits, inventory audits, procurement audits, and production process audits.
- Experience in identifying operational inefficiencies, material losses, stock discrepancies, and cost-control gaps.
- Ability to interact with plant heads and cross-functional teams to implement audit recommendations.

📌 Manager/Sr. Manager - Internal Auditor (Pune)
🏢 Exemplar Global
📍 Pune