PURPOSE OF THE JOB: With PMI’s journey towards a smoke-free future and a consumer-centric organization, the company faces new opportunities and risks. To safeguard the company’s business objectives, ensure its delivery against strategic opportunities, and protect the company against emerging uncertainties, highly professional and industry-leading risk management and internal controls practice is required. The Risk & Controls (R&C) function within PMI defines, leads, monitors the risk management, and internal controls practices and drives the various activities surrounding it. For India, R&C is also responsible for performing Internal Audits and Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) Testing. Analyst IC will be responsible for: 1. Implementing the market strategy and ongoing Process Risk Assessment and internal controls activities (i.e. advisory and review activities) to support the R&C central & regional function and enable the market management with risk-based decision-making; 2. Ensure audits coverage as per approved Audit Plan. 3. Ensure ICFR Testing for all controls. 4. Partner with business to provide solutions for changes in processes.

• Support the risk assessment activity for PMI as well as local internal audits. Ensure a process is in place to identify, assess, monitor, and recommend mitigating responses to key risks in the market. Ensure a risk-based approach is applied when defining risk responses and assigning resources, with the main focus on global risks/projects. Contribute to continuous risk assessment by sharing obtained information and insights.
• Perform and document walkthroughs and periodic review of internal controls over financial reporting. Where gaps are identified, design the controls and processes in line with the PMI best practices, policies, procedures and ICFR methodology. Also, provide support during statutory financial audits and regulatory inspections, if required.
• Assist in the preparation of audit plans and annual India Risk Assessment. Plan and execute internal audit assignments in line with the annual audit plan. Ensure effective communication with stakeholders. Ensure audit assignments are smoothly and timely completed with maximum indepth coverage. Communicate audit results to management and stakeholders.
• Record the issues identified during the year in OneGRC system. Develop the action plans with the business and ensure timely completion of those action plans.
• Maintain professional and ethical standards in all audit activities. Assist in special projects and investigations as required. Collaborate with various departments to ensure adherence to company policies.
• Promote risk culture in the organization. Ensure that the control environment of the market is continuously strengthened.
  
  

Educational & Work Experience Required - Graduation and CA. Post university professional qualification - CA mandatory, CIA, CISA, CFE - Optional

Relevant experience in (Enterprise) Risk Management, Internal Controls, GRC, Audit, or a combination. Relevant experience of 5-7 years in industries and big fours (Major relevant experience of FMCG/ tobacco or other industries)

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