KPMG India | RMS-SOQC Associate Director

Roles & responsibilities

• Perform and support process owners with Risk Assessments, Scoping, Walkthroughs, Process Documentation, and Flowcharts.
• Monitor SoQC controls on a periodic basis to assess design adequacy and operating effectiveness, including identifying issues and providing recommendations to process owners.
• Track control performance trends, recurring deficiencies, and systemic issues; escalate themes to leadership with root‑cause insights.
• Oversee identification, documentation, validation, and tracking of remediation plans for control deficiencies.
• Maintain the SoQC control inventory, including control ownership, frequency, and risk ratings.
• Prepare periodic SoQC dashboards, status reports, and management‑level summaries highlighting control health, key risks, emerging issues, and remediation progress.
• Support enhancements to SoQC methodologies, templates, and testing approaches in line with firm and regulatory expectations.
• Support the U.S. SoQC testing team by coordinating with GDC process owners.
• Identify opportunities to automate or standardize control testing and monitoring activities.
• Perform quality reviews of workpapers and control testing documentation prepared by team members.
• Monitor timelines and turnaround times; proactively flag anticipated deviations.
• Control frameworks & methodologies: ISQM 1, PCAOB/AICPA; strict adherence to KPMG documentation standards.
• Control testing & quality review: risk assessment/scoping, walkthroughs, design/operating effectiveness, sampling/re‑performance, remediation validation.
• Coach and guide team members on SoQC concepts, control interpretation, and documentation standards.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience performing Internal Audit, internal controls, Operational, Regulatory and Compliance audits in other Big 4 or Consulting organizations.

KPMG in India

KPMG is one of the Big Four professional services networks, offering audit, tax and advisory services. The global network was formed in 1987 through the merger of Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler.

KPMG in India and KPMG Global Services hire chartered accountants and finance professionals for statutory and internal audit, controls and risk advisory, tax, deal advisory and managed-services roles.

• Industry: Audit, tax and advisory (Big Four)
• In India: KPMG in India and KPMG Global Services, with offices across major cities