Otis India | Sr Associate, Audit & Internal controls

Responsibilities

• The Supervisor - Shared Services SOX & Controls is responsible for overseeing a team of SOX testing professionals within the centralized Internal Controls Center of Excellence.
• The role ensures the timely execution of SOX testing activities, supports control assessments, coordinates external audit requests, and drives consistent application of testing methodologies across assigned processes and entities.
• As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.
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• Coordinate testing activities across assigned finance processes, including R2R, P2P, C2C, treasury, HR, and other business cycles.
• Review testing workpapers and evidence to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established methodologies.
• Monitor testing progress and ensure deadlines are achieved.
• Support consistent application of testing standards across the team.
• Control Assessment & Continuous Improvement.
• Review control designs and identify potential control gaps or weaknesses.
• Support process reviews, new system implementations, and transformation initiatives from a controls perspective.
• Coordinate testing support activities related to external audit reliance.
• Review audit samples, supporting documentation, and testing evidence before submission.
• Assist in addressing auditor questions and review comments.
• Ensure audit deliverables are complete, accurate, and submitted on schedule.
• Participate in discussions with internal and external auditors as required.
• Support execution and monitoring of CCM activities.
• Review CCM exceptions and coordinate follow-up activities.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to leverage automation and data analytics within testing programs.
• Provide status updates on testing progress, findings, and remediation efforts.
• Build effective relationships with process owners, controllers, finance teams, Genpact teams, and Internal Audit.
• Participate in control discussions and governance forums as needed.
• Support preparation of management reporting and metrics.
• Review identified control deficiencies and support root cause analysis activities.
• Track remediation plans and validate corrective actions.
• Monitor timely resolution of issues and assist in preventing repeat findings.
• Support segregation of duties (SoD) reviews and remediation efforts.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately four SOX professionals.
• Conduct workpaper reviews and provide timely feedback.
• Support onboarding and training new team members.
• Drive consistency in testing quality and documentation standards.
• Assist with workload planning and resource allocation.
• Assess processes and controls using the SOX framework.
• Analyze testing results, exceptions, trends and recurring deficiencies.
• Support root cause analysis and implementation plans.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in SOX compliance, internal controls, internal audit, risk management, or external audit.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in people management.
• Prior experience leading teams or overseeing testing engagements.
• Strong knowledge of SOX 404 and ICFR requirements.
• Experience performing control design and operating effectiveness testing.
• Strong understanding of key finance processes, including R2R, P2P, O2C/C2C.
• Familiarity with ERP environments such as JDE, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent platforms.
• Understanding of automated controls, interfaces, reports, and IT-dependent controls.
• Experience supporting external audit reliance and Use of Others programs.
• Strong coaching and people development skills.
• Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities.
• Ability to balance quality expectations with operational deadlines.

Otis India

Otis India is an employer hiring in India.

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Bengaluru.