Job Description: Internal Audit Manager

Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Employment Type: Full-time

Reports To: Managing Director (MD)

Job Purpose

The Internal Audit Manager will provide independent, objective assurance designed to add value and improve the organization’s manufacturing operations. This leadership role is responsible for executing a risk-based internal audit strategy that evaluates corporate compliance, optimizes internal controls, identifies operational cost gaps, and provides direct financial intelligence to executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Risk-Based Audits: Formulate, schedule, and execute comprehensive, risk-based internal audit plans across all core operational and financial business units.
Ensure Compliance & Controls: Continually assess the adequacy, design, and effectiveness of internal control systems to safeguard corporate assets and maintain total regulatory compliance.
Identify Inefficiencies & Cost Gaps: Analyze production workflows, supply chain data, and corporate expenditures to proactively uncover operational bottlenecks, financial leakage, and cost-saving opportunities.
Report Insights to the MD: Deliver clear, high-impact financial intelligence, independent audit findings, and strategic remediation roadmaps directly to the Managing Director.

Candidate Profile & Qualifications:

Professional Qualifications: Fully qualified member of a recognized professional accounting or auditing body (CA, ACCA, CIMA, or CIA).
Experience: Minimum 5–8 years of relevant internal audit experience, including experience with a recognized audit firm..
Technical Expertise: Advanced expertise in navigating enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and leveraging Data Analytics tools to audit massive transaction data sets.
Skills: Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage an audit pipeline and confidently influence senior management decisions.