Website:
ppsconsulting.biz
Job details:
We are looking for an Internal Audit Setup Consultant for a handicraft & home decor exporter based in Western U.P.
This is a build-from-scratch mandate for someone who understands how to create a practical internal audit function in a growing, family-led manufacturing business transitioning toward professional management.
Need someone who can design the function, define the scope, set the audit rhythm, and help management build real control discipline.
Hiring: Internal Audit Setup Consultant
Location: Western U.P. / NCR travel as needed
Industry: Handicraft & Home Decor Export Manufacturing
Engagement Type: Consultant / Project-based (initial setup mandate)
A fast-growing handicraft & home decor exporter from U.P. is undergoing a serious shift from founder-led execution to a more professionally managed, system-driven operating model. The larger transformation agenda already includes formal role charters, governance structures, MIS discipline, and targeted external hiring for critical capability gaps. 20260208 Akarsh Gupta - OKRA
As part of this, we are looking for an experienced consultant to help us design and set up the Internal Audit function from scratch.
This is not a routine “statutory audit / compliance checklist” assignment.
We want someone who can help build a practical, independent, business-useful internal audit capability for a manufacturing business where process leakage, informal decision-making, control gaps, and weak follow-through need to be addressed through structure—not heroics.
What we need
We are looking for someone who can help us:
- Define the purpose, scope, and operating model of Internal Audit for our business
- Recommend the right reporting structure and independence model
- Build a risk-based audit framework covering both financial discipline and process discipline
- Create the first version of:
→ Audit charter
→ audit calendar / audit plan
→ audit reporting formats
→ issue tracker / closure tracker
→ escalation approach for red-flag findings
→ Define what Internal Audit should review across areas like:
→ procurement and vendor payments
→ inventory / stores / dispatch controls
→ payroll / contractor controls
→ manufacturing / process discipline
→ approvals / capex / SOP compliance
→ MIS / data integrity
- Recommend the initial team structure for the function
- Help management decide whether the first phase should be:
→ consultant-led,
→ hybrid,
→ or built through a full-time hire after setup
What success looks like
At the end of the assignment, we should have:
- A clear Internal Audit function design
- A practical Year 1 audit roadmap
- Priority control gaps identified
- A workable model for scheduled + surprise audits
- Clear audit reporting and closure discipline
- A recommended org structure / staffing plan
- A management-ready view of how to keep the function independent and effective
Ideal profile
We are looking for someone with strong hands-on experience, ideally in one or more of the following:
- Internal Audit leadership / setup
- Risk & controls consulting
- Manufacturing / plant / operations audit
- Process audit in Indian SME / mid-market businesses
- Finance + operations control environments
- Family-led business professionalization / governance transitions
Strong fit if you have:
- CA / CIA / CISA / similar background (not mandatory if experience is very strong)
- Experience setting up or redesigning Internal Audit in a manufacturing / export / multi-process environment
- Ability to work across both numbers and shopfloor/process realities
- Comfort working with promoter-led businesses that are transitioning to systems and professional management
- Strong documentation skills, but also enough practical sense to avoid creating paperwork that nobody uses
This role is not for you if:
- You only do statutory / tax / compliance filing work
- You are looking for a passive advisory assignment without digging into processes
- You have only worked in large-company audit environments and cannot adapt to MSME realities
- Your solution to every problem is “install more software”
Engagement expectation
This will likely begin as a consulting assignment / setup mandate, not necessarily a full-time operating role from Day 1. Depending on fit and outcome, this may later evolve into:
- a longer advisory role,
- support in building the team,
- or a full-time leadership search.
To apply
Please send:
- A short note on your relevant experience
- 2–3 examples of similar audit / governance / controls setup work you have done
- Your preferred engagement model (project / retainer / hybrid)
- Your base location and travel comfort
- Expected commercials
Please avoid generic profiles. We are specifically looking for someone who can help build the function, not just review it.
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