Internal Audit Senior Consultant

İnci Holding

I. Position Purpose

The Internal Audit Senior Consultant leads and coordinates risk-based internal audit engagements across group companies. The role is expected to take full ownership of assigned work, independently drive delivery from planning through closure, and provide Senior Internal Audit Manager with timely, transparent reporting on progress, risks, decisions required, and final outcomes.

II. Core Responsibilities

Lead and Own Audit Engagements

• Lead assigned financial, operational, compliance, project, and thematic audits end-to-end, taking ownership of scope, quality, timelines, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and follow-up.

• Coordinate audit activities with process owners across group companies.
• Identify delivery risks early and escalate material delays, scope constraints, or disagreements with clear options and recommendations.
• Manage multiple audit engagements and competing priorities effectively while maintaining quality and agreed timelines.

Assessing Risk, Control, and Business Process

• Understand end-to-end processes, identify key financial, operational, compliance/fraud risks and evaluate the effectiveness of controls.
• Apply professional judgment to distinguish root causes from symptoms and assess the significance and business impact of issues.
• Develop practical, sustainable, and value-adding recommendations that address root causes and are proportionate to risk.
• Assist investigation and special review activities, maintaining confidentiality, objectivity, and sound evidence standards.
• Contribute to risk assessment and annual audit planning by translating business developments and risk indicators into relevant audit coverage.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Internal Audit methodologies, including the effective use of AI-enabled tools, and emerging audit practices.
• Exercise sound professional judgment and independently determine the appropriate course of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

Communication, Influence, and Follow Through

• Communicate audit observations clearly and constructively, both verbally and through concise, evidence-based, and executive-ready reports
• Challenge management responses and target dates when they do not adequately address the underlying risk, while maintaining a constructive working relationship.
• Agree clear action owners and realistic completion dates, monitor implementation, validate closure evidence, and escalate overdue or inadequate actions.
• Provide the Internal Audit Senior Manager with regular, concise status updates and promptly surface matters requiring judgment, support, or senior-level intervention.
• Build credibility as a trusted advisor without compromising independence, objectivity, or professional skepticism.

III. Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, business administration, finance, accounting, industrial engineering, or a related field; a relevant master’s degree is preferred.
• 7–9 years of relevant professional experience, including at least 3 years of independent audit experience and 4 years of internal audit experience.
• Strong knowledge of accounting, financial statements, risk management, internal controls, and risk-based auditing.
• Ability to prepare high-quality audit documentation, testing records, issue sheets, and executive reports.
• Knowledge of the Global Internal Audit Standards and relevant quality and ethics requirements is preferred.
• Professional certification or active progress toward CIA, CRMA, SMMM or an equivalent qualification is preferred.
• Professional working proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Availability for domestic travel across group companies.
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills; ability to structure and communicate analysis clearly.

IV. Success Profile

• Delivers assigned audits with limited supervision and no surprises regarding scope, timing, quality, or stakeholder issues.
• Produces concise, evidence-based findings and recommendations that management can act on.
• Identifies and escalate material risks and obstacles early, together with an assessment and proposed way forward.
• Build trusted relationships while protecting internal audit independence and maintaining appropriate challenge.
• Contributes to improving the quality, consistency, and efficiency of the Internal Audit function