Audit Executive

About this job

Role & responsibilities

• Conduct regular internal audits of retail stores, warehouses, and head office operations.
• Verify daily sales, cash collections, bank deposits, and cash balances.
• Audit POS billing, discounts, returns, refunds, and promotional transactions.
• Monitor inventory, stock movements, GRN, stock transfers, and physical stock verification.
• Identify stock discrepancies, wastage, pilferage, and process deviations.
• Verify purchase bills, vendor payments, expenses, and supporting documents.
• Review petty cash, expense claims, and store-level financial transactions.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOPs, and company policies.
• Identify financial irregularities, operational risks, and control weaknesses.
• Prepare audit reports with observations, findings, and corrective action recommendations.
• Follow up with departments and store teams to ensure audit observations are closed.
• Conduct surprise audits and periodic compliance checks.

Preferred candidate profile

• Experience in supermarkets, departmental stores, food retail, FMCG retail, fashion retail, or multi-outlet retail chains.
• Exposure to stock audits, cash audits, operational audits, and compliance audits.
• Knowledge of ERP/POS systems and retail accounting processes.

Perks and benefits

• Attractive salary based on experience and skills.
• Career growth opportunities in Finance & Audit.
• Exposure to multi-store retail operations.
• Professional learning and development opportunities.
• Travel allowance / reimbursement as per company policy.