Assistant Manager - Internal Audit

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: WPP is seeking an Assistant Audit Manager to support our EMEA and South Asia Team team and play a key role in shaping our future. In this role, you'll leverage your audit, risk, and compliance expertise to conduct operational audits across our diverse businesses, gaining valuable exposure to various areas of WPP. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference by identifying opportunities for improvement and driving positive change. We're looking for candidates with a strong background in Operations, Financial, Commercial, and Compliance auditing. You'll need to be able to analyse complex business processes, identify risks (including regulatory, organisational, policy, and technological), and develop meaningful findings. Excellent communication skills and a strong commercial understanding are essential. Location : Mumbai or Delhi Travel : Up to 30% (availability required) What you'll be doing: • Executing internal audits for assigned cycles of the audit program by reviewing financial controls and testing compliance with established internal control policies, procedures, regulations and laws as applicable: • Compliance with policies, plans, standards, international best practices and applicable local laws and regulations that could have a significant impact on operations; • Effectiveness in the accomplishment of objectives and goals established for operations and projects; • Exercise discretion in the review of records to ensure confidentiality; • Engages in multiple assignments concurrently • Delivers projects, meeting deadlines around planning, execution and reporting • Reviews work performed by the audit team on the project to ensure that the key risks identified in the risk statement have been adequately covered; • Utilizes prior experience to identify previously captured lessons learned or best practices • Identifies and recommends opportunities for improved efficiency • Contributes to after-action reviews or post-mortem sessions to capture lessons learned • Prepares and presents reports to the Regional Head of Audit about the results of audit engagements, significant risk exposures and control issues; • Ensuring timely completion of Internal Audit work papers and audit program including documenting identified risks, issues and recommendations in the Internal Audit Software, TeamMate; • Occasional adhoc assignments including investigations What you'll need: We want someone who can not only identify risks, but also translate those risks into business issues. You will provide consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements. You must help prioritize findings and recommendations in tune with our corporate strategy. You should be able to facilitate multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verify that risks are mitigated appropriately. We value personality, insight, intellectual flexibility, teamwork