Auditor

Target Target · Retail · Bangalore, India

This Auditor role focuses on SOX and IFC engagements, performing control testing across business and IT-enabled processes. The role involves partnering with global audit teams, business owners, and external auditors, identifying control gaps, and delivering audit work according to methodology and quality standards. A key responsibility is to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements through standardization, AI, automation, or analytics, but the core function is audit, not AI development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform Design & Operating effectiveness testing for assigned Business Process Controls (Manual / ITDM / ITAC / Key Reports & Key Spreadsheet controls) while adhering to Internal Audit quality guardrails.
  2. Develop a strong understanding of Target’s business processes, risks, systems & overall control environment and ensure control objectives are met during the course of your testing.
  3. Participate in process walkthroughs with control owners, 2nd Line teams, and external auditors; document process narratives and test procedures.
  4. Identify control gaps and support issue assessment, remediation discussions, and validation in partnership with Senior Auditors, IA leaders and 2nd line Partners.
  5. Deliver audit work in line with Internal Audit methodology, quality standards, and timelines.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, Accounting, Engineering or related field
  • 2–4 years of experience in internal or external audit
  • exposure to SOX and/or IFC engagements
  • Strong understanding of internal controls, risk assessment, and audit principles
  • Hands-on experience testing manual, ITDM, automated, key report, and spreadsheet controls
  • Experience auditing processes supported by ERP and business applications
  • Effective communication and documentation skills
  • Self-driven, detail-oriented, and capable of managing assigned work independently with minimum supervision
  • Demonstrate professional scepticism, integrity, and strong ownership

Nice to have

  • Masters preferred
  • Experience working in global or large-scale organizations preferred
  • SAP exposure preferred
  • Preferred Certifications – CIA/CA/ACCA/CPA (or progress towards certifications)

What the JD emphasized

  • adhering to Internal Audit quality guardrails
  • Experience auditing processes supported by ERP and business applications
  • Exposure to SOX, IFC, and/or SOC 1 engagements