Operations Audit Manager

Agra, Uttar Pradesh

5 - 10 Year experience

Full Time

Senior Level

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Job Description

Operations Audit Manager

Founder's Office Role

Full-time | Agra / Noida | Senior Leadership | 8–10 Yrs Mgmt Exp | Reports to Founder

Agrosaf Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd is a fast-growing pharmaceutical and agrochemical company serving 20,000+ customers across 28 states, backed by the BM Group. As the organisation scales, the Founder needs a sharp, authoritative, and disciplined right hand who can see everything that is happening across the company — and ensure that what should be happening, actually is. The Operations Audit Manager is a Founder's Office role — sitting at the intersection of accountability, execution, and control. This person is the Founder's eyes, ears, and enforcement arm across every function, location, and level of the organisation.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

Company-wide operations audit

Conduct regular structured audits of all business functions — sales, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, HR, and distribution
Assess whether every team is operating in line with defined SOPs, targets, and management directives
Identify gaps between what is being reported and what is actually happening on the ground
Perform surprise audits and field visits to verify process adherence, attendance, discipline, and output quality
Build and maintain a company-wide audit calendar — ensure no function goes unreviewed for more than 30 days

Founder–team bridge & communication

Serve as the primary operational link between the Founder / senior leadership and all department heads and field teams
Communicate directives, decisions, and priorities from the Founder's office clearly and without dilution to all levels
Collect ground-level feedback, blockers, and escalations from teams and present structured summaries to the Founder
Ensure that decisions made at the leadership level are understood, accepted, and actioned at the execution level
Facilitate high-stakes conversations between leadership and teams — with neutrality, authority, and precision

Performance tracking & accountability

Own a real-time, company-wide performance tracker — covering KPIs for every team, department, and individual in a managerial role
Conduct weekly performance review calls and meetings with department heads and flag non-performance to the Founder
Hold teams accountable to committed timelines, targets, and action items — with zero tolerance for repeated slippage
Track the closure rate of action items from leadership meetings and escalate open items relentlessly
Design and enforce a structured escalation framework so the right problems reach the right people at the right time

Process compliance & discipline enforcement

Ensure all departments are following prescribed processes, reporting structures, and governance norms
Identify process violations, SOP deviations, or compliance lapses and initiate corrective action immediately
Drive a culture of discipline — punctuality, documentation, reporting accuracy, and adherence to policy
Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly reporting submissions from all teams and flag delays or inaccuracies
Coordinate with HR for disciplinary proceedings when operational or behavioural non-compliance is identified

Strategic execution monitoring

Track the execution of all strategic initiatives, expansion plans, and leadership-approved projects across the company
Break down long-term plans into time-bound milestones and ensure each owner is accountable to their deliverables
Prepare and present structured monthly and quarterly business execution reports for the Founder and Board
Identify early warning signs of initiative failure — timeline drift, resource gaps, or team misalignment — and intervene proactively
Act as the single point of truth for the Founder on the status of every major ongoing initiative in the company

Risk identification & internal controls

Identify operational, financial, and compliance risks across the company before they become crises
Review internal controls across departments and recommend improvements to prevent leakage, fraud, or process failure
Ensure regulatory and statutory compliance across functions — pharma regulations, labour law, GST, and company law
Maintain an active risk register for the organisation and present risk mitigation plans to the Founder regularly
Liaise with external auditors, legal counsel, and regulatory bodies as required on behalf of the Founder's office

WHO YOU ARE

Authoritative, not authoritarian

You carry natural authority. People take you seriously — not because of your title, but because you are always right, always prepared, and never bluffing.

Disciplined to the bone

You operate with military-grade structure. Deadlines, formats, follow-ups, and standards are not suggestions to you — they are the baseline.

Eyes on everything

You have an uncomfortable ability to notice what others miss. Nothing slips through — not a delayed report, a missed target, or an unresolved escalation.

Trusted bridge

Senior leaders trust you to speak on their behalf. Junior teams trust you to represent their reality upward. You hold both trusts simultaneously and never betray either.

Comfortable with uncomfortable conversations

You can walk into any team, at any level, and hold them accountable — directly, fairly, and without flinching. Conflict doesn't derail you.

Ownership mindset

When the company misses a target, you feel it personally. You don't manage problems — you eliminate them. And you don't stop until the job is done.

REQUIREMENTS

MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification from a reputed institution; CA / CMA is an added advantage
8–10 years of managerial experience — with at least 3–5 years in an audit, operations, or strategy execution role with cross-functional oversight
Demonstrated ability to hold senior managers and cross-functional teams accountable in a structured, disciplined manner
Strong experience in building and managing performance tracking systems, audit frameworks, and compliance processes
Excellent communication skills — able to represent the Founder's office to all levels of the organisation with authority and clarity
Experience working in or closely with a founder-led or promoter-led organisation is strongly preferred
Prior pharma or regulated industry experience is preferred — understanding of field sales, manufacturing, and compliance environments
Willingness to be based in Agra with regular travel to Noida and field locations across India

NICE TO HAVE

Prior experience in an internal audit, management consulting, or Chief of Staff / Founder's Office role
Familiarity with ERP systems, MIS tools, or BI dashboards for real-time performance monitoring
Exposure to process improvement frameworks — Lean, Six Sigma, or ISO audit methodologies
Experience managing a team of analysts or junior managers who support audit and operations functions
Background in both manufacturing and sales/marketing environments — understanding where process friction typically originates
Comfort with financial statements, P&L analysis, and variance reporting to identify operational red flags

This is not a role where you will be given a checklist and asked to tick boxes. You will build the checklist. You will decide what gets audited, what gets escalated, and what gets fixed. If you need clear boundaries and a comfortable scope to feel effective, this is not the right fit. If you are the kind of person who walks into a room, instantly understands what is wrong, and does not leave until it is right — we want to hear from you.