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Divya A Dixit

Divya A Dixit

Head of Audit | Business Process Re-engineering expert

Summary

Over 20 years of experience in Business Process Excellence, Internal Audits, Risk & Control assessments, and SOX testing. Expertise in stakeholder management, team leadership, project delivery, and collaborating with diverse cultures globally.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
2005
2005
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Head of Audit

Cloudnine Group of Hospitals
10.2023 - Current

Cloudnine Group is a group of maternity and child care hospitals rapidly growing across India with currently 41 hospitals.

  • Built an in-house Audit team: 80% audits done in-house.
  • Team engagement & Partner management
  • Audit charter, Audit plan, Audit execution, issue quality audit reports, track key action plans for closure.
  • Quarterly meetings with Key stakeholders: COO, CEO, CFO, Audit committee chairman
  • Other initiatives led by me include Digital transformation for Non-Pharma Procurement, Self assessment with balance score cards across critical processes at all units, Implementation of Audit Tool etc

GM: Regional Internal Audit

Schneider Electric
04.2018 - 10.2023
  • Responsible for 2 critical legal entities to manage Audits in Bangalore
  • Chartering out audit plan, partner management, auditee engagement, quality internal controls/audit deliverable (audit reports, Business Process gap assessment, Audit committee decks, support in developing control frameworks, policies and SOPs) and partnering with the compliance team on critical investigations.
  • Engage with board of directors, audit committee members, Business VPs across countries
  • Transversal audits like Service business processes, Human resources Shared services, .
  • Responsible for audit programmes for Supply chain processes (All plants across the globe)

Associate Director

MGC & KNAV
05.2016 - 03.2018
  • Lead the Risk Advisory function
  • Deliverable management (Internal Audit reports, SOPs, Process flows, Enterprise wide risk assessment, Investigation reports), team management, client engagement, identifying prospective clients.

Senior Manager

Wipro Corporate Internal Audit
05.2010 - 05.2016
  • Building the strategic / operating plan for the IA function, Developing risk-based audit plan for the year, Identifying recruitment and training needs of the team, Undertaking surprise and operational efficiency audits, Managing the IA team to deliver quality reports in a timely manner and represent the IA team achievements to the Audit committee at the end of every quarter.
  • Stakeholder management - CEO, CFO, General Counsel, Business VPs & Audit Committee
  • With Wipro spread across various locations, I have been exposed to multiple work cultures and ethics in the Scandinavian countries and South-east Asian countries.
  • Received award from IIA India for two consecutive years,

AM

KPMG
09.2008 - 05.2010
  • Managed a large project for an IT giant (HP) for SAP 6.0 version migration across the globe.
  • As a functional expert, I was leading the Accounts receivables module for 4 Migration projects.


Manager

Grant Thornton
06.2005 - 09.2008
  • Managing and leading a team for several Internal Audits.
  • Few of the noted companies under my review were Biocon Limited, Himatsingka Siede Limited, MindTree Consulting Limited, Infotech Enterprises Limited, FirstSource, CLI3L, DLF and Microland.
  • Seconded to Grant Thornton LLP at New York City - Appreciated cultural differences in managing and interacting with clients.


Articleship

Singhvi, Dev & Unni
08.2000 - 08.2003
  • Articleship was completed in SDU.
  • Working knowledge in the Internal Audits, Statutory audits and tax Audits.
  • Noted clients included– Infosys Limited, ICICI Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Millipore India Private Limited and Toyoda Gosei Kirloskar private Limited.

Education

CA -

Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
04.2001 - 11.2003

B-Com -

Bangalore University
05-2002

Skills

Effective stakeholder engagement

Accomplishments

  • Won team award for Productivity and Innovation at Wipro from IIA India for 2 consecutive years (2015 and 2016).
  • Worked as a volunteer in 2 NGOs for teaching blind students.
  • Socially involved in conducting dance programs for Child fund Association.
  • Secured 25th rank in National Talent Search Examination and 30th rank for the state in II PU (12th Std.) examination.

Timeline

Head of Audit

Cloudnine Group of Hospitals
10.2023 - Current

GM: Regional Internal Audit

Schneider Electric
04.2018 - 10.2023

Associate Director

MGC & KNAV
05.2016 - 03.2018

Senior Manager

Wipro Corporate Internal Audit
05.2010 - 05.2016

AM

KPMG
09.2008 - 05.2010

Manager

Grant Thornton
06.2005 - 09.2008

CA -

Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
04.2001 - 11.2003

Articleship

Singhvi, Dev & Unni
08.2000 - 08.2003

B-Com -

Bangalore University

Languages

English
Kannada
Tamil
Hindi

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 05/14/81
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Areas Of Interest

  • Dancing/Choreography
  • Oil Painting
  • Travelling
  • Reading books (Fiction and Non-fiction)

Awards

  • Received Award for Productivity as part of Wipro Audit function from IIA in 2015
  • Received Award for Innovation as part of Wipro Audit function from IIA in 2016
  • Speaker in various forums for Audits and Process excellence - Transformance and UBS forum

Profile Snapshot

20, Risk & Control assessments, Internal audits, Controls (IFC), SOX testing, stakeholder management, team management, timely delivery, working with multiple cultures across the globe

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 05/14/81
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Areas Of Interest

  • Dancing/Choreography
  • Oil Painting
  • Travelling
  • Reading books (Fiction and Non-fiction)

Awards

  • Received Award for Productivity as part of Wipro Audit function from IIA in 2015
  • Received Award for Innovation as part of Wipro Audit function from IIA in 2016
  • Speaker in various forums for Audits and Process excellence - Transformance and UBS forum
Divya A DixitHead of Audit | Business Process Re-engineering expert