Internal Audit Manager
Chalhoub Group
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop a thorough understanding of company policies and procedures and recommend enhancements or re-engineering of business operations to improve the overall internal control environment and align business units with the shared services.
- Support business units on advisory projects including the development or update of standard operating procedures, policies, DOA's. RACI's and other internal control and governance tools.
- Identify and propose effective and innovative audit techniques and tools in pursuit of the digital direction of the organization.
- Understand the current state of processes and procedures adopted by the company and derive the process and risk universe of the commercial verticals, country operations, and shared services.
- Assist in evaluating business risks and making preliminary assessments based on knowledge gathered including financial exposure (i.e., materiality), quality of internal controls at both the entity level and process level, changes in management structure, prior audit results, and time or significant events since the last audit.
- Support the Internal Audit Director in developing the annual risk-based Internal Audit plan and time and resource allocation plans.
- Plan and allocate resources across the audit plan in accordance with skills and schedules (including in-house and outsourced resources).
- Oversee progress on engagements by attending key meetings with audit clients, reviewing working papers, and completed tasks of the audit team, and providing support and coaching where required.
- Work on special projects, complex internal audit engagements, or consulting engagements as directed by the Internal Audit Director.
- Coordinate and interact with audit and consulting firms.
- Review the work of team members on a timely basis and thoroughly and constructively and ensure compliance with the department's established standards and methodology.
- Complete engagement assessments for team members and provide one-to-one feedback.
- Work closely with the IA Director on the professional development plan of the IA team and assist in coaching and supporting where required.
- Demonstrate strong people management skills and qualities and actively build and foster a qualified and well-equipped team.
- Support in onboarding and induction of new Internal Audit team members.
- Work closely with the corporate data analytics teams and the Internal Audit data Analytics Lead on designing continuous monitoring reports and propose ideas that support continuous auditing and exception reporting concepts.
- Constantly build awareness of business and economic developments and new pronouncements and standards, to identify their links and impact on the business.
- Work closely with the Internal Audit Director in preparing Audit committee quarterly reports to a high technical standard.
- You possess 7 to 10 years of internal audit experience combining the big four and the retail/family conglomerates industry in the GCC.
- You have a strong track record of conducting internal audits and interacting with Audit Committees.
- You hold a CIA/CPA/ACC and any other relevant certifications such as C-risk, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner.
- You have a strong knowledge of the IIA standards.
- You have a strong knowledge of conducting entity-wide risk assessments, process-level risk and control assessments, planning and execution of audits, and reporting.
- You possess practical expertise in preparing Audit committee status update packs.
- You possess a sound knowledge of accounting principles.