Internal Audit Manager

About the Role

• Manage internal audit function and tasks, utilizing audit staff wither internal or external.
• Make recommendations that add value ensuring maximum payback to the entity or process under review

Responsibilities

• Assisting the H/Internal audit in preparing the annual audit plan
• Helping the H/Internal audit in establishing the Internal Audit Department, designing related audit charter and audit procedure manual.
• Monitoring and auditing the company's compliance with established internal controls.
• Monitor the internal audit team performance and ensure the team members are meeting their KPI's effectively.
• Developing and maintaining productive client and staff relationships
• Teaching, training, coaching staff and developing procedures, schedules, priorities and programs for achieving audit objectives and goals
• Using project management tools to oversee project progress.
• Identifying and communicating to department personnel changes in professional standards, pronouncements, laws, guidelines and audit requirements.
• Assessing risk factors to identify high risk areas within Etisalat.
• Attending and conducting internal meetings and participating in the recruitment and hiring of internal auditors.
• Planning, organizing and carrying out the internal audit tasks including participation in preparing an audit plan which fulfils the responsibility of the department, scheduling and assigning work and estimating resource needs, and allocating staff to the assigned tasks.
• Performing an annual risk assessment of the business and coordinating with external auditors, when necessary
• Communicating and interacting with management across all divisions.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable internal and external regulations.
• Manage and develop a highly skilled and motivated risk team to meet the growing needs of the business.
• Provides constant monitoring of customer (external – internal) oriented approaches

Qualifications:

• 6–8 years of relevant experience in accounting and auditing, preferably with exposure to public accounting firms and the telecommunications industry with a heavy emphasis on financial and accounting applications and operational controls.
• Graduate degree in business or management-related field, preferably accounting degree.
• Comprehensive knowledge of auditing practices, procedures and principles, sufficient to interpret and analyze complex concepts and apply these in innovative ways.
• Strong interpersonal skills - ability to work closely with people at all levels of the organization and facilitate the implementation of corrective action.
• Excellent Computer skills, Advanced MS excel is required.
• Excellent in Arabic & English (Reading, Writing & Oral).
• Strong knowledge of Internal Audit Standards.