Senior Internal Auditor

Job Summary:

Carry out risk-based internal audit engagements across ERC, including audit fieldwork, walkthroughs, control testing, and sampling, and prepare high-quality working papers and draft findings, supporting Internal Audit in providing the Board, ARC, and management with independent, risk-based assurance, advice, insight, and foresight across the Expo Riyadh 2030 lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Audit Planning & Preparation

• Support the planning of assigned audit engagements, including understanding processes, risks, and controls in scope.
• Contribute to the preparation of audit programs, risk and control matrices, and information requests.
• Apply the Internal Audit Manual and audit methodology and support updates to the audit universe and risk assessment.

Audit Fieldwork & Control Testing

• Perform audit engagements across Operations, Projects, and Functional & IT audit areas, as assigned.
• Carry out audit fieldwork, including walkthroughs, control testing and sampling.
• Perform risk-based process, compliance, financial, operational and IT audits, and capital project management and contract audits, including stage-gate and pre-/post-award reviews.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls against applicable control frameworks, in conformance with the IIA Standards.
• Perform data-analytics-driven testing to support continuous auditing and data-analytics-driven assurance.

Working Papers & Reporting

• Prepare high-quality working papers and draft findings.
• Document audit evidence, testing results, and conclusions in line with the IIA Standards and Internal Audit methodology.
• Contribute input to audit reports, ARC reporting packs, and the annual overall conclusion on the adequacy and effectiveness of ERC's governance, risk management and control processes.

Follow-up & Quality Assurance

• Perform follow-up reviews to validate that agreed management actions have been implemented.
• Track and report the status of open audit actions.
• Support Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) activities.

Special Reviews & Advisory

• Support special reviews and investigations into suspected fraud, corruption, or misconduct, as assigned, in line with ERC's Whistleblowing and Anti-Fraud policies.
• Support advisory engagements, as assigned.
• Maintain high standards of integrity, objectivity, and professional skepticism.

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Professional Certifications Preferred:

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) preferred; candidates actively pursuing a certification will be considered.

Experience:

3+ years of relevant experience in internal or external audit.

Nature of Experience:

• Experience in internal or external audit.
• Experience carrying out audit fieldwork, including walkthroughs, control testing and sampling.
• Experience preparing working papers and draft audit findings.

Job Specific Skills:

• Working knowledge of the IIA Standards and control frameworks.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills.
• High standards of integrity, objectivity, and professional skepticism.
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills in English; Arabic is strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and deliver to fixed deadlines.