Senior Manager Internal Audit

Team: Internal Audit

Activity: Full-time

Role grade: Senior Manager (7)

Direct reports: 0

Indirect reports: 0

Reporting to: Director Internal Audit

Role location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Job Purpose: Leads the development and delivery of professional, objective and impactful IA services (including assurance, advisory, and special reviews) to senior management and EWCF Audit, Risk, & Compliance Committee (ARCC).

Acts as a Business Partner, developing strong relationships with senior management, including Executive Management, and provides insights that make a positive difference to EWCF.

Duties and Responsibilities

Engagement Delivery:

• Develop a dynamic, risk-based IA Plan which is periodically refreshed to capture key and emerging risks and trends which feeds into the prioritized and the overall IA plan.
  
  
  

Proactively monitors the risk environment by developing an understanding of any pertinent industry standards and keeping up to date with relevant trends. Provides early identification of key areas of concern for the platform and adjusts the plan accordingly.

Execute effective and efficient assurance and advice to enable complete, efficient, effective, and collaborative delivery of the overall EWCF IA Plan, including the follow-up of management action plans.

Drives the use of analytics (throughout the audit lifecycle), to achieve efficiencies and deeper insights.

QAIP:

• Ensure compliance with the Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP), including timely and effective delivery of QA peer reviews (as required).
• Ensures that feedback received is appropriately addressed.
• Advocates Quality across the Department.
  
  
  

Business Partnering:

• Creates, develops, and maintains strong relationships with senior management to keep abreast of their changing business needs.
• Delivers impactful communication to senior management through tailored communication (e.g., EWCF-wide themes, industry trends and benchmarking), which enables pragmatic business change and align with EWCF’s strategy.
• Escalates overdue action plans to senior management for appropriate intervention.
• Support in building and sustaining independent and objective relationships with other assurance and consulting service providers, including the development and implementation of an aligned assurance framework.
  
  
  

Collaboration

• Shares knowledge across the IA Team, the EWCF IA Function, as appropriate.
• Collaborate with IA and Functional IA peers to promote the sharing of resources and information to leverage the Function’s key strengths and support the efficient and high-quality delivery of the overall IA plan.
• Continually updates knowledge of the latest IA global best practice (through proactive networking, participation in benchmarking opportunities, and online research) and identifies enhancements to the Function’s practices to further enhance core operations.
• Constructively challenges peers to ensure that the IA Function performs at its optimal level.
  
  
  

Budget Planning and Monitoring

• Supports in monthly budget reporting for the Function to ensure that the Function’s overall position against its budget is properly managed.
• Supports the effective management of the IA and Operations expense budgets, including consultant expenses.
• Supports the provision of periodic updates on spend against the IA budget to the Operations Team (as required) for consolidation.
  
  
  

Policies and Procedures

• Supports the administration and maintenance of the audit management system to drive conformance to the Function’s procedures.
• Undertakes all relevant activities in line with the Function’s policies and procedures, including the IA Manual.
  
  
  

Leadership:

• Work closely with ARCC Secretariat to prepare materials and Minutes of the meeting
• Supports leadership in developing and maintaining the functions’ strategy
  
  
  

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional certifications preferred such as CIA, CPA, CISA, or CFE, or any related certifications.
• 8+ years of experience in internal auditt
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to influence, communicate, and lead discussions with executive and senior management.
• Strong relationship management skills, based on credibility, rapport, and trust.
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of data analytics tools and techniques.
• Strong financial and accounting knowledge.
• Proven ability in business process improvement
• Proven ability in leading internal audit teams.
• In-depth knowledge of governance, risk and control frameworks and concepts.
• Strong business acumen and industry knowledge.
• Advanced critical thinker, providing objective assurance and insight to management.
• Fluent in Arabic and English.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple audits simultaneously and work with cross-functional teams.
  
  
  

Our Perks:

• Relocation support
• Transportation allowance
• Competitive compensation
• Housing allowance
• VIP medical insurance
• Opportunity to work on a new exciting project with a group of passionate professionals. You will get the freedom to excel and make a real impact
  
  
  

Diversity disclaimer

Our mission is to build a diverse organization where our members, regardless of background or identity, have a sense of belonging. We genuinely believe that thanks to creating a collaborative environment where different perspectives are valued, we can achieve more. Together, we want to reshape the boundaries of what is achievable in the esports domain.