Internal Audit Manager📣 إعلان

About the Role

National Medical Care is seeking an Internal Audit Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves overseeing all operational and financial audit activities within the organization, reporting directly to the Audit Director. The role focuses on planning, executing, and reporting on audits to assess compliance, identify risks, and enhance processes, leading audit teams and collaborating with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

The Internal Audit Manager is responsible for leading audit teams, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement across audit functions. This includes:

• Overseeing the entire audit lifecycle from planning to follow-up.
• Managing and developing audit staff, including operational and financial auditors/senior auditors.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
• Ensuring adherence to professional standards, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Providing administrative support to the Audit Director.

Audit Planning and Execution

• Collaborate with management to develop a comprehensive audit plan addressing all operational and financial key risks and priorities.
• Oversee the entire audit planning process for operational audits within the internal audit department.
• Develop audit engagement plans that address all key risks and priorities identified within auditable areas.
• Monitor the execution of operational audit engagements, ensuring objectives are achieved effectively and efficiently.
• Review engagement audit programs, procedures, work papers, findings, and reports prepared by audit teams.
• Monitor the progress of audit engagements and allocate resources as needed to meet established timelines and objectives.
• Facilitate and conduct engagement exit meetings with auditees to discuss audit findings and recommendations.
• Provide leadership and guidance to audit staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

Audit Reporting and Follow-Up

• Manage the preparation and finalization of audit reports, ensuring they meet professional standards and organizational policies.
• Ensure all operational and functional audit reports are based on Five Cs principles: Criteria, Condition, Cause, Consequence, and Corrective Action Plans & Recommendation.
• Communicate audit results, including significant findings and recommendations for improvement, to stakeholders.
• Monitor the entire audit follow-up process of management corrective actions, including tracking, monitoring, and reporting on the status of audit recommendations.
• Review the effectiveness of management's responses to audit findings and provide feedback or recommendations for improvement.
• Escalate significant unresolved issues or delays to audit management as necessary.

Compliance, Special Audits, and Quality Assurance

• Ensure strict compliance with Authority regulations and cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures within the internal audit function.
• Manage ad-hoc and special assignments, overseeing all aspects of project planning, execution, and reporting.
• Implement quality assurance measures to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of audit processes.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance audit methodologies and tools to promote consistency and quality in audit delivery.
• Assist in the identification, assessment, and mitigation of operational, financial, and compliance risks.

Qualifications and Skills

Candidates for the Internal Audit Manager position should possess the following:

• 5-10 years of relevant experience in internal audit.
• Demonstrated effective leadership and team management capabilities, including supervising operational and financial auditors/senior auditors.
• Strong analytical capabilities for assessing compliance, identifying risks, and enhancing processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with stakeholders and reporting findings.
• Commitment to ethical conduct and a dedication to ongoing improvement and professional development.
• Ability to stay current with industry trends, emerging risks, and audit methodologies.