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About the Opportunity

Midis Group is seeking a Lead Specialist Internal Audit to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is integral to strengthening the organization's governance, risk management, and control environment.

Role Summary

The Lead Specialist Internal Audit is responsible for leading and executing internal audit engagements. This involves evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and internal control processes across the organization, ensuring financial reliability, and verifying compliance with all applicable directives and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews to assess both the accuracy and efficiency of functional areas, evaluate internal processes and controls, and make recommendations for reducing risks when necessary.
• Ensure proper implementation of group policies, procedures, and applicable requirements.
• Execute audit assignments in accordance with the approved yearly audit plan.
• Conduct audit fieldworks in line with the audit methodology and ensure proper documentation and supporting evidence are added to the internal audit management system, in accordance with the IA Department’s requirements and quality standards.
• Conduct proper exit meetings with auditees to validate audit findings.
• Draft audit reports to ensure that observations, risks, business impacts, root causes, and recommendations are properly supported, clearly presented, practical, and aligned with the Internal Audit Department’s reporting guidelines.
• Ensure valid management responses are timely received with a clear action plan, owner, and implementation timeline.
• Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality, and goal achievement.
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion and cost-saving measures.
• Document processes and prepare audit findings memorandums.
• Assist in enhancing audit methodologies and supporting tools, optimizing workflows accordingly.
• Support special assignments, investigations, advisory reviews, and other management requests.
• Build, develop, and maintain strong and professional relationships with key internal stakeholders.
• Support team members when needed to achieve the department’s goals.
• Demonstrate integrity, objectivity, and confidentiality in all professional interactions.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Audit, Accounting, or any related major.
• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management, or Internal Controls.
• Corporate industry experience is mandatory.
• Hands-on experience conducting both financial and operational audits.
• Experience preparing and presenting audit reports in English.

Essential Attributes

Candidates for this role must demonstrate integrity, objectivity, and confidentiality in all professional interactions. The ability to build and maintain strong, professional relationships with key internal stakeholders is essential, and flexibility to travel is required.

Work Context

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The successful candidate will work within a dedicated internal audit department, contributing to the achievement of departmental goals and upholding the highest standards of audit practice.