Lead Specialist Internal Audit

About the Role

Midis Group is seeking a Lead Specialist - Internal Audit to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading and executing internal audit engagements to assess risk management, internal controls, financial information reliability, and compliance with policies and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews to evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of functional areas, internal processes, and controls, recommending actions to mitigate identified risks.
• Ensure proper implementation of group policies, procedures, and applicable requirements.
• Execute audit assignments in accordance with the approved yearly audit plan.
• Perform audit fieldworks in line with the audit methodology, ensuring proper documentation within the internal audit management system (*, TeamMate+) according to departmental requirements and quality standards.
• Conduct exit meetings with auditees to validate audit findings.
• Draft audit reports, ensuring observations, risks, business impacts, root causes, and recommendations are well-supported, clearly presented, practical, and aligned with departmental reporting guidelines.
• Ensure timely receipt of valid management responses with clear action plans, owners, and implementation timelines.
• Provide objective and independent advice on internal controls, risk mitigation, compliance, and operational improvements.
• Identify control gaps and recommend risk mitigation, process improvement, and cost-saving measures.
• Document processes and prepare audit findings memorandums.
• Assist in enhancing audit methodologies and supporting tools to optimize workflows.
• Support special assignments, investigations, advisory reviews, and other management requests.
• Build, develop, and maintain strong professional relationships with key internal stakeholders.
• Support team members as needed to achieve departmental goals.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in internal audit.
• Hands-on experience conducting both financial and operational audits.
• Experience preparing and presenting audit reports in English.
• Mandatory corporate industry experience.

Key Attributes

• High level of integrity, objectivity, and confidentiality.
• Flexibility to travel.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a corporate industry setting.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to apply for this role.