Section Manager Internal Audit📣 Job Ad

About the Role

alfanar is seeking a Section Manager, Internal Audit to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves leading the execution of manufacturing audits, managing audit teams and engagements, assessing operational controls, and providing recommendations to improve process effectiveness, compliance, and overall operational performance. Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Audit Responsibilities

• Assess manufacturing risks and develop risk-based audit plans covering operations, supply chain, inventory, procurement, and compliance. Define audit scope, objectives, and resources, coordinating with plant leadership and process owners.
• Review manufacturing processes and evaluate the effectiveness of operational and financial controls, identifying control gaps and opportunities for improvement. Assess controls within ERP systems, manufacturing applications, and operational technologies.
• Manage manufacturing audit engagements and oversee audit teams in executing activities. Review audit findings, validate evidence, and ensure quality outcomes. Lead special reviews related to operational inefficiencies, production losses, and control issues.

Operational Oversight and Reporting

• Analyze manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities, providing recommendations to enhance process effectiveness, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
• Monitor corrective actions, key risk indicators, and continuous audit activities. Prepare audit reports and communicate findings, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders, maintaining strong relationships with plant management and operational teams.

Leadership and Team Management

• Recruit, recognize, and cultivate high performers to build a robust management pipeline, while guiding low performers or managing their exit. Ensure fair treatment and performance assessment based on planned results.
• Take full responsibility for operations as per the job description and deliverables, anticipating problems and taking proactive steps. Make necessary and timely decisions.
• Deliver required results in a timely manner, meeting quality and cost standards.
• Transform corporate goals into business plans, executing and monitoring annual or development plans. Initiate actions to strengthen results, take corrective measures, and provide periodic work progress reports.
• Monitor and control budgets and expenses to achieve optimum cost efficiency.

Strategic and Organizational Contributions

• Develop the organizational structure based on current requirements and future development plans, ensuring job descriptions are available for all roles.
• Develop and coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities. Utilize IT solutions relevant to the business and promote automated systems.
• Act in accordance with quality as a prime competitive advantage for alfanar.
• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment in adherence to standard regulations.

Experience and Work Environment

The ideal candidate will bring 5-10 years of experience to this full-time position. The role is based in Riyadh and requires a professional who can operate effectively within a dynamic internal audit function, contributing significantly to operational excellence and compliance.