Senior Internal Auditor

About the Role

Expo 2030 Riyadh is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves conducting risk-based internal audit engagements across the organization, including fieldwork, control testing, and sampling. The Senior Internal Auditor will prepare high-quality working papers and draft findings to support the Internal Audit function in providing independent, risk-based assurance, advice, insight, and foresight throughout the Expo Riyadh 2030 lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning of assigned audit engagements, including understanding processes, risks, and controls.
• Contribute to the preparation of audit programs, risk and control matrices, and information requests.
• Apply the Internal Audit Manual and audit methodology, and support updates to the audit universe and risk assessment.
• Perform audit engagements across Operations, Projects, and Functional & IT audit areas.
• Execute audit fieldwork, including walkthroughs, control testing, and sampling.
• Conduct risk-based process, compliance, financial, operational, and IT audits, as well as capital project management and contract audits, including stage-gate and pre-/post-award reviews.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls against applicable control frameworks, in conformance with IIA Standards.
• Perform data-analytics-driven testing to support continuous auditing and data-analytics-driven assurance.
• Prepare high-quality working papers and draft findings, documenting audit evidence, testing results, and conclusions in line with IIA Standards and Internal Audit methodology.
• Contribute input to audit reports, Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) reporting packs, and the annual overall conclusion on the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control processes.
• Perform follow-up reviews to validate the implementation of agreed management actions and track the status of open audit actions.
• Support Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) activities.
• Support special reviews and investigations into suspected fraud, corruption, or misconduct, in line with Whistleblowing and Anti-Fraud policies.
• Support advisory engagements and maintain high standards of integrity, objectivity, and professional skepticism.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this role should possess 2-5 years of relevant experience in internal audit. A strong understanding of audit methodologies, risk management, and control frameworks is essential. The ability to prepare detailed working papers and contribute to audit reports is also required.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offering an opportunity to contribute to a significant global event. The role operates within a dynamic environment, requiring adherence to professional standards and methodologies.