Director - Delivery Audit
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About the Role
Qiddiya seeks a Director - Delivery Audit to lead the delivery audit function, providing strategic assurance over capital delivery portfolio including construction, infrastructure, and engineering.
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Responsibilities
- Define and own the delivery audit strategy aligned with capital delivery objectives and enterprise risk profile
- Direct development and execution of risk based delivery audit plan across capital portfolio
- Provide executive level assurance and reporting to senior management and Audit Committee
- Oversee multiple concurrent engagements and management layers
- Lead most complex and high value engagements including major construction contracts and claims
- Set and maintain delivery audit methodology, frameworks, and quality assurance standards
- Manage delivery audit budget, resourcing, and capability planning
- Build and sustain trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and programme leadership
- Lead, develop, and performance manage Associate Directors, Senior Managers, and Managers
- Champion integrated assurance with GRC and external auditors
- Drive innovation in delivery audit including data analytics and continuous auditing
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, or related field
- Professional certification required (CIA, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or RMP)
- Expert command of internal audit practice including risk assessment, control evaluation, assurance reporting
- Proven track record leading an audit function or major audit portfolio
- Authoritative understanding of capital project delivery, construction processes, and end to end delivery workflows
- Deep knowledge of standard forms of contract (e.g., FIDIC) and delivery models (EPC, EPCM, PMC, design build)
- Strong command of cost engineering, earned value management, and assessment of claims and variations
- Ability to evaluate programme and portfolio governance, schedule integrity
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Role Overview
- The Director Delivery Audit leads the delivery audit function, providing independent, strategic assurance over the organization's capital delivery portfolio.
- Portfolio spans construction, infrastructure, engineering, consultancy services, procurement, and facilities management.
- Role owns delivery audit strategy, sets risk based plan, and directs multiple management layers and concurrent engagements.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the delivery audit strategy and its alignment with capital delivery objectives and enterprise risk profile.
- Direct the development and execution of the risk based delivery audit plan across the capital portfolio.
- Provide executive level assurance and reporting to senior management and the Audit Committee.
- Oversee multiple concurrent engagements and management layers, ensuring quality and timeliness.
- Lead the most complex and high value engagements, including major construction contracts, claims, and programme level governance reviews.
- Set and maintain the delivery audit methodology, frameworks, and quality assurance standards.
- Manage the delivery audit budget, resourcing, and capability planning.
- Build and sustain trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, programme leadership, and external assurance providers.
- Lead, develop, and performance manage Associate Directors, Senior Managers, and Managers.
- Champion integrated assurance with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and external auditors.
- Drive innovation in delivery audit, including data analytics, continuous auditing, and emerging risk coverage.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, or related field.
- Professional certification required (CIA, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or RMP); Master's/advanced degree preferred.
- Expert command of internal audit practice, including risk assessment, control evaluation, assurance reporting, and quality assurance.
- Proven track record leading an audit function or major audit portfolio, including methodology and framework ownership.
- Strong capability in developing risk models, audit strategies, and performance metrics.
- Strategic use of data analytics, continuous auditing, and audit technology.
- Authoritative understanding of capital project delivery, project gates, construction processes, and end to end delivery workflows.
- Deep knowledge of standard forms of contract (e.g., FIDIC) and delivery models (EPC, EPCM, PMC, design build).
- Strong command of cost engineering, earned value management, and assessment of claims and variations.
- Ability to evaluate programme and portfolio governance, schedule integrity, and float erosion.
- Insight into emerging delivery risks and opportunities for optimization, automation, and assurance innovation.
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