Internal Audit Manager - Emirati Talent

Company Context

Role Overview

Business Audit Planning and Execution

• Lead risk-based audits across trading, sales practices, client onboarding, product governance, marketing, commercial initiatives, business operations, and support functions.
• Assess control design and operating effectiveness for strategic objectives, revenue generation, client protection, conduct, and regulatory compliance.
• Review business initiatives, perform process reviews, identify root causes, and coordinate audit risk assessments and audit universe updates.
• Support internal audit governance documents and coordinate with external, statutory, shareholder, and technology audit activities when required.

Reporting and Issue Management

• Prepare clear audit reports describing business risks, impacts, and practical recommendations.
• Agree remediation actions with management, validate implementation, and escalate high-risk or overdue issues.
• Provide thematic insights and periodic audit updates, reports, and dashboards to executive management and the Audit and Risk Committee.

Advisory and Stakeholder Engagement

• Advise business leaders on emerging business, conduct, regulatory, and control risks.
• Build professional relationships with executive management and stakeholders across diverse functions.
• Coordinate business and technology risk coverage without assuming accountability for IT audits.

People and Professional Standards

• Supervise, coach, review, and allocate work to Associates on business audit assignments.
• Ensure audits follow the Internal Audit Charter, approved methodology, IIA framework, ethical standards, and professional judgment requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of brokerage, financial services, industry developments, market practices, and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline is required.
• Seven to nine years of progressive experience in internal audit, external audit, or risk management is required, including at least two years in a managerial role.
• Experience leading audit teams and complex engagements, working with senior stakeholders, and applying internal control frameworks is required.
• CIA, CA, ACCA, CPA, CFE, CISA, or an equivalent professional certification is preferred.
• Strong English communication and report-writing skills, financial services knowledge, IT general controls knowledge, and financial accounting understanding are required.