Senior Consultant | Engineering Background - Internal Audit | Business Risk Services
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About the Role
Grant Thornton UAE seeks a Senior Consultant with an engineering background for its Business Risk Services team in Abu Dhabi. The role involves delivering internal audit services, including risk-based audit plans, fieldwork, and reporting, primarily for the Oil & Gas, Power, Utility, or Energy industry.
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Responsibilities
- Preparing draft terms of reference/audit planning document prior to meeting the client ensuring any revisions are processed
- Preparing business proposals and ensure timely submission to the line manager
- Producing close out documentation and contributes to close out meetings with the client
- Preparing fieldwork as applicable to review
- Responsible for building and maintaining good working relationships with all clients and colleagues
- Delivering internal audit service including devising strategic and annual internal audit plans on a risk based approach
- Executing internal audit assignments independently to the required scope in compliance with risk based internal audit methodology including Plant Operations, Plant Maintenance, Asset Integrity, HSE, Projects (FEED to EPC), Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Well Integrity, Reservoir Engineering, Drilling Operations, Material Management, Logistics etc.
- Field management responsibilities including completing file reviews and preparing reports for review by assistant manager and engagement manager
- Planning and supervision of audits assigned to junior colleagues, including leading planning and exit meetings
- Reporting to Audit Committees on progress and key performance indicators against plan
- Preparing reports and presentations for assigned projects
- Formulating recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s wishes, capabilities and limitations forming concise reports
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in Internal Audit / Risk Management within the Oil & Gas, Power, Utility or Energy industry
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering field
- Qualified level candidate of professional qualification or pursuing (CIA, CISA, CISM, CISP or equivalent)
- Certification in data analytics is preferred (Power BI, MS Azure, AWS, Google certifications)
- Internationally recognized certifications in technical areas such as Sustainability, HSE, process safety, Energy Risk Management etc.
- Internal audit experience in technical areas such as operations, maintenance, capital projects, supply chain, asset integrity, HSE, process safety, reservoir engineering, drilling operations, sustainability, etc.
- Experienced in the use of data analytics
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work to tight deadlines, self motivated and detail focused
- Experience of both financial and operational audits
- Experience of supervising small teams on assignment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English; Arabic speaking is advantageous
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About the Firm
- We’re a large and growing professional services firm with over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries.
- We combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth.
About the Business Risk Services Line
- Discover tailored risk solutions with our BRS team, from proactive risk detection to optimizing internal controls.
- We build robust audit frameworks that ensure resilience and foster growth in an ever changing business landscape.
As a Senior Consultant some of your responsibilities will include
- Preparing draft terms of reference/audit planning document prior to meeting the client.
- Preparing business proposals and ensure timely submission to the line manager.
- Producing close out documentation and contributes to close out meetings with the client.
- Preparing fieldwork as applicable to review.
- Responsible for building and maintaining good working relationships with all clients and colleagues.
- Delivering internal audit service including devising strategic and annual internal audit plans on a risk based approach.
- Executing internal audit assignments independently to the required scope in compliance with risk based internal audit methodology.
- Field management responsibilities including completing file reviews and preparing reports.
- Planning and supervision of audits assigned to junior colleagues.
- Reporting to Audit Committees on progress and key performance indicators against plan.
- Preparing reports and presentations for assigned projects.
- Formulating recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s wishes, capabilities and limitations.
Think you've got what it takes
- 3+ years of experience in Internal Audit / Risk Management within the Oil & Gas, Power, Utility or Energy industry is essential.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering field is essential.
- Qualified level candidate of professional qualification or pursuing (CIA, CISA, CISM, CISP or equivalent).
- Certification in data analytics is preferred (Power BI, MS Azure, AWS, Google certifications).
- Internationally recognized certifications in technical areas such as Sustainability, HSE, process safety, Energy Risk Management etc.
- Internal audit experience in technical areas such as operations, maintenance, capital projects, supply chain, asset integrity, HSE, process safety, reservoir engineering, drilling operations, sustainability, etc. is essential.
- Experienced in the use of data analytics, with a track record of successful use of the tool.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work to tight deadlines, self motivated and detail focused.
- Ideally with experience of both practice and industry.
- Experience of both financial and operational audits.
- Experience of supervising small teams on assignment.
- Experience of preparing and delivering presentations.
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