Senior Consultant | Engineering Background - Internal Audit | Business Risk Services
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About the Role
Grant Thornton is seeking a Senior Consultant with an engineering background for their Business Risk Services team in Abu Dhabi. The role involves delivering internal audit services, preparing audit plans, and leading audits for clients in Oil & Gas, Power, Utility, or Energy industries.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare draft terms of reference/audit planning document prior to meeting the client
- Prepare business proposals and ensure timely submission to the line manager
- Produce close out documentation and contribute to close out meetings with the client
- Prepare fieldwork as applicable to review
- Build and maintain good working relationships with all clients and colleagues
- Deliver internal audit service including devising strategic and annual internal audit plans on a risk based approach
- Execute 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 for review by assistant manager and engagement manager
- Plan and supervise audits assigned to junior colleagues, including leading planning and exit meetings
- Report to Audit Committees on progress and key performance indicators against plan
- Prepare reports and presentations for assigned projects
- Formulate recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s wishes, capabilities and limitations
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in Internal Audit / Risk Management within 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)
- Internal audit experience in technical areas such as operations, maintenance, capital projects, supply chain, asset integrity, HSE, process safety, reservoir engineering, drilling operations, sustainability
- Experienced in the use of data analytics
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work to tight deadlines, self motivated and detail focused
- Experience of supervising small teams on assignment
- Experience of preparing reports and presentations
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Job Description
- We’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community.
- As a Senior Consultant, you’ll empower the team, deliver excellence, lead the way in shaping strategies and exceeding client expectations, and make a meaningful impact.
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,
- 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
Qualifications
- 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 the 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, including delivering internal audit services to a portfolio of clients/ stakeholders
- Experience of both financial and operational audits
- Experience of supervising small teams on assignment
- Experience of preparing reports and presentations
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