Senior Executive – Internal Audit
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About the Role
Gargash Insurance Services is seeking a Senior Executive – Internal Audit to support risk-based audit engagements, evaluate internal controls, and ensure compliance within an insurance brokerage environment.
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Responsibilities
- Assist in performing internal audits across key functions within the insurance brokerage
- Execute audit fieldwork including walkthroughs, control testing, and documentation of processes
- Perform substantive and analytical procedures to evaluate control effectiveness
- Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and areas of operational risk
- Evaluate internal controls relating to client onboarding, KYC/AML, premium collection, commission, policy issuance, claims, and regulatory compliance
- Prepare high quality working papers in accordance with internal audit standards
- Draft preliminary audit observations with clear issue articulation and recommendations
- Assist in preparation of audit reports and presentation materials
- Monitor implementation of agreed audit recommendations and follow up with process owners
- Maintain action trackers and escalate delays where necessary
- Ensure audit procedures comply with IIA Standards and internal audit policies
- Suggest process improvements and control enhancements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce, or related field
- Pursuing or partially completed professional qualification (CA, CIA, CMA, ACCA, CISA, or MBA Finance)
- 2–4 years of experience in Internal Audit, Risk, or Assurance
- Preferably within insurance, insurance brokerage, or financial services sector or reputed audit firm
- Exposure to audit fieldwork, control testing, and documentation
- Basic/working understanding of regulatory and compliance environments
- Knowledge of internal audit concepts and frameworks (e.g., IIA guidelines, risk based auditing)
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Familiarity with data analysis techniques and tools (e.g., Power BI, SQL – basic)
- Understanding of insurance brokerage operations and processes is an advantage
- Basic/Working knowledge of AML/CFT, compliance, and regulatory controls preferred
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Role Overview
- The Senior Executive – Internal Audit supports the execution of internal audit engagements by performing risk based audit procedures, evaluating internal controls, and assisting in reporting findings.
- The role ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, while contributing to strengthening governance, risk management, and internal control processes within the insurance brokerage environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in performing internal audits across key functions within the insurance brokerage
- Execute audit fieldwork including walkthroughs, control testing, and documentation of processes
- Perform substantive and analytical procedures to evaluate control effectiveness
- Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and areas of operational risk
- Evaluate internal controls relating to client onboarding and KYC/AML requirements, premium collection and remittance, commission and revenue processes, policy issuance, endorsements, and renewals, claims handling processes, regulatory compliance and reporting
- Prepare high quality working papers in accordance with internal audit standards
- Draft preliminary audit observations with clear issue articulation and recommendations
- Assist in preparation of audit reports and presentation materials
- Monitor implementation of agreed audit recommendations
- Follow up with process owners to ensure timely closure of audit findings
- Maintain action trackers and escalate delays where necessary
- Ensure audit procedures comply with IIA Standards and internal audit policies
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Commerce, or related field (required)
- Pursuing or partially completed professional qualification/certifications: Part Completed CA / CIA / CMA, ACCA, CISA or MBA – Finance
Experience
- 2–4 years of experience in Internal Audit, Risk, or Assurance
- Preferably within insurance, insurance brokerage, or financial services sector or reputed audit firm
- Exposure to audit fieldwork, control testing, and documentation
- Basic/working understanding of regulatory and compliance environments
Technical Skills
- Knowledge of internal audit concepts and frameworks (e.g., IIA guidelines, risk based auditing)
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Familiarity with data analysis techniques and tools (e.g., Power BI, SQL – basic)
- Understanding of insurance brokerage operations and processes is an advantage
- Basic/Working knowledge of AML/CFT, compliance, and regulatory controls preferred
Tools & Systems
- MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Audit/working paper tools (e.g., TeamMate, AuditBoard, Pentana or equivalent)
- Data analysis tools (Power BI, ACL, IDEA or similar tools)
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