Senior Internal Auditor
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Assist in annual audit planning, risk assessment, audit execution, reporting, and follow-up; requires a degree in accounting or finance and relevant certifications.
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Annual Audit Plan (Aap)
- Assist IA Manager in Preparation of the preliminary three-year IA plan which will define the audit assignments to be done on a yearly basis within the Cluster.
- Support the IA Manager for Performance of annual risk assessment exercise to update the AAP by assessing the risks and controls pertaining to the operational, performance, compliance, financial and information technology processes.
- Discuss the strategic IA plan with the concerned audit staff at the beginning of each year to reconfirm the status and nature of risks, and to validate whether changes to the systems have affected the risk assessment results.
Audit Planning
- Co-develop the risk assessment with the IA team and process owners and communicate risks accordingly.
- Attend the opening planning meetings with the auditee management.
- Prepare the minutes of audit planning meetings.
- Prepare the documentation for the process understanding meeting of the business related to the department / section / function under review and communicate the same to the IA Manager for review.
- In line with the agreed audit scope, identify the risks identified, nature, impact and likelihood on the department / section / function under review and the controls identified to mitigate those risks.
- Prepare the audit program to address the risks identified along with the testing strategy (substantive testing vs detailed analytical review).
Audit Execution
- Perform the testing of internal controls identified during the planning phase.
- Assess the design effectiveness of the internal controls.
- Submit completed working papers to be reviewed by IA Manager.
- Identify all the noted observations as part of the audit program.
Audit Reporting
- Draft all noted observations and obtain management responses and agreed action plans in the draft report.
- Communicate the IA draft report to the IA Manager and ensure that issues raised and documented in the working paper file are properly excluded or included in the report.
- Assign ratings and risk prioritization level of the raised observations.
- Based on the received comments, update all required changes to the IA report.
- Attend the closing meeting along with the IA Manager, and the Head of the department /section / functions under review to discuss the issues raised, recommendations
- Update the report based on the changes discussed during the closing meeting and issue the updated draft report for the IA Manager review.
- Perform follow-up reviews with the Head of the department / section / functions under review to ensure proper implementation of the corrective actions agreed in the report.
Follow - Up Reports
- Perform follow-up assignments for audits completed during the year as part of the AAP and submit for IA Manager s review. This will include the follow-up on the implementation of the actions agreed on with the management based on the recommendations made.
- Submit the follow-up reports to the IA Manager for review.
External Liaison
- Support the IA Manager in coordinating with the Statutory Auditors, ADQ IA Department and the Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority (ADAA).
Special Projects
- Execute special investigations as requested.
Professional Development
- Achieve any pre-defined set targets and the professional development plan including training sessions.
People Management Responsibilities
- Supervise Co-sourced Consultants and Trainees as approved by Management.
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