Senior Manager - Delivery Audit
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About the Role
Qiddiya seeks a Senior Manager - Delivery Audit to lead risk-based internal audit engagements across capital delivery, construction, and infrastructure. The role provides independent assurance over project governance, cost management, and contractor performance, driving continuous improvement in audit methodology.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end execution of delivery focused audits, including construction contracts, capital procurement, and infrastructure programmes
- Provide assurance over project cost management, including cost baselines, change and variation orders, claims, and earned value performance
- Evaluate contractor and consultant performance against contractual obligations, KPIs, and service levels
- Assess programme and portfolio governance, including stage gate decisions and escalation mechanisms
- Review procurement and tendering processes for capital works to confirm fairness, competitiveness, and compliance
- Develop strategic audit plans aligned with organizational objectives and risk priorities
- Supervise and review audit reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and actionable recommendations
- Build and maintain effective relationships with senior management to promote risk awareness and control accountability
- Mentor and coach audit staff, providing technical and professional development guidance
- Contribute to strategic planning of the Internal Audit Department, including the annual risk based audit plan
- Collaborate with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) teams to enhance integrated assurance efforts
- Drive continuous improvement of audit processes and methodologies to improve efficiency and quality
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, or related field
- Professional certification such as CIA, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or RMP preferred
- Advanced understanding of internal audit practices, including risk assessment, control evaluation, and assurance reporting
- Proven ability to manage large scale audit engagements and quality assurance reviews
- Comprehensive understanding of project gates, construction processes, and end to end delivery workflows
- Working knowledge of standard forms of contract (e.g. FIDIC) and common delivery models (EPC, EPCM, PMC, design build)
- Familiarity with cost engineering, earned value management, and assessment of claims and variations
- Experience evaluating project controls and identifying opportunities for optimization and automation
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Role Overview
- The Senior Manager Delivery Audit leads complex, risk based internal audit engagements across the organization's capital delivery portfolio, spanning construction, infrastructure, engineering and consultancy services, procurement, and facilities management.
- Ensures consistency with the Global Internal Audit Standards (2024).
- Provides independent assurance over the effectiveness of controls governing project delivery, cost and change management, contractor and consultant performance, and programme governance.
- Drives continuous improvement in the internal audit function's delivery methodology.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end to end execution of delivery focused audits, including construction contracts, capital procurement, and infrastructure programmes.
- Provide assurance over project cost management, including cost baselines, change and variation orders, claims, and earned value performance.
- Evaluate contractor and consultant performance against contractual obligations, KPIs, and service levels.
- Assess programme and portfolio governance, including stage gate (project gate) decisions and escalation mechanisms.
- Review procurement and tendering processes for capital works to confirm fairness, competitiveness, and compliance.
- Develop strategic audit plans aligned with organizational objectives and risk priorities.
- Ensure audit engagements adhere to Internal Audit methodology, timelines, and quality standards.
- Supervise and review audit reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and actionable recommendations.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with senior management to promote risk awareness and control accountability.
- Mentor and coach audit staff, providing technical and professional development guidance.
- Contribute to strategic planning of the Internal Audit Department, including the annual risk based audit plan.
- Collaborate with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) teams to enhance integrated assurance efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
- Professional certification such as CIA, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or RMP preferred.
- Advanced understanding of internal audit practices, including risk assessment, control evaluation, and assurance reporting.
- Proven ability to manage large scale audit engagements and quality assurance reviews.
- Expertise in developing audit frameworks, risk models, and performance metrics.
- Proficiency in data analytics and use of audit software tools for enhanced insight generation is a plus.
- Comprehensive understanding of project gates, construction processes, and end to end delivery workflows.
- Working knowledge of standard forms of contract (e.g. FIDIC) and common delivery models (EPC, EPCM, PMC, design build).
- Familiarity with cost engineering, earned value management, and the assessment of claims and variations.
- Ability to review project schedules and timelines across all levels and identify gaps, delays, and float erosion.
- Experience evaluating project controls and identifying opportunities for optimization and automation.
- Knowledge of commercial governance and procurement assurance, including cost planning, tender evaluation, and contract management.
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