Senior Risk & Internal Audit Manager
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About the Role
UCC Holding is seeking a Senior Risk & Internal Audit Manager to lead risk-based internal audits across capital projects and hospitality operations. You will design continuous monitoring frameworks, draft audit reports, and mentor junior staff.
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Responsibilities
- Plan and execute risk based internal audits across UCC's EPC and capital projects portfolio, including JV structured projects, in line with the IIA's IPPF
- Assess project controls across cost, schedule, claims, variation orders, subcontractor management, and contract compliance
- Conduct internal audits and control reviews across hospitality/F&B operations within the Group
- Design, implement, and maintain continuous monitoring frameworks — including KPI, KCI, and KRI indicators with RAG based thresholds
- Develop and execute Risk Control Matrices (RCMs), distinguishing design effectiveness (DE) from operating effectiveness (OE)
- Draft clear, actionable audit findings and reports, and manage the full finding lifecycle through to remediation closure
- Engage directly with auditee management, including project directors, finance teams, and hospitality operations leadership
- Contribute to the annual risk based audit planning process and the Group's audit universe
- Support Audit Committee reporting, including ECAF aligned KPI/KCI/KRI summaries where applicable
- Mentor junior audit staff and contribute to building internal audit capability across the function
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or related field
- Professional certification preferred (CIA, CPA, CFE, or equivalent)
- Minimum 10 12 years of progressive internal audit, risk, or assurance experience
- Demonstrated depth in capital projects / EPC / construction or infrastructure environments
- Experience in hospitality or F&B operations
- Experience with continuous monitoring / continuous auditing frameworks and KPI/KRI design
- Strong understanding of JV governance structures and large scale project risk
- Excellent report writing and stakeholder communication skills
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About the Role
- You will lead risk based internal audit engagements across UCC's capital project portfolio, while also supporting Group wide continuous monitoring and audit work across our hospitality and F&B operations.
- This is a hands on, senior individual contributor / team lead role for someone who can operate independently across diverse, high complexity environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and execute risk based internal audits across UCC's EPC and capital projects portfolio, including JV structured projects, in line with the IIA's IPPF.
- Assess project controls across cost, schedule, claims, variation orders, subcontractor management, and contract compliance.
- Conduct internal audits and control reviews across hospitality/F&B operations within the Group, identifying operational, financial, and compliance risks specific to that sector.
- Design, implement, and maintain continuous monitoring frameworks — including KPI, KCI, and KRI indicators with RAG based thresholds — to provide ongoing assurance between audit cycles.
- Develop and execute Risk Control Matrices (RCMs), distinguishing design effectiveness (DE) from operating effectiveness (OE).
- Draft clear, actionable audit findings and reports, and manage the full finding lifecycle through to remediation closure.
- Engage directly with auditee management, including project directors, finance teams, and hospitality operations leadership, to validate findings and agree corrective action plans.
- Contribute to the annual risk based audit planning process and the Group's audit universe.
- Support Audit Committee reporting, including ECAF aligned KPI/KCI/KRI summaries where applicable.
- Mentor junior audit staff and contribute to building internal audit capability across the function.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or related field; professional certification preferred (CIA, CPA, CFE, or equivalent).
- Minimum 10 12 years of progressive internal audit, risk, or assurance experience, with demonstrated depth in: capital projects / EPC / construction or infrastructure environments; hospitality or F&B operations; continuous monitoring / continuous auditing frameworks and KPI/KRI design.
- Strong understanding of JV governance structures and large scale project risk (claims, variations, contractor performance).
- Excellent report writing and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to engage senior project and operations leadership.
- Experience with risk based audit methodologies aligned to the IIA IPPF.
- Based in or willing to relocate to Doha, Qatar.
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