Senior Consultant - Business Risk Services (Internal Audit - Financial Services - Arabic Speaking)

We’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ over 750 people across the UAE and are experiencing exciting growth! We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll lead strategic initiatives, provide expert advice to clients, and drive impactful change. Your expertise will shape business outcomes and contribute to our clients' success in a rapidly evolving market. Discover your purple and join our Business Risk Services Team today!

Let us paint a picture for you

Imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flexibility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back.

Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do. Whether you're steering discussions in a client meeting, tackling your fear of heights at the top of the Burj Khalifa, or ziplining across Jebel Jais – bring your true self to work. Be a part of a team driven by a purpose of shaping the world that we live in, based on trust and integrity in markets, dynamic businesses, and communities where businesses and people thrive.

Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.

About the Internal Audit - Business Risk Services Line

Discover tailored risk solutions with our BRS team. From proactive risk detection to optimizing internal controls, we empower your organization with strategies that drive efficiency and safeguard against threats. With a focus on transparency and collaboration, we build robust audit frameworks that ensure resilience and foster growth in an ever-changing business landscape.

As a Senior Consultant, some of your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing draft terms of reference/audit planning document prior to meeting the client whilst ensuring any revisions are processed.
• Preparing business proposals and ensuring timely submission to the line manager.
• Preparing fieldwork as applicable to review.
• Producing close-out documentation and contributing to close-out meetings with the client.
• Responsible for building and maintaining good working relationships with all clients and colleagues.
• Delivery of internal audit service including devising strategic and annual internal audit plans on a risk-based approach.
• 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.
• Preparing reports and presentations for assigned projects.
• Formulating recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s wishes, capabilities, and limitations, forming concise reports.
• Assisting the client in implementing the plan and resolving any occasional discrepancies.
• Assisting in Financial Management including billing and income collection, compilation of profitability budgets, and management of financial review process to achieve target internal profit measures.
• Executing internal audit assignments independently to the required scope in compliance with risk-based internal audit methodology including: Treasury Management, General Ledger, Payroll, Capital Budgeting and Monitoring, Human Resources, Corporate Governance, and Project, clinical governance, risk management arrangements, and Change Management.

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Senior Consultant? Here are a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 3+ years of related work experience in Internal Audit / Risk Management.
• Ideally studying towards an international professional qualification such as CISA, CIA, ACCA, or FRM.
• Broad experience of internal audit and risk management within the Financial Services industry specifically in Fintech and Asset Management is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work to tight deadlines, self-motivated, and detail-focused.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office.
• Strong written and spoken English; strong spoken Arabic skills are mandatory.
• Willingness and ability to work additional hours, as needed, and travel to various client sites.

At Grant Thornton, we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues, and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, our purple.

Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?
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