Internal Auditor

Job description / Role

Reporting to Group Internal Audit Manager.

(Arabic National preferred, non-Arabic nationals Arabic language proficiency is must)

Purpose:
- Conduct assigned internal audits within the HTG businesses in order to provide assurance on the adequacy, appropriateness and effectiveness of the internal control environment and risk management framework.
- Conduct Audits and analyses on a variety of Operational & Accounting transactions at assigned audit location. Assists in the preparation of Risk based Audit Plans.

Plan Internal Audit Assignments
- Quality and timeliness KPIs relating to Audit assignment
- Engage with business to gain clear understanding of the control environment under review and any
- Quality and relevance of audit assignment planning including links to concerns they may have major business and regulatory changes, alignment with major risks
- Develop audit scope and objectives for each review and stakeholder concerns
- Clearance of audit scope and objectives with management
- Gain understanding of business and technical environment to enable identification of key risks to be reviewed during each review
- Developing detailed fieldwork plans and time budgets for each review Execute Internal Audit Assignments-
- Perform audit fieldwork to assess the adequacy of control environments, risk management and control
- Timely completion of annual audit plan, information and communication, and monitoring in the areas under review
- Quality of audit documentations
- Document fieldwork results and conclusions
- Quality and relevance of audit issues raised and agreed
- Identify emerging issues for consideration in reporting management actions
- Flag potentially serious issues to audit and business management as they emerge
- Conduct audit closing meeting with management to agree audit findings

Reporting Internal Audit Reviews:
- Quality and timeliness of draft audit reports
- Drafting audit reports for review by audit and business management
- Timely identification/escalation of potential issues
- Agree management action plans and target dates
- Quality and timeliness of management action plan monitoring
- Ensure all reported issues are evidenced in audit documentation

Monitoring Management Action Plans:
- Monitor progress of assigned management actions plans resulting from audit reviews
- Liaise with management to agree status of management action plans and update PAWS action tracking database accordingly
- Quality and timeliness of action plan status updates
- Where appropriate, contribute updates on management actions to IAM’s monthly report to Executive Management

Develop and Maintain Strong Business Understanding:
- Proactive involvement in major business change initiatives
- Develop and maintain a good awareness and understanding of key business, finance, regulatory activities and risks
- Develop and maintain an awareness of significant developments within the financial services industry

Internal Audit Standards and Best Practice:
- Compliance with HTG & Internal Audit Policies & Procedures and The IIA standards
- Develop and maintain strong understanding of IA process and procedures and apply these in the manual requirements execution of audit reviews.
- Own training and personal development plans
- Develop and maintain good understanding of internal audit standards and best practice
- Develop and own a personal development plan to support the above.
- Audit management satisfaction, interaction and feedback
- Develop clear understanding of IA KPIs and metrics and achieve these in the execution of audit reviews.

Requirements

Qualification: Bachelor of Commerce (Commerce) / B.Com, CA Inter(Chartered Accountant) / Inter C.A. / Chartered Accountant (Chartered Accountant) / CA, Institute of Cost & Works Accountants (Cost & Works Accountant) /ICWA / CMA, CPA, CIA & CISA Required Skill Set: Strong knowledge of Internal Audit in commercial industry.

About the Company

Hamdan Trading Group is part of one of the largest corporate conglomerates from the Sultanate of Oman the Hamdan Group. The group commenced its business operations in the year 1975 and has mirrored the growth of the Sultanate of Oman and contributed significantly to the Omani economy.

Today the group has more than fourteen well organized and diversified business units each establishing a benchmark in its own field. Hamdan Trading Group consists of three core divisions of business of the Hamdan Group Viz; Transport, Heavy Construction and Dunlop Agency.

The Transport Division is one of the largest and oldest in the Sultanate having the most diverse fleet. The most challenging and complex logistics requirements have been fulfilled by the division and has been awarded ISO certification.

The construction Division is engaged in large scale Civil and Private construction activities across the Sultanate employing over 300 full time workers.The Dunlop agency of Hamdan Trading Group is the sole distributor of Dunlop Tires across the Sultanate of Oman and it has currently 12 branches strategically located for the convenience of the customer and many more branches are in the pipe-line to be opened soon.