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Job description / Role
Balfour Beattly is looking for high caliber candidates to fill the position of Internal Audit Manager across its newly created GCCII (GCC countries, India and Indonesia) region. It is an exciting opportunity to work across both the Parsons Brinckerhoff professional services business as well as construction operations across the GCCII region. The successful candidate will be working with a vibrant team looking to maximize growth across these expanding markets and will play a key role in Balfour Beatty’s assurance function.
Role
As an Internal Audit Manager, you will be based in Abu Dhabi/ Dubai, reporting functionally to the Vice President/Global Director of Internal Audit in the US and ultimately to the Head of Group Risk and Assurance of Balfour Beatty PLC. Administratively this person will report to the Director of Ethics Risk & Assurance and will support audit activities to be undertaken throughout the GCC India and Indonesia regions involving offices located in the following geographical locations: Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, India and Indonesia.
Responsibilities
The key aspect of this role is to provide assurance to senior management adequate financial internal controls and procedures exist and are operating effectively. Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Senior Internal Auditor will:
• Participate in the development and review with Management of the annual audit plans for the GCCII region.
• Undertake a wide range of contract and business process reviews assessing key risks and identifying and reviewing those controls put in place by Management of the operational businesses within the GCCII region.
• Prepare reports on audit observations arising from reviews and provide value-added recommendations to ensure a proper control environment exists and risks are being mitigated
• Review, write, and discuss audit observations and reports with relevant Management at all levels.
• Conduct follow-up reviews of the corrective actions to be undertaken.
• Interface with various company functions (Finance, Compliance, Risk Management, Regional Operations etc. ) on common theme audit matters
• Undertake ad hoc reviews as agreed with the Director of Ethics Risk & Assurance for GCCII, Regional Compliance Officer and Parsons Brinckerhoff ’s Vice President Global Director of Internal Audit
Requirements
Profile
• Degree holder in accounting/finance/management with a professional qualification (CPA and or CIA or equivalent)
• Strong written skills in both English and Arabic and verbal communication skills involving both English and Arabic or Farsi preferred
• Minimum 8+ years internal audit experience gained from conducting financial and operational audits within a multi-national services organization, experience of audit background in construction preferred (please non-financial services experience only)
• Ability to work independently and interact at all of levels of an organization in a professional manner, adapting to different environments
• Ability to be proactive and think independently
• Travel approximately 50-60% of the time with the GCCII region
• Some exposure to Oracle
About the Company
WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. With 36,000 talented people in more than 500 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.