Internal Auditor

Job description / Role

Position Summary:

The Internal Auditor will support the Director of Internal Audit in meeting the requirements of the Audit and Compliance Committee by conducting internal audit reviews with the Director of Internal Audit and independently.

Job Responsibilities:

- Conduct independent risk-based reviews and evaluations of the university’s core financial and operational areas to ensure that there are robust mechanisms to:

* Establish and monitor the achievement of organizational objectives
* Identify, assess and determine how the risks are being managed to achieve those objectives
* Ensure the economical, efficient and effective use of resources
* Ensure compliance with established policies, procedures, laws and regulations
* Safeguard the AUS’s interests and assets from losses of all kinds, including those arising from fraud, irregularity or corruption
* Ensure the integrity and reliability of information, accounts and data.

- Assist in the preparation of the Annual Audit Plan.
- Coordinate activities to the extent possible with the external auditors to enhance audit efficiency.
- Exercise discretion in the review of records to ensure confidentiality.
- Report to the Director of Internal Audit on the status of Audit Plan and or any significant recommendations or deficiencies on which management has not taken proper corrective action.
- Ensure that the audit department does not develop or install procedures, prepare records, make management decisions or engage in any other activity that could be reasonably construed to compromise its independence.
- Undertake special projects as required and maintain CPE credits.

Requirements

Qualifications & Skills Required:

- Bachelor’s degree in related field: business/accounting/finance
- Qualified Accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)
- Minimum of 3 years of internal audit experience
- Internal audit planning
- In-depth knowledge of risk-based auditing from a conceptual and practical perspective
- Operational and financial auditing
- Report writing

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

- Certified Internal Auditor
- External audit experience
- Audit of education and universities (either internal or external audit)
- IT audit
- Data mining

About the Company

American University of Sharjah (AUS) was founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. The university was envisaged by His Highness as a leading educational institution in the Gulf region. Located in University City, Sharjah, AUS is a not-for-profit, independent, institution of higher education formed on the American model.

It offers 26 majors and 45 minors at the undergraduate level, and 14 master's degrees through the College of Architecture, Art and Design; the College of Arts and Sciences; the College of Engineering; and the School of Business Administration. These programs are designed to meet the challenges of a competitive and dynamic business and industrial environment.

As a provider of quality higher education in the Gulf, AUS is licensed and its programs are accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Affairs Division in the United Arab Emirates. AUS is accredited in the United States of America by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.