Director Forensic Audit

du; Dubai; Sur place; AED 500 000 - 900 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

du, a UAE telecommunications and digital services company, seeks a Director of Forensic Audit to lead investigations and audits, manage teams, and advise senior management on risks and controls in a large telco environment.

The role focuses on planning, executing and supervising forensic/special and financial audits, ensuring compliance with internal controls, and delivering findings with action plans to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Accounting or related discipline from an accredited college/university.
• CPA/CA/ACCA/CIA certification preferred.
• 10+ years combined experience in accounting and auditing (8+ years UAE nationals).

Responsabilités

• Lead forensic investigations and special audits.
• Manage audit teams and coordinate with Audit Committee and Head of Internal Control.
• Ensure compliance with internal control procedures.
• Provide strategic risk advice to senior management.
• Draft and present audit observations and action plans with timelines.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to implement controls.

Connaissances

Strong analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Relationship building skills

Formation

Bachelor degree in Accounting or related discipline

CPA/CA/ACCA/CIA (Preferred)

Description du poste

Job Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Date Posted: 8 October 2026

Job Reference/ID: 12631

Job Description / Role:

The Director of Forensic Audit is responsible for leading forensic investigations and special audits within the organization. This role involves managing audit teams, ensuring compliance with internal control procedures, and providing strategic advice to senior management regarding business risks and best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct Special investigation professionally and timely manner based on information received from Audit Committee, Head of Internal Control, Whistle blowing channel, or from management, or highlighted by financial and operational audit section
• Prioritized special audit based on risk rating and urgency of work referred by SVP-IC
• Monitor, analyses and present performance, analysis and status report representing departmental performance to Head of Internal Control
• Review, manage and comply adhoc audit requirements of audit committee and management
• Direct and facilitate the team for efficient execution of the allocated assignments
• Advise and recommend senior executive and senior management of business units on best practices and corrective measures / areas of improvements
• Establish and build effective professional association with all business stakeholders, communicate clearly and effectively (both orally and in writing) to ensure implementation of internal controls in an effective and efficient manner
• Monitor the status of agreed due action plans to ensure proper implementation with the business owners
• Providing consultancy and support to other departments upon request
• Planning and managing forensic investigations/ Special and financial audits and in accordance with the internal control procedures
• Preparing and /or supervise planning of forensic/special & financial audit assignments including objectives and scope and the audit approach
• Planning and managing audit testing of specified area and identify reportable issues and dimension of risk
• Reviewing, validating and finalizing observations with the business owners and obtaining action plans and timelines in line with the recommendations
• Prepare, review, consolidate and issue detailed forensic/special & financial audit reports and summary presentations to the executive management
• Assess the forensic function’s compliance with internal control department’s Manual (policy and procedures)
• Address issues raised through the whistle blowing channels
• Review the accomplishment of established objectives and goals for forensic function
• Continuously assess and improve the efficiency of the function with focus on reliability and integrity
• Prepare updates to the AC on the status of the forensic cases on regular basis

Experience Required:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a in the field of accounting and auditing (8 years for UAE nationals).
• Preferable prior experience in a large size telco domain with detailed understanding of the regional and international best practices.

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Accounting or related discipline from an accredited college / university
• And /or other certification related (CPA/CA/ACCA/CIA) (Preferred)

Skills Required:

• Strong analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Relationship building skills

Employment / Job Type: Full Time

Nationality: UAE National (Emiratisation)

About the Company:

du is a UAE telecommunications and digital services company serving consumers and businesses. Career opportunities include network engineering, technology, cybersecurity, digital products, data, sales, customer experience, finance, marketing, human resources, and corporate functions.

Company Industry: Telecommunications

Department / Functional Area: Internal Control

Closing Date: Not mentioned