Internal Audit Consultant/Senior Consultant - Energy & Utility

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

Protiviti seeks experienced professionals to guide clients through strategy-based transformation, from defining strategy to enabling its realization. You will conduct strategic analysis, develop insights, write reports, and assist with client presentations and implementation as required.

The ideal candidate has 4–7 years in top strategy consulting, an MBA or postgraduate degree, a Black Belt Lean Six Sigma certification, energy sector experience, and a proven leadership track record, with strong

Qualifications

• Experience-driven consultants typically hold a graduate degree and MBA or similar.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent certification is preferred.
• 4–7 years of professional experience in top strategy consulting or mixed with blue-chip corporate roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide support on strategy-based transformation projects from planning to execution.
• Develop insights through independent analysis and hypothesis-driven work.
• Write reports, assist in client presentations, and support implementation as required.
• Construct analytical frameworks and work steps for assignments.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Team work

Interpersonal skills

High energy

Strategic thinking

Presentation skills

Professional integrity

Education

Graduate degree

MBA or postgraduate degree

Job description

We are seeking candidates who use their strategic business consulting skills to work with clients through all stages of strategy-based transformation projects. Provide support on client assignments that help to develop a strategy and then refocus an organization on making that strategy a reality. Consult with clients to identify, clarify, and resolve complex issues critical to clients' strategic and operating success by developing insight, conducting independent analysis, and meeting with clients to assure assignment progress. Develop conclusions and recommendations, write reports, assist in client presentations and provide implementation assistance as required. Construct the analytical framework and work steps for each assignment.

A blend of talents and skills is required of successful candidates, including intellectual ability, excellent analytical skills with the capability to perform sophisticated hypothesis-driven analyses, imagination and creativity, judgment and maturity, curiosity, interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team environment, high energy level, professional integrity, and demonstrated leadership.

Experienced Professional candidate will typically have:

• Graduate degree from a top tier university
• MBA or other postgraduate degree from a top tier university
• Black Belt Lean Six Sigma Certification or equivalent certification
• Candidates will ideally have an exemplary scholastic record and will have been recognized with special academic awards or participating in elite programs
• Between 4-7 years of professional experience, gained in a top strategy consulting organization or in a combination of both blue chip corporate businesses and top strategy consulting firms
• Experience in Energy sector a must
• A demonstrated rapid career progression and a strong track record within the current organization
• Flexibility and commercialism to manage a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic and results oriented environment
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
• Business-level fluency in English, Arabic is a plus

Key Personal Attributes

• - A good blend of creative thinking and rigorous analysis in solving business problems.
• - High energy individual possessing excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Adept at preparing and presenting to senior audiences.
• - Demonstrates excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. Must be able to maintain a professional demeanor in times of high stress.
• - Excellent time management skills. Must have ability to multi-task.
• - Regular reading habit for updating himself/herself and exhibit high level of confidentiality.
• - Enjoys travelling and meeting new people. Flexibility to travel to, and work in, other locations is essential.

About Us

Protiviti delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders face the future with confidence. Our consulting solutions span critical business problems in technology, business process, analytics, risk, compliance, transactions and internal audit. We are committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce of professionals that share the common value of collaboration. As an organization, we believe that by teaming together, with each other, and our clients, we can see beyond the surface of changes and problems organizations face in this fast changing world to discover opportunities others might miss and face the future with greater confidence.