Senior Associate - Audit Services, Quality & Excellence

Senior Associate - Audit Services, Quality & Excellence DP World

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)
• Any Nationality
• 1 Vacancy

Job Purpose

To provide tactical and strategic analytical audit operational support to the DP World Group Internal Audit team through collation, preparation, research, and reporting of audit-related data across DP World Group as required on status/trends/mitigation strategies and areas of high risk. In this role, you will support our audit team and audit customers on a global scale.

Key Accountabilities

Internal Audit Support

• Assist in executing the pre-planning and discovery phase of each audit through effective and timely communications with auditees.
• Work with the audit team in planning audit activities including setup of audit files, scheduling, etc.
• Assist in developing RCMs and audit work programmes at the request of the GIA team.
• Participate in continuous auditing projects across high-risk areas in the business.
• Perform all assigned audit duties in a manner that reflects the highest professional standards and complies with the guidelines of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
• Participate and support the GIA team on request as and when needed.

Audit Issue Follow-up

• Support GIA management and conduct audit issue follow-up with all BUs across the group through AIMS as directed by the GIA team including subsequent reporting (e.g., AC reporting, monthly dashboards, etc.).
• Work with lead auditors to facilitate the review evidence submitted by auditees to support the closure of issues and ensure timely corroboration and remote testing of closed issues.
• Work with Head Office, Divisions, Regional Offices, and Business Units to analyse and resolve open audit issues.

Projects

• Perform research as directed by the GIA team using internal/external source material.
• Participate in and provide support on existing department projects (e.g., COE, FIA, GAP, etc.).
• Provide project status updates to management through relevant means (e.g., through ARGUS).

Controls and Compliance

• Support GIA management in the rollout and compliance with DP World controls self-assessment across all ROs and BUs (MICS reporting) including but not limited to collation, liaison and follow-up with ROs and BUs on action plans, ensuring completeness, consistency and timely upload of relevant data.
• Develop regular MICS reporting to key stakeholders including Audit Committee and Group Internal Audit as a minimum.
• Support rollout of annual internal control and risk management certification and reporting across the Group, including policy compliance for purposes of DP World Annual Report.

Quality Assurance

• Run QA (IQA + Cold Reviews) projects at the direction of management and report back on areas of improvement.
• Ensure the department is always ready for an EQA to be performed.
• Administer, manage, and maintain ARMS - the reporting tool used to capture BU and RO policy compliance, fraud risks, risk management, core control compliance (MICS) and audit issues across the Group.
• Manage ARMS user access, including granting, revoking, and updating user access, including annual user access reviews at a minimum.
• Provide training to new/existing users to ensure full understanding of how to use the system.
• Work closely with Technology Audit to ensure adequate information security measures are always in place.

Methodology and Governance

• Administer the GIA Procedures Manual and other department SOPs, Guidelines, etc.
• Communicate methodology and other procedural changes to the GIA team.
• Collate and manage RCMs and audit programmes developed for each audit.

OneNote

• Own the day-to-day administration of OneNote including development, general updates, and amendments.
• Be the point of contact for change and service requests from the team and see through to completion.
• Provide training to new and existing users through applicable means.
• Review completion of audit steps and provide overviews to portfolio heads on pending actions/steps.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Qualifications

• BSc/BA Degree plus 2-5 years directly related work experience.
• Certification/designation in Audit or willingness to pursue such designation (e.g., CIA / ACCA).

Experience

• Big 4 or multinational experience preferable.
• Experienced in performing and managing multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Understanding of COSO and risk assessment practices and experience in applying them to develop, collate, analyse risk data and report to various stakeholders.
• Experienced in dealing with sensitive information and awareness of basic information protection controls.
• Experience in working with audit management information systems.
• Experience in logistics and supply chain industry beneficial but not essential.
• Experience in business or operational excellence is highly valued.