Senior Internal Audit & Governance Lead (COSO & IPPF)

ACCA Careers; Dubai; On-site; AED 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCA Careers in Dubai seeks an experienced Internal Audit professional to lead engagements, ensure COSO-aligned controls, and strengthen corporate governance within a financial services environment. The role emphasizes risk-based audits, team leadership, and adherence to IIA/IPPF standards.

Ideal candidate has CA/ACCA and CIA qualifications, 7–8 years’ experience, and a track record of managing multiple engagements while developing policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Must hold a bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or equivalent.
• Must possess a professional certification such as CA/ACCA.
• Must be CIA qualified.
• Possess 7-8 years of experience in Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Enterprise Risk Management and Quality Assurance Review in Financial Services industry.
• Must have demonstrable experience of managing teams and working on approximately 3 engagements simultaneously.
• Experience carrying out Risk Based Internal Audits and development of policies and procedures.
• Must possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing internal audit engagements within the scope of co-sourcing and outsourcing contracts
• Providing advisory services on the development, documentation, transformation and organization of sustainable internal control systems (COSO framework)
• Developing and implementing a sustainable corporate governance model
• Performing independent reviews of the internal audit function based on IIA standards (quality review of internal auditing based on key professional principles, e.g. International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
• Developing, implementing and reviewing compliance management systems

Skills

Internal Audit

Corporate Governance

Enterprise Risk Mgmt

Quality Assurance

Team Leadership

Audit Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's in accounting/finance

CA/ACCA

CIA qualification

Job description

ACCA Careers in Dubai seeks an experienced Internal Audit professional to lead engagements, ensure COSO-aligned controls, and strengthen corporate governance within a financial services environment. The role emphasizes risk-based audits, team leadership, and adherence to IIA/IPPF standards.

Ideal candidate has CA/ACCA and CIA qualifications, 7–8 years’ experience, and a track record of managing multiple engagements while developing policies and procedures.