Senior Professional, Financial Governance

Client of PER; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of PER is seeking a senior ICFR and Internal Controls professional to lead, review, and sharpen investee ICFR programmes. You will travel to investee sites to monitor controls, oversee governance reporting, and partner with senior finance leadership and external auditors.

The role demands a strong track record in risk assurance, SOX-style control design, multi-entity environments, and a proven ability to lead high-performing teams in fast-paced settings.

Qualifications

• Experience across internal controls / ICFR, risk assurance, audit, and financial governance roles
• Big 4 background (Risk Assurance) with substantial post-qualification experience designing, implementing, or assessing ICFR / SOX-style control programmes in complex environments
• Strong experience working across multiple jurisdictions and legal entity structures
• Prior experience within an asset manager, sovereign wealth fund, investment holding company, private equity, alternatives, or similarly complex investment environment is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing delivery in fast-paced, high-accountability organisations

Responsibilities

• ICFR and Internal Controls: travel to investee locations as required to review, monitor, and support investee ICFR programmes, including site visits and engagement with investee finance and controls teams
• Control monitoring, assurance and governance reporting: Establish control monitoring and key control indicators across the head office and in-scope entities, providing timely visibility of control performance, exceptions, and emerging risks
• Financial governance, policies, and control environment: Lead the financial governance framework, including finance policies and procedures, delegation of authority compliance, control ownership accountabilities, and reporting to governance forums
• Relationship management and external stakeholder engagement: Manage strategic relationships with senior finance leadership, legal, tax, treasury, second-line risk, internal audit, and external auditors
• People leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, creating clear accountability for delivery, technical quality, and professional development

Skills

ICFR / internal controls

Risk assurance

Audit

Financial governance

People leadership

Education

CIA / CISA or equivalent

Job description

About our client

We are working with a leading global fund that has top-talent from across the world.

What the job involves

• ICFR and Internal Controls: travel to investee locations as required to review, monitor, and support investee ICFR programmes, including site visits and engagement with investee finance and controls teams
• Control monitoring, assurance and governance reporting: Establish control monitoring and key control indicators across the head office and in-scope entities, providing timely visibility of control performance, exceptions, and emerging risks
• Financial governance, policies, and control environment: Lead the financial governance framework, including finance policies and procedures, delegation of authority compliance, control ownership accountabilities, and reporting to governance forums
• Relationship management and external stakeholder engagement: Manage strategic relationships with senior finance leadership, legal, tax, treasury, second-line risk, internal audit, and external auditors
• People leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, creating clear accountability for delivery, technical quality, and professional development

Desired Candidate Profile

• Relevant professional qualification is required (e.g. CIA, CISA, or equivalent)
• Experience across internal controls / ICFR, risk assurance, audit, and financial governance roles
• Big 4 background (Risk Assurance) is required, with substantial post-qualification experience designing, implementing, or assessing ICFR / SOX-style control programmes in complex environments
• Strong experience working across multiple jurisdictions and legal entity structures
• Prior experience within an asset manager, sovereign wealth fund, investment holding company, private equity, alternatives, or similarly complex investment environment is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing delivery in fast-paced, high-accountability organisations
• Proven track record of leading an ICFR programme implementation or maturity uplift, including management attestation and remediation