Lead Financial Auditor

Saudi Aramco; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 26,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramco is seeking a Lead Financial Auditor to join its Internal Auditing Organization. The role oversees audit teams, reviews financial statements, designs and reports audit tests, and communicates findings to management.

Strong IFRS knowledge and leadership are essential for ensuring robust risk assessment and governance across business processes. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, 6+ years of experience, and CPA/CA designation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (or related field).
• Minimum of six years in external auditing/public accounting or financial reporting with IFRS.
• CPA or CA designation required; CIA a plus.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel within Saudi Arabia and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze financial statements to identify audit areas.
• Design, execute, document and report audit testing of financial processes and disclosures.
• Identify key processes and assess risks.
• Plan, execute and report internal audits to management.
• Lead audit team and mentor staff auditors.
• Deliver presentations to client management at opening and closing meetings.

Skills

Auditing

IFRS

Leadership

English fluency

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Description:

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are currently seeking a Lead Financial Auditor with substantial auditing experience to join our Internal Auditing Organization. This role does not have permanent direct reports, however the Lead Auditor on any audit will have a team working for them.

The Internal Auditing organization within Saudi Aramco is an independent and objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve the operations of Saudi Aramco. The Internal Auditing organization helps the organization to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management, control, and governance processes. The Internal Auditing organization provides members of management and the Board of Directors with analyses, recommendations, and information concerning the activities reviewed.

Your primary role is to be the main point of contact for the client and responsible for the audit team.

Key Responsibilities

You will be required to perform the following:

• Review and analyze financial statements in order to identify areas which should be assessed as a part of an audit.
• Design, execute, document and report on audit testing of financial and reporting processes, balances, amounts and disclosures.
• Identify key business, financial and functional processes for identifying and assessing current and emerging risks.
• Plan, execute, and/or report internal audits to management.
• Establish the objective and scope of the audit engagement.
• Develop comprehensive risk-based audit programs.
• Responsible for the audit team and will be overseeing assistant auditors.
• Discuss concerns and issues with the audit client, draft field memorandums, and update client and Internal Auditing Management on progress of the audit.
• Prepare or assist in preparing audit reports.
• Deliver presentations to client’s management at the audit opening and closing meetings.
• Provide on-the-job training and mentoring to inexperienced or less experienced staff.
• Evaluate the performance and capabilities of the assisting staff auditors.
• Assurance and consulting activities on internal controls as requested.

Minimum Requirements

• As a successful candidate, you will hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or another related field; and preferably have an advanced degree relevant to accounting and finance.
• You will have a minimum of six (6) years of experience working either in external auditing and public accounting firms in the auditing/assurance practice or the financial reporting function of a publicly listed company, working with the adoption, application and presentation of International Financial Reporting Standards.
• You should hold a Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant designation. Additional certifications such as Certified Internal Auditor would be a plus.
• You must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills in the English language and excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• You should be flexible to travel within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and/or outside the Kingdom to conduct audit and consulting engagements.

Work Location and Work Schedule

Work location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer

Work schedule: Full Time – To be specified in Job offer

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.