Operational Auditor

Aramco Overseas Company UK Ltd; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Operational Auditor to enhance its Internal Auditing Department. In this pivotal role, you will lead audit engagements, assess risks, and ensure compliance with international standards. With a commitment to excellence, you'll provide valuable insights and mentoring to junior staff while contributing to the organization's governance and risk management processes. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on significant projects in a dynamic environment, where your expertise will be recognized and rewarded.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in auditing or operations in oil and gas.
• Professional certification required (CIA, CPA, CA, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Establish audit objectives and scope, identifying key risks.
• Oversee audit team and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Auditing

Risk Management

Financial Analysis

Engineering Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Professional Certification (CIA, CPA, CA)

Advanced Degree

Job 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 an Operational Auditor with substantial auditing or operational experience in Upstream or Downstream to join our Internal Auditing Department.

The Internal Auditing Department within Saudi Aramco provides independent objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve the operations of Saudi Aramco. The Department objectives are bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization's risk management, control, and governance processes.

As an Operational Auditor you will be responsible for the audit team and will be the main point of contact for the client.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Establish the objective and scope of the audit engagement.
• Identify key risks and controls within the business and operational processes under review.
• 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.
• Execute risk-based audit procedures in alignment with company policies and international standards.
• Prepare audit reports.
• Deliver presentations to client management at the audit opening and closing meetings.
• Provide on-the-job training and mentoring to less experienced staff.
• Evaluate the performance and capabilities of the assisting staff auditors.
• Provide assurance and consulting activities on internal controls as requested.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, engineering, or related discipline. An advanced degree is a plus.
• You must hold at least one 1 professional certification, such as the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), or a similar professional certification.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in auditing, engineering, or plant operations within the oil and gas industry or from one of the Big 4 Auditing firms.
• Flexibility to travel within the Kingdom and/or outside the Kingdom to conduct audit and consulting engagements.

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.

Country/Region: SA