Section Manager, Internal Audit - Manufacturing

alfanar; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

alfanar seeks a Section Manager, Internal Audit - Manufacturing to lead manufacturing audits, manage audit teams, and assess controls across operations. The role includes risk assessment, audit planning, ERP and process reviews, and delivering recommendations for improved efficiency and compliance.

You will report to the Internal Audit department, work closely with plant management, and drive continuous improvement in manufacturing performance and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in accounting/finance or related field.
• 6–10 years of work experience in internal auditing.
• Experience in manufacturing/audit environments and ERP controls advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing audits, manage audit teams and engagements.
• Assess operational and financial controls, identify gaps and recommend improvements.
• Review ERP systems and manufacturing applications controls; ensure evidence supports findings.
• Plan risk-based audit engagements and coordinate with plant leadership.
• Prepare audit reports and communicate risks and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Monitor corrective actions and track key risk indicators.

Skills

Audit Best Practices

Audit Planning

Audit Reporting

Auditing Procedures/Standards

Compliance

Audits

Internal Audit Controls

Post Audit Reviews

Security Audits

Education

Bachelor Degree in Accounting and Finance or related field

Job description

Section Manager, Internal Audit - Manufacturing

Job Purpose

Lead the execution of manufacturing audits, manage audit teams and engagements, assess operational controls, and provide recommendations to improve process effectiveness, compliance, and operational performance.

Key Accountability Areas

Risk Assessment & Audit Planning:

• Assess manufacturing risks and develop risk-based audit plans covering operations, supply chain, inventory, procurement, and compliance.
• Define audit scope, objectives, resources, and coordinate with plant leadership and process owners.

Process & Internal Control Assessment:

• Review manufacturing processes and evaluate the effectiveness of operational and financial controls.
• Identify control gaps, process improvements, and opportunities to enhance operational performance.
• Assess controls within ERP systems, manufacturing applications, and operational technologies.

Audit Execution & Engagement Management:

• Manage manufacturing audit engagements and oversee audit teams in executing audit activities.
• Review audit findings, validate evidence, and ensure quality audit outcomes.
• Lead special reviews related to operational inefficiencies, production losses, and control issues.

Operational Performance & Improvement:

• Analyze manufacturing KPIs to identify risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Provide recommendations to enhance process effectiveness, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.

Audit Governance & Reporting:

• Monitor corrective actions, key risk indicators, and continuous audit activities.
• Prepare audit reports and communicate findings, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain strong relationships with plant management and operational teams.

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
• Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility:

• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery:

• Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Making a Tangible Difference:
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance:

• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development:

• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements:

• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality:

• Quality is considered as alfanar’s prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation:

• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Accounting and Finance or Any relevant field

Work Experience

6 to 10 Years

Technical / Functional Competencies

Audit Best Practices Audit Planning Audit Reporting Auditing Procedures/Standards Compliance Audits Internal Audit Controls Post Audit Reviews Security Audits