Senior Forensic Investigations Lead

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm seeks a senior leader for forensic investigations with 7–12 years of regional experience. You will own engagements end to end across the Kingdom and the wider GCC, maintaining front‑line relationships with clients, boards, audit committees and regulators, and you will build and mentor a bilingual investigations team beneath you.

Responsibilities include scoping to findings and reporting, presenting to boards and regulators, and directing the full investigation

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant or similar professional accounting qualification.
• MBA in Finance or relevant postgraduate degree preferred.
• Experience leading forensic investigations and regulatory interactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead marquee investigations from scoping through findings and reporting.
• Serve as primary contact for clients, boards, audit committees and regulators.
• Oversee full lifecycle: planning, evidence preservation, data collection, analysis, interviews, closure.
• Direct data analytics, e-discovery and document review workstreams.
• Manage bilingual investigations team and allocate resources across engagements.
• Oversee engagement economics, risk and delivery quality.

Skills

End-to-end investigations

Client communication

Data analytics

Excel

Education

Chartered Accountant

MBA (Finance)

Tools

e-discovery

ESI review

Job description

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm seeks a senior leader for forensic investigations with 7–12 years of regional experience. You will own engagements end to end across the Kingdom and the wider GCC, maintaining front‑line relationships with clients, boards, audit committees and regulators, and you will build and mentor a bilingual investigations team beneath you.

Responsibilities include scoping to findings and reporting, presenting to boards and regulators, and directing the full investigation