Senior Manager / Associate Director - Forensic Investigations (Saudi National)

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

Experience: 7–12 years in forensic investigations

Lead complex forensic and financial crime investigations across the Kingdom and the wider GCC. Own engagements end to end, front-end relationships with clients, boards, audit committees and regulators, and build the bilingual investigative team beneath you.

Key responsibilities

• Lead marquee investigations from scoping through to findings, remediation recommendations and reporting.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, boards, audit committees and regulatory bodies; present findings and defend methodology under scrutiny.
• Direct the full investigation lifecycle: planning, evidence preservation, data collection, ESI review, analysis, interviews, documentation and closure.
• Oversee data analytics, e-discovery and document review workstreams, setting review protocols and quality standards.
• Manage, develop and grow a bilingual investigations team; allocate resources across concurrent engagements.
• Manage engagement economics, risk and delivery quality.

Qualifications and certifications

• Chartered Accountant, professional financial accounting qualification, MBA (Finance) or a relevant postgraduate degree.

Experience and technical skills

• Demonstrable track record leading high-profile investigations in the region.
• Direct experience front-ending client, board, audit committee and regulator conversations.
• Command of the end-to-end investigation lifecycle.
• Hands-on capability in data analytics and Excel at minimum; e-discovery / ESI review and document review.

Languages

• Fluent English and Arabic.