Internal Audit Manager

Job title: Internal Audit Manager

Company: Expro Group

Job description: Who is Expro?

Working for our clients across the entire well life cycle, Expro is a visionary full-cycle energy services expert offering novel, insightful solutions, dependable competency and award-winning safety.

Combining innovative, future-facing technology with high-quality data across well construction, well flow management and production, subsea well access, and well integrity and intervention, we have a reputation for extraordinary performance that keeps our clients operations running smoothly.

Expro Group are currently recruiting for a Imternal Audit Manager to join the Compliance team based in Dubai.

Overall Purpose of the Job

The primary objective of the Internal Audit Manager is to evaluate risk management activities in the company’s business activities, processes and systems, ensuring that the various operating units of the company are acting in compliance with established policies, procedures and sound business practices. This will be accomplished through coordination of external service providers, including activities such as planning, project execution and communication. The manager will represent the internal audit department in meetings with process owners, provide quality assurance reviews of the fieldwork performed for internal audits and develop reports to be issued to management. The Manager will be charged with understanding both financial and operational controls, determining and assessing risks within processes, identifying controls and deficiencies, providing recommendations to improve processes under review and maintaining systems to execute and evidence activities. In conjunction with the Director and Senior Internal Audit Manager, the Manager will be responsible for developing and managing the execution of the Annual Audit Plan, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

Key Activities and Accountabilities:

• Provides guidance to management on control-related matters, sharing knowledge of best practices.
• Interacts with process owners throughout the company, conveying the department’s (and company’s) core values of integrity (being accountable), objectivity, agility (partnering customers), influence (driving innovation) and clarity (communicating effectively)
• Maintains knowledge of trends in industry, internal auditing profession and SOX compliance
• Assists Internal Audit Director and Senior Internal Audit Manager in developing departmental goals, policies and procedures, internal audit plan, annual department budget and Audit Committee reporting
• Plans, executes and monitors activities to achieve internal audit plan, including SOX compliance program
• Monitors compliance with established policies, procedures and sound business practices
• Assesses effectiveness of controls
• Reports internal audit results to process owners and management
• Coordinates internal audit activities with external audit and 404 compliance efforts
• Monitors nature of audit findings, timeliness of resolution and evaluates significance of findings
• Ensures compliance with departmental policies and procedures through activities such as performing quality review of working papers
• Assists with special projects and company initiatives, as needed

Job Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferred in Accounting or Finance
• Professional Certification, such as CPA, ACCA, CIA, or CISA preferred
• At least 5-7 years of experience in auditing and risk management positions with progressing levels of responsibility
• Supervisory experience required
• Combination of “Big 4” and industry experience preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, SAP and computer assisted auditing tools
• Thorough understanding of internal control principles, design, evaluation and remediation
• Knowledge of audit procedures and requirements set forth in the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing
• Professional, service-oriented approach
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including influencing skills and sound judgement
• Demonstrated project management abilities
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong analytical, organizational and time management skills, including ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently
• Team-player attitude
• Ability to travel 25-35%

Competencies:

• Integrity/Compliance – behaves in a fair, honest and ethical manner toward others; adheres to Company Code of Conduct
• Interpersonal Sensitivity – identifies with and shows understanding or concern for others; values diversity
• Technical – achieves and applies a competent level of technical and/or professional skill or knowledge relevant to the role
• Safety Leadership – identifies and corrects conditions that affect employee safety
• Planning & Organising – prioritises: sets stretching but realistic targets deadlines; plans ahead and has a structured approach to work
• Delivery of Results – identifies, confronts and overcomes barriers to successful delivery of results
• Financial Awareness – Demonstrates understanding of the financial implications of decisions, aiming to achieve value and maximize return
• Delegation – allocates role-appropriate decision-making authority and/or task responsibility to others
• Communication 1 – uses tailored communication skills appropriate to circumstances and to achieve required outcomes; negotiates to prevent or resolve conflict in the team/organisation
• Developing Others – Plans and supports the development of others skills and abilities to realise their full potential.
• Decisiveness – Takes prompt action to deal with all situations; can justify a decision when challenged

Overall Purpose of the Job

Responsible for managing audit projects in enable identification and provide assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control environment. To oversee a structured audit process and support the Finance function by providing support to the business by being responsible for the following areas for example process improvement, financial development training and support on due diligence on Mergers and Acquisitions activity.

Key Activities and Accountabilities

1. Ensure that a structured audit plan is in place and is carried out in a timely manner

2. Manage the team of auditors ensuring that audits are carried out in a timely manner.

3. Provide guidance and direction to colleagues on areas of concern raised to ensure compliance is achieved by relevant area of the business in a timely manner

4. Oversee that any identified high risk to the Company has a plan in place to resolve the issue and correct documentation raised in line with Company policies and procedures.

5. Focal point for Senior Management to get advice relating to internal controls for areas of concern for example possible impact due to a new business opportunity or company acquisition

6. Undertake the responsibilities of the Management of a team within the audit area of authority.

7. Liaise with team members, internal and external departments as and when required to ensure all questions and queries are resolved in a timely manner. Liaise with manager on any issues or concerns with the documentation to be processed.

Job Knowledge and Qualifications

1. Degree qualified in a recognise Accounting qualification

2. Hold Charter status

3. 10+ years practical experience within an Audit environment

4. Proficient in using MS Excel and SAP or a similar Finance package

5. Management /Leadership experience preferably in an Audit type environment

Why Expro?

People are the most important. And every Expro person engineers our future. They are the drivers of our methodologies. Expro people are confident. They can draw out the right answer which attract the right clients.

At Expro, we live by our values, People, Performance, Planet and Partnerships. People are always at the heart of our success. Performance is getting it right first time, every time. We’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and we build relationships with our customers to understand their needs.

The only way to apply for a job at Expro is on our website. For more information around safe recruitment and how we recruit please visit our website at https://www.expro.com/careers/how-we-recruit/safe-recruitment

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Location: Dubai

Job date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:44:30 GMT

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