Associate Director / Director - Internal Audit and Risk Advisory

About the role

Protiviti Middle East is hiring an Associate Director/Director to lead a large, multi-workstream Internal Audit and Risk Advisory programme for a diversified group with businesses across many sectors. The role is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with travel to client locations as needed. It is hands-on delivery leadership, not PMO or tracker management, and involves directing the use of analytics, automation, dashboards and AI across audit planning, testing and reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams, teams and dependencies, re-planning quickly as priorities change.
• Spot delivery risks, resource conflicts and scope issues early and resolve them.
• Plan and deliver risk-based internal audits across operational, financial, governance, compliance and controls areas.
• Understand unfamiliar businesses quickly and turn their key risks into focused audit scopes.
• Direct and challenge technology-enabled audit, including analytics, full-population testing, automation, visualization and AI; coding or data science skills are not required.
• Review work and deliver clear, practical reports to senior management.
• Manage senior stakeholders and lead, coach and develop delivery teams.
• Support business development and growth of the practice.

Required profile

• Senior experience in an Internal Audit / Risk Advisory practice, a large outsourced or co-sourced IA programme, or a complex diversified or multinational organisation.
• Proven delivery of multiple concurrent workstreams in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment.
• Ability to learn new businesses quickly; specific industry experience is not required.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills; willingness to travel as required.
• CIA, CA, ACA, CPA or ACCA preferred.