Senior Internal Auditor

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to join our team in the United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on strengthening internal controls around trading activities, ensuring compliance, and supporting risk management initiatives within a fast‑paced environment.

Key responsibilities

• Perform ongoing control reviews over trade execution, confirmations, settlements, and valuations.
• Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and operational risks, and drive remediation actions.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies, risk limits, and delegated authorities.
• Coordinate with Trading, Risk, Finance, Accounting, and Internal Audit teams.
• Support external and internal audits related to trading activities and financial controls.
• Prepare and present regular reports to senior management on control effectiveness and key risk indicators.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience, preferably within trading companies dealing with commodities, energy, derivatives or financial instruments.
• Strong understanding of trading and hedging activities, including spot and derivative instruments.
• Proven background in internal controls, financial controls, and risk management frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with P&L controls, position verification, and trade lifecycle reviews.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Required skills

• Process Documentation
• CTRM
• Position Verification
• Trade Lifecycle Reviews
• COSO Internal Control Standards
• MS Excel
• SAP
• Power BI
• ERP
• Control Testing
• SQL