
Deloitte
Senior IT Audit Consultant (Audit & Assurance)
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 06/02/2026
Job overview
Date posted
23/12/2025
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 15,000 - 20,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
06/02/2026
Job description
The Senior IT Audit role within Deloitteās Audit & Assurance practice in Riyadh focuses on delivering high-quality IT audit services aligned with financial audit objectives, particularly within the Financial Services industry. The role involves contributing to engagement planning by developing an understanding of business processes alongside financial audit teams to identify IT audit scope, including testing automated controls, performing data analysis, and executing audit procedures addressing financial audit risks. The Senior prepares and communicates IT Audit Plans, budgets, and timelines to IT Audit Managers, performs detailed fieldwork such as IT risk assessments, testing of automated, application, and general IT controls, interface controls, and system-generated reports, and supports risk mitigation procedures and reporting preparation. The role requires regular communication of engagement issues and findings to senior management and client personnel, contributing to strong client relationships, ensuring quality delivery of client service, and adhering to Deloitte policies and professional standards. The Senior manages multiple concurrent engagements across industries, reports engagement status directly to managers and partners, interfaces with client management, and supports leadership development through accountability, continuous learning, and effective communication.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Contribute to engagement planning by performing business process understanding with financial audit teams to define IT audit scope
- Prepare and communicate IT Audit Plans, budgets, and timelines to IT Audit Managers
- Perform IT audit fieldwork including IT risk assessments and testing of automated, application, general IT, interface, and system-generated controls
- Execute data analysis and audit procedures to address financial audit risks
- Identify and test mitigating and compensating controls as part of risk mitigation procedures
- Communicate audit issues and findings to senior management and client personnel
- Manage multiple concurrent audit engagements while ensuring quality and adherence to professional standards
- Report engagement status to managers and partners and manage client relationships and expectations
Experience & skills
- Bachelorās degree in Computer Science, Business Computer, or Management Information Systems
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in IT external audit or IT internal audit within the Financial Services industry
- Strong background in auditing techniques and computer control environments
- Experience testing general IT controls across applications, operating systems, and databases
- Proficiency in understanding business processes and testing automated application controls
- Ability to perform risk mitigation procedures including mitigating and compensating controls testing
- CISA or other relevant professional certification is considered an advantage
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint with an understanding of data analysis techniques