Job description

Corporate Operations Manager role in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia responsible for corporate-focused internal audit leadership and corporate audit execution, including conducting risk assessments to identify priority areas and supporting development of action plans; ensuring operational activities remain agile and responsive to changes in business strategy, processes, and risk priorities; leading development of a risk-based audit plan for key corporate functions aligned with organizational objectives, emerging risks, and regulatory requirements; overseeing end-to-end execution and monitoring of corporate audits to ensure timely delivery, audit quality, and adherence to Internal Audit standards and IAD methodologies; providing leadership and guidance to audit teams during planning, fieldwork, and reporting; reviewing workpapers and deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and value-added insights; leading verification exercises to ensure accurate and effective implementation of corrective actions; providing periodic reporting to the Audit Committee and Board highlighting audit outcomes, risk themes and status of management actions; serving as primary relationship manager for corporate functions and engaging senior management to discuss audit plans, findings and risk priorities; coaching, mentoring and developing team members within the Corporate Audit function; promoting a culture of collaboration, innovation and responsiveness; and assisting senior leadership in shaping the strategic direction of the Internal Audit function including resourcing, stakeholder engagement and audit innovation. Key accountabilities include managing and controlling unit projects to ensure project cycle completion aligned to company guidelines and quality; guiding direct reports to perform operations per policies and procedures; overseeing unit staff motivation, training and performance standards; setting performance objectives and evaluating teams with regular feedback; complying with communication and information sharing/handling policy to ensure confidentiality and complying with relevant risk and information security procedures to operate within acceptable risk levels; managing development and implementation of unit policies, procedures and processes across unit activities; and ensuring compliance across the unit to achieve operational excellence. Education requires a Bachelor Degree in IT, Cybersecurity or similar with Master Degree preferred, and professional certifications preferred such as CIA. Experience requirement is 6+ years of internal auditing experience with leadership in corporate-focused audits.