PwC
Assurance – External Audit Manager (Banking)
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 06/04/2026
Job overview
Date posted
20/02/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
06/04/2026
Job description
The Assurance – External Audit Manager (Banking) is responsible for leading and managing external audit engagements for banking and financial services clients in Riyadh, KSA. The role involves overseeing the full audit cycle from planning to completion, designing audit strategies in alignment with engagement leaders, and ensuring compliance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and relevant financial services regulations. The Audit Manager acts as a primary liaison with client senior management, audit committees, and boards of directors, delivering high-quality assurance services that enhance transparency and stakeholder confidence. The position also includes business development, mentoring team members, promoting digital audit initiatives, and ensuring adherence to risk, quality, and independence standards within a leading professional services environment.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of banking and financial services audit clients, overseeing day-to-day client liaison, technical issue resolution, and full audit lifecycle execution from planning through completion
- Design audit strategies in alignment with engagement leadership, ensuring application of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), IFRS requirements (including IFRS 9 and IFRS 17), and relevant financial services regulations
- Lead large and complex audit engagements, ensuring timely delivery, high-quality documentation, compliance with risk and independence requirements, and adherence to firm methodologies
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, including presenting audit findings and insights to boards of directors and audit committees
- Drive business development initiatives by identifying opportunities with new and existing clients, contributing to proposals, and strengthening long-term client relationships
- Coach, mentor, and develop junior team members, promote digital audit transformation and data analytics adoption, support recruitment activities, and foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with completion of a recognized professional qualification such as ACCA, CA, ACA, or CPA
- Minimum 6–8 years of professional experience in external financial audit within a Big 4 firm, with recent and substantial experience auditing banking clients
- Strong technical expertise in IFRS (including IFRS 9 and IFRS 17), International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), and financial services regulatory frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to manage audits from planning to completion, including risk assessment, audit strategy design, execution oversight, and stakeholder reporting
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior management and regulatory stakeholders; bilingual Arabic and English is a plus
- Experience with audit technologies and data analytics tools, strong project management capabilities, and proven leadership skills in coaching teams and driving quality outcomes