
PwC
Assurance - External Audit Senior Manager
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
- Urgent
Job expiry date: 23/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
08/04/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Job description
PwC Middle East is seeking an Assurance - External Audit Senior Manager (Financial Services) based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within its Core Assurance practice, which forms a cornerstone of the Assurance service line focused on delivering high-quality audits that build trust and drive sustained outcomes. PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years and operates across 12 countries in the Middle East with more than 12,000 professionals and access to a global network of over 328,000 professionals across 152 countries delivering Assurance, Tax, and Advisory services. The role operates within PwC Middle East’s Assurance practice of more than 2,300 professionals, combining human-led and tech-powered audit solutions to provide independent assurance over financial reporting, enhance transparency, meet regulatory requirements, and strengthen stakeholder confidence. As an External Audit Senior Manager in Financial Services, the candidate will manage an iconic client portfolio, oversee the full audit lifecycle, and lead teams to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include managing day-to-day client liaison, technical issue resolution, business development initiatives, audit strategy design, audit execution oversight, advising clients on financial reporting and regulatory developments, and ensuring compliance with risk, quality, and independence requirements. The role also involves managing senior-level client relationships including presentations to board of directors and audit committees, overseeing large project delivery, mentoring and coaching team members, supporting recruitment activities, encouraging digital initiatives, and leveraging audit transformation technologies and alternative delivery models. The candidate will apply International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), demonstrate strong IFRS knowledge relevant to financial services including IFRS9 and IFRS17, and maintain knowledge of financial services regulations. The position requires strong project management capabilities, audit planning and execution experience, knowledge of audit technologies and data analytics tools, and experience auditing banking clients. The Senior Manager is expected to remain informed about local and national economic developments, participate in internal and external seminars, support innovation, and contribute to PwC Professional framework leadership behaviors while driving audit quality, stakeholder confidence, and business growth across the financial services sector.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Manage the full lifecycle of external audit engagements for financial services clients including planning, designing audit strategy, overseeing audit execution, reviewing audit documentation, ensuring compliance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), and delivering high-quality audit outcomes aligned with engagement leader guidance
- Lead and manage an iconic portfolio of financial services clients by overseeing day-to-day client liaison, resolving complex technical audit issues, coordinating audit teams, ensuring adherence to financial reporting requirements, and maintaining compliance with risk, quality, and independence requirements
- Develop and execute audit strategies by evaluating financial reporting risks, assessing internal controls, reviewing regulatory developments, applying IFRS including IFRS9 and IFRS17, and ensuring alignment with financial services regulations and PwC audit methodologies
- Drive business development activities by identifying opportunities with new and existing clients, researching potential engagements, building and maintaining client relationships, and contributing to sustainable growth within the financial services audit portfolio
- Manage large audit projects by coordinating resources, monitoring timelines, ensuring key deadlines are met, supervising audit teams, reviewing deliverables, and ensuring compliance with audit quality standards and documentation requirements
- Advise senior client management, board of directors, and audit committees by delivering presentations, communicating audit findings, discussing regulatory developments, and providing financial reporting insights relevant to financial services clients
- Lead and mentor audit teams by coaching team members, supporting professional development, overseeing performance management, promoting knowledge sharing, and ensuring team well-being while maintaining audit quality and engagement effectiveness
- Promote digital transformation initiatives by encouraging the use of audit technologies, leveraging data analytics tools, supporting alternative delivery models, and ensuring alignment with PwC's audit transformation vision and technology-enabled audit execution
Experience & skills
- Hold a degree in accounting, finance, or related academic major and possess professional certifications such as ACCA, CA, ACA, or CPA with strong technical knowledge of external audit and financial services audit environments
- Demonstrate minimum 8-10 years of professional experience in external financial audit within one of the Big 4 firms including experience managing audit engagements and leading audit teams
- Apply International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and demonstrate profound IFRS knowledge including IFRS9 and IFRS17 relevant to financial services clients and financial services regulations
- Demonstrate experience auditing banking clients within financial services environments including financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and audit execution across complex audit engagements
- Exhibit strong project management skills including managing audits from planning to completion, coordinating multiple stakeholders, ensuring deadlines, and delivering high-quality audit documentation and testing
- Demonstrate knowledge of audit technologies and experience using data analytics tools to enhance audit efficiency, support audit transformation initiatives, and improve audit quality
- Manage client relationships at senior levels including board of directors and audit committees, delivering presentations, advising on financial reporting, and maintaining stakeholder confidence
- Support team leadership and recruitment activities including mentoring team members, participating in interviewing and candidate selection aligned with PwC hiring standards, and promoting collaboration within diverse audit teams