
Masdar
Senior Manager - Internal Audit Assurance - Development and Value Creation
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
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Job expiry date: 13/09/2025
Job overview
Date posted
30/07/2025
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
13/09/2025
Job description
The Sr. Manager - Internal Audit Assurance - Development and Value Creation at Masdar is responsible for leading internal audit engagements focused on Development, Value Creation, and Investment Life Cycle Management (ILM). The role involves managing audits across Strategy, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Delivery, and Asset Management, including QHSE and Engineering. This includes planning, executing, reviewing, and reporting on audits to ensure compliance, efficiency, and risk mitigation. The role entails managing audit teams and external service providers, ensuring audit quality, training and supervising junior auditors, and developing risk assessments and audit plans. The position also requires handling client relationships, presenting findings to senior management, developing action plans from feedback, and ensuring internal audit deliverables meet quality standards. Strong knowledge of auditing standards, internal controls, accounting practices, and UAE regulatory frameworks is essential. The candidate should have at least 8 yearsâ experience in auditing or advisory roles with focus on business development and M&A, and hold relevant certifications such as CFA, CPA, ACA, CIA, or CFE.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead technical audits covering Development and Value Creation functions from planning to reporting
- Manage audit teams to ensure quality and timeliness of work performed
- Submit audit deliverables for internal quality review and implement feedback
- Provide on-the-job training and constructive feedback to junior auditors
- Review and approve Risk Control Matrices (RCMs)
- Develop audit workpapers and submit for quality assurance
- Evaluate subordinate work and assess completeness and issue accuracy
- Submit draft audit reports for senior management review
- Manage relationships with auditees and address feedback from satisfaction surveys
- Supervise fieldwork of internal audit service providers and review their deliverables
- Evaluate service provider performance post-audit and communicate concerns
- Support follow-up audits to assess progress on management actions
- Participate in annual risk assessment and update risk registers
- Ensure compliance with internal audit quality and reporting standards
- Contribute to the development and monitoring of departmental KPIs
Experience & skills
- Bachelorâs or Masterâs degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Engineering
- CFA, CPA, ACA required; CIA or CFE preferred
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in auditing or advisory roles with M&A and financial modelling expertise
- Experience in internal audits of corporate and business unit processes
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for a consultative environment
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of internal auditing, accounting principles, and management practices
- Familiarity with IIA Standards and Code of Ethics
- Understanding of industry-specific regulations and laws