Tadawul
Corporate Operations Manager
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 21/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
07/10/2025
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
21/11/2025
Job description
Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Corporate Operations Manager (Internal Audit ā Corporate Functions) leads risk-focused internal audit activities across corporate functions, conducting risk assessments to identify priority areas and building a risk-based audit plan aligned with organizational objectives, emerging risks, and regulatory requirements. The role oversees end-to-end execution and monitoring of corporate audits to ensure timely delivery, audit quality, and adherence to Internal Audit standards and IAD methodologies, including rigorous review of workpapers and deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and value-added insights. The manager leads verification exercises to confirm effective implementation of corrective actions and provides periodic reporting to the Audit Committee and Board on audit outcomes, risk themes, and management action status. Acting as primary relationship manager for corporate functions, the role engages senior management on audit plans, findings, and risk priorities, while coaching and mentoring internal audit team members to deepen subject matter expertise. The position drives unit-level project control and compliance with communication and information sharing/handling policy, maintains confidentiality and alignment with relevant risk and information security procedures, and manages development and implementation of unit policies, procedures, and processes to support operational excellence. Education requirements include a Bachelor Degree in IT or Cybersecurity (Master preferred) with professional certifications such as CIA preferred and 6+ years of internal auditing experience with leadership in corporate-focused audits.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Conduct risk assessments to identify priority areas and develop risk-driven action plans for corporate functions.
- Develop a risk-based audit plan aligned with organizational objectives, emerging risks, and regulatory requirements for key corporate functions.
- Oversee end-to-end execution and monitoring of corporate audits, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and adherence to Internal Audit standards and IAD methodologies.
- Lead and guide audit teams through planning, fieldwork, and reporting phases, ensuring methodological rigor and consistency.
- Review audit workpapers and deliverables to ensure accuracy, completeness, and value-added insights.
- Lead verification exercises to confirm accurate and effective implementation of corrective actions and remediation commitments.
- Prepare and provide periodic reports to the Audit Committee and Board highlighting audit outcomes, risk themes, and status of management actions.
- Serve as primary relationship manager for corporate functions, engaging senior management on audit plans, findings, and risk priorities.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members within the Corporate Audit function to foster professional development and expertise.
- Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and responsiveness within the internal audit function.
- Assist senior leadership in shaping the Internal Audit strategy including resourcing, stakeholder engagement, and audit innovation.
- Manage and control the unitās projects to ensure project cycle completion and adherence to company guidelines and quality standards.
- Guide and assist direct reports to perform operations in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Oversee and manage unit staff to ensure motivation, training, and delivery to required standards.
- Set performance objectives, provide support, evaluate teams, and deliver regular performance feedback.
- Comply with communication and information sharing/handling policies to ensure confidentiality and alignment with risk and information security procedures.
- Manage development and implementation of the unitās policies, procedures, and processes covering all areas of the unitās activities.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant policies, procedures, and processes across the unit to achieve operational excellence.
- Ensure operational activities remain agile and responsive to changes in business strategy, processes, and risk priorities.
Experience & skills
- Hold a Bachelor Degree in IT, Cybersecurity or similar; Master Degree is preferred.
- Possess professional certifications such as CIA (preferred).
- Bring 6+ years of experience in internal auditing with demonstrated leadership in corporate-focused audits.
- Demonstrate expertise in risk assessment, risk-based audit planning, and execution across corporate functions.
- Show proven ability to oversee end-to-end audits in compliance with Internal Audit standards and IAD methodologies, including workpaper review and reporting.
- Exhibit experience verifying corrective actions and reporting audit outcomes, risk themes, and action status to the Audit Committee and Board.
- Demonstrate capability to manage unit projects, policies, procedures, and processes while maintaining confidentiality and adherence to information security procedures.
- Show experience engaging senior management as a primary relationship manager for corporate functions and mentoring audit teams.
