PwC
Senior Associate, Internal Audit
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 28/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
14/10/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
28/11/2026
Job description
Whether a client's internal controls actually work is the question at the heart of this Senior Associate role in PwC's Risk Consulting team in Riyadh. Answering it means planning and running compliance, financial and operational internal audits, then testing control design and operating effectiveness against each client's objectives and regulatory environment. Findings are written up with their impact, risks and recommendations, and reported back in a way clients can act on. Reporting to Managers and above, you keep engagements on time, within budget and aligned with the firm's KPIs. Several clients also want support with their Internal Audit Plan or help setting up an internal audit function of their own. Associates on the engagement look to you for review and coaching. Experience of 3 to 6 years in internal audit, ideally within a Big 4 firm, is expected, alongside a grounding in governance, risk and compliance. Arabic and English are both required at a bilingual level, travel across the Middle East and beyond is frequent, and a CIA, CPA, CRMA, CFE, CGRCP, PMP or CMA would strengthen your application.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Act as a trusted adviser to clients on risk and internal controls
- Engage diverse teams from audit planning through completion, chasing task progress against timelines and internal KPIs
- Raise client internal control maturity through internal audit and risk management strategies that reinforce existing controls and processes
- Map key risks and shape the audit methodology around client objectives, control frameworks, systems and regulatory environments
- Nurture client relationships and look for opportunities with new and existing clients
- Steward the engagement budget and economics
- Design and run test plans, reporting control effectiveness and improvements to clients
- Facilitate the planning, implementation and administration of client Internal Audit Plans on the ground
- Execute Internal Audit engagements covering compliance, financial and operational areas
- Evaluate the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of internal controls through testing
- Document audit findings with their impact, potential risks and recommendations
- Organize engagements so projects finish within budgeted time and cost
- Equip clients to deploy and develop their internal audit and internal control functions
- Examine business functions, gathering information and assessing output requirements and formats
- Mentor associate-level staff by reviewing their work and giving on-job training and feedback
- Safeguard compliance, quality and independence requirements
- Enhance PwC's service offerings in internal audit, risk and controls
Experience & skills
- Graduate with a degree in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Governance, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline
- Offer 3 to 6 years of internal audit experience, preferably within a Big 4 professional services firm
- Earn or work toward a professional qualification such as CIA, CPA, CRMA, CFE, CGRCP, PMP or CMA (a plus)
- Evidence experience assessing and testing the design and effectiveness of business controls
- Contribute a background in governance, risk management and compliance
- Compose strong, well-analysed audit reports
- Explore technical issues and present alternatives and conclusions to clients and managers
- Steer engagements end to end alongside the partner and manager on the account
- Strengthen client relationships and support business development
- Employ audit technologies and Data Analytics tools (a plus)
- Master both Arabic and English, oral and written
- Embrace frequent travel within the Middle East and worldwide as projects require