Sr. Manager - Internal Audit

ROLE MAIN PURPOSE:

• The Internal Audit Senior Manager (Technical Functions) is responsible for leading and delivering specialized audit engagements across all technical and operational sectors, including Projects, Operations and Maintenance (O&M), Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE), Asset Management, and other support functions.
• The role involves independently developing the risk-based internal audit plan for technical and related support functions, executing, and completing technical audit, evaluating operational risks, validating adherence to engineering technical standards, engineering codes, safety standards, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements, and carrying out field audit work across sites and major projects.
• He is responsible for ensuring adherence to internal audit policies and procedures and for confirming that Kidana’s internal control systems are effectively designed and implemented in line with regulatory requirements and organizational objectives. The role identifies improvement opportunities, provides recommendations to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness, and independently plans and executes audit and ad‑hoc assignments. While primarily operating independently, the role remains flexible to assume supervisory, or guidance responsibilities should future organizational developments warrant and approve such expansion.

Key Responsibilities:

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain strong knowledge of KIDANA’s technical operations including projects, O&M, HSSE, asset management, infrastructure, and emerging risks.
• Apply internal audit standards, best practices, and provide ideas and input to the continuous improvement of Kidana processes.
• Independently perform end‑to‑end audit activities including planning, fieldwork, testing, documentation, reporting and follow-up.
• Ensure the completion of all phases of the audit process for assigned multiple concurrent audits and ad-hock assignments.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks across project delivery processes, operations and maintenance activities, asset and facility performance, HSSE compliance and other sectors to develop a comprehensive strategic risk‑based audit plan that strengthens operational integrity, enhances project and service delivery, and reduces technical, operational, and safety‑related risks
• Develop the risk-based plan and the detailed audit programs that are required to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Monitor and perform the required audit procedures across technical, operational, and other processes to ensure all engagements are executed in full alignment with the approved audit plan and in accordance with internal audit standard
• Analyse the results of the audit and identify any weaknesses in the company's internal controls to prepare recommendations to management for improvements.
• Monitor the company's compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.
• Develop required reports that summarize the results of the audit and provide recommendations for improvement and present these reports to the respective management.
• Follow-up on engagement findings and corrective actions, and report periodically to senior management and the audit committee any corrective actions not effectively implemented.
• Coordinate, when necessary, with outsourced audit firms, engineering consultants, or technical experts during specialized engagements.
• Proactively interact with the executive team to ensure audit and business-risk management needs are met in a cost-effective manner.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee workforce planning and talent acquisition strategies, reports, figures, and budgets of internal audit department to ensure adequate staffing levels aimed at contributing to the achievement of the strategic objectives of Kidana. 
• Set performance management objectives based on internal audit KPI’s and performance targets for all reporting team members and perform mid-year and year-end performance reviews.
• Direct the identification of talent for pivotal roles in coordination with the Human Capital Department from a succession management standpoint.
• Take decisive action to ensure speedy resolution of unresolved grievances or conflicts among team members should future organizational changes require managing internal or outsourced resources.

Educational Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in engineering (Civil, Architectural Engineering, or a related field).

Professional and Technical Certificates (Preferred): CIA, PMP, or other relevant technical and audit‑related certifications.

Professional Experience: 

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in internal audit, technical audit, engineering audit, or equivalent fields and 5 years’ as internal audit leadership role.
• Proven ability to independently execute complex audit engagements.