Title: Senior Internal Auditor
Location: Abu Dhabi
About the Role
We are hiring a Senior Internal Auditor for an major engineering and construction company in Abu Dhabi.
Responsibilities
- Strong expertise in financial, project, and operational audits, with understanding of engineering, procurement, and construction environments.
- Proven experience in auditing complete EPC project lifecycles, covering Engineering, Procurement, Construction and project close-out.
- Strong understanding of project cost control, budgets, cost reports, revenue recognition, variations, claims and change orders.
- Hands-on experience auditing procurement, subcontracting, vendor management, payments and contract compliance.
- Ability to assess alignment between physical project progress, engineering deliverables and financial reporting.
- Strong knowledge of internal controls, risk management and audit methodologies, with the ability to identify control weaknesses and risks.
- Ability to understand and review BOQs, MTOs, project schedules, engineering documentation and project cost data.
- Experience in auditing finance, commercial, project management, procurement, construction and operational processes.
- Ability to identify root causes and practical corrective/preventive actions, rather than merely reporting audit findings.
- Strong capability in audit reporting, management presentations and follow-up of corrective action plans to ensure timely closure.
Experience Requirement
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or related field (Engineering qualification or strong EPC project exposure is highly desirable)
- Exp: 10-15 years of internal audit experience within EPC / Oil & Gas or large project-based organizations
- Professional qualification such as CIA, CPA, CISA, ACCA or equivalent is an advantage; exposure to ISO/QMS and compliance frameworks is desirable
