Senior Risk & Control Analyst

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 50 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

What You'll Do

• Conduct end-to-end internal control reviews which include developing process walkthroughs through flowcharts, performing detailed testing, control mapping, and building comprehensive Risk Control Matrices (RCMs) to ensure all controls are appropriately identified, documented, and linked to relevant risks for all verticals.
• Performing thorough risk assessments by identifying, analyzing, and evaluating potential risks to the organization, contributing to developing effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate/ liaise with various technology stakeholders to coordinate and facilitate the execution of external audits, ensuring alignment and compliance with audit requirements.
• Liaise with external auditors and business owners to address observations by developing and implementing effective remediation plans, ensuring timely and satisfactory resolution of issues.
• Support the delivery of Internal controls (SOX-ICFR methodology) and frameworks.
• Coordinate with Group companies internal controls testing.
• Coordinate and follow up with business owners for timely implementation of proposed controls and addressing observations.
• Extract and analyze business-related data using SQL and propose necessary process improvements.
• Support in automation of internal controls testing and monitoring using risk management modules in Oracle.
• Assist in preparing presentations and reporting decks on internal controls assignments and other stakeholder meetings for leadership.
• Assist in other ad-hoc projects as advised by the line manager / HoD.

What You'll Need

• ACCA / CA Finalist or Bachelors in Accounting / Finance / Risk Management
• Proficiency in any analysis tools (Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, R/Python)
• Preferably 4+ years of relevant experience (from Big 4 firms or internal audit/controls function at a reputable organization);
• Ability to effectively prioritize day-to-day responsibilities and longer-term projects in a fast-paced, challenging environment;
• Strong project management, organizational, and collaborative skills to develop and implement solutions.
• Understanding of tech industry will be an additional plus point

 

What we’ll provide you

We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.