Manager - Business Risk Services (Internal Audit)

We’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ over 750 people across the UAE and experiencing exciting growth! We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a Manager, you'll spearhead project excellence across multiple client engagements. From meticulous planning to seamless execution, you'll lead our team in delivering exceptional services while nurturing talent and actively driving our business growth agenda. Discover your purple and join our Business Risk Services Team today!

Let us paint a picture for you

Imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flexibility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back.

Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do. Whether you're steering discussions in a client meeting, tackling your fear of heights at the top of the Burj Khalifa or ziplining across Jebel Jais – bring your true self to work. Be a part of a team driven by a purpose of shaping the world that we live in, based on trust and integrity in markets, dynamic businesses, and communities where businesses and people thrive.

Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.

About the Internal Audit - Business Risk Services Line

Discover tailored risk solutions with our BRS team. From proactive risk detection to optimizing internal controls, we empower your organization with strategies that drive efficiency and safeguard against threats. With a focus on transparency and collaboration, we build robust audit frameworks that ensure resilience and foster growth in an ever-changing business landscape.

As a Manager some of your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring WIP for clients on regular, e.g. monthly basis, and managing WIP to keep at a minimum level and minimising write-offs
• Monitoring invoices raised and cash collected in a timely manner to ensure aged debtors do not escalate
• Assisting in negotiating and raising fees where appropriate
• Ensuring clients are aware of other services that can be provided by the firm and understanding the firm's position in the market and its competitive advantage
• Attending close-out meetings with clients and having a full understanding of issues discussed
• Managing a portfolio of existing client relationships
• Overseeing client project delivery and practice management requirements
• Planning and overseeing audit engagements from start to finish, ensuring quality and team review
• Delivering risk, compliance and control assurance assignments to corporate clients using proven project management and subject matter expertise skills
• Acting as the lead for fieldwork assignments involving multiple team members and client deliverables
• Assisting in strategic business development by identifying client needs and opportunities and contributing to proposals 
• Utilizing Grant Thornton's global network to enhance service delivery

Think you've got what it takes to be a Manager? Like the color purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5 - 7+ years of related work experience in Internal Audit/Risk Management
• Qualified level candidate of professional qualification (CIA, CISA, CISM, CISP or equivalent)
• Experienced with Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
• Confident in delivering and managing a portfolio of Internal Audits assignments
• Experienced in the use of data analytics, with a track record of successful use of the tool
• Process-minded, organized, with an eye for detail and excellent analytical skills 
• Strong written and spoken English. Arabic speaking would be advantageous
• Willingness and ability to work additional hours, as needed, and travel to various client sites

At Grant Thornton we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues, and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, our purple.

Are you ready to Discover Your Purple? 
We are committed to electronically confirm with all applicants when an application has been received. If your application is shortlisted, then our talent acquisition team will get in touch with you.