Senior Manager - Business Audits

Overview

Job Title: Senior Manager – Business Audits

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Reports to: Director – Internal Audit

About Presight

Presight, an ADX-listed public company with Abu Dhabi-based G42 as its majority shareholder, is the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by GenAI. It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. Presight excels at all-source data interpretation to support insight-driven decision-making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies. Today, through its range of GenAI-driven products and solutions, Presight is bringing Applied AI to the private and public sectors, enabling them to realize their AI strategy and ambitions faster.

Position Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic Senior Manager – Business Audits to support the Director – Internal Audit in ensuring a robust and compliant internal control environment. The incumbent will independently plan and conduct business and operational audits, provide objective assurance to senior leadership, and help drive operational efficiency, risk mitigation, and governance improvements across the organization.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Internal Audit Governance, Strategy, and KPIs
• Support the Head of Internal Audit in reviewing and maintaining the Internal Audit Charter, Manual, and templates in accordance with IIA Standards and applicable regulations.
• Contribute to and oversee the implementation of the Internal Audit Strategic Plan, aligning it with the entity’s vision, mission, strategic priorities, and emerging risks.
• Ensure consistent adherence to the internal-audit methodology and quality-assurance framework.
• Assist in the ongoing development and enhancement of internal-audit tools, methodologies, and templates to maintain leading-practice standards.
• Define and monitor KPIs covering audit-plan delivery, audit quality, cost efficiency, data-analytics adoption, and stakeholder feedback.
• Risk Assessment & Annual Audit Planning
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive audit universe that includes all auditable entities, departments, processes, projects, and systems across the organisation.
• Conduct formal entity-level and process-level risk assessments, using data analytics and heat-mapping tools to evaluate inherent and residual risk.
• Develop the annual and rolling three-year audit plans, prioritising high-risk areas and aligning coverage with the organisation’s risk appetite and strategic objectives.
• Develop, monitor, and optimise the Internal Audit budget, ensuring efficient use of financial and human resources.
• Plan resource allocation and audit scheduling based on audit complexity, risk profile, and staff expertise.
• Coordinate with external auditors, regulators, and other assurance providers (e.g., Risk Management, Compliance, Quality, HSE) to optimise combined-assurance coverage and reduce duplication.
• Audit Execution and Quality Assurance
• Plan and execute risk-based internal audits in line with the approved audit plan and professional standards.
• Lead and conduct all phases of audit engagements including planning, scoping, process understanding and walkthroughs, audit programmes (RCM), fieldwork, gap documentation, validation, and reporting.
• Validate understanding of audited functions through process mapping, data-flow analysis, and stakeholder interviews.
• Evaluate processes for adequacy of internal controls, efficiency, and compliance with corporate policies.
• Provide value-added recommendations to improve operational effectiveness, risk management, and governance.
• Prepare comprehensive audit reports that include clear findings, root-cause analysis, and actionable recommendations.
• Develop and review working papers and draft reports, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards.
• Monitoring and Follow-Up
• Lead quarterly follow-up of audit recommendations and validate implementation of management actions.
• Confirm that agreed-upon corrective actions have been executed and are effective.
• Maintain an auditable trail of follow-up activities.
• Reporting and Stakeholder Engagement
• Present and discuss audit findings and recommendations to business-unit leadership, executive management, tailoring communication style to the audience.
• Support the Director/Head of Internal Audit in preparing high-quality reports and presentation materials for ARC meetings.
• Deliver quarterly and annual internal-audit reports as required, highlighting performance metrics, plan progress, systemic risks, unresolved issues, fraud/compliance observations, and emerging trends.
• Liaise proactively with process owners and maintain strong working relationships across departments to foster trust and transparency.
• Ad-hoc Reviews, Investigations, and Advisory Engagements
• Manage investigations related to fraud, internal-control breakdowns, or other ad-hoc engagements requested by the ARC or senior management.
• Provide consultative support on control design during process transformations, system implementations, organisational restructuring, or other advisory engagements.
• Innovation, Technology, and Data Analytics
• Drive continuous and automated auditing, robotic-process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), and data-analytics initiatives to increase audit efficiency, coverage, and insight delivery.
• Collaborate with IT-audit specialists, cybersecurity teams, and data scientists to integrate automated testing, dashboards, and predictive risk indicators.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends, risks, regulations, and best practices in auditing, governance, and compliance, incorporating relevant innovations into the audit approach.
• People Development and Resource Management
• Coach, mentor, and evaluate auditors, supporting career development and continuous learning through professional certifications and technology training.
• Identify competency gaps and propose targeted training aligned with audit-plan requirements.
• Comply with QHSE (Quality Health Safety and Environment), Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance Management, and Governance of Organizations policies, procedures, plans, and related risk assessments.
  
  

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Experience in UAE Audit with big companies/conglomerates.
• Professional certification such as CIA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent is required.
• 10+ years of experience in internal audit, with strong exposure to business and operational audits with at least three (3) years in a leadership role overseeing complex, multi-disciplinary audits.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks.
• Experienced in conducting business audits of functional areas including Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Commercial & Business Development, Product Strategy, PMO, Risk Management, Legal, and Compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead audit engagements and present findings to senior stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong report-writing and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with audit software and data analytics tools is a plus.
• Independently scope, plan, and execute multiple concurrent audits from initiation through reporting while consistently meeting deadlines and maintaining high quality standards.
• Passion for innovation and willingness to explore audit automation and AI-led assurance techniques.
• Conduct any other tasks requested by the line manager.
  
  

What We Look For

If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Presight community.

What Working At Presight Offers

Culture: An open, diverse, and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.

Career: Accelerate your career through high-impact projects and access to resources for continuous growth and learning opportunities.

Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.