Job Description

Job Purpose

We are looking for a driven, proactive, curious, collaborative Group Director - Business Audit to join our DP World Group Internal Audit ("GIA") team. As a Director within our team, you are responsible to:


• Support the Group SVP - Business Audit to manage an allocated portion of the Business Audit portfolio - which may be subject to annual review and amendment as the business requires - including dynamic risk assessments focused on governance, operational, regulatory, compliance and associated risks for those auditable areas.
• Lead and independently manage high quality audits (leading cross-functional teams) at all locations locally and internationally across the DP World Group (or remotely); this may include performing and/or overseeing multiple audits concurrently.
• Manage and/or demonstrably support other diverse internal projects which enhance GIA's critical success factors to building a world-class internal audit function including, but not limited to knowledge building, agile auditing, risk integration, data analytics for continuous auditing, continuous improvement etc.
Lead, coach and develop a team of direct reports to deliver high-quality audits and other projects.
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Key Accountabilities

•Internal Audit•

• Leads and oversees (in some cases concurrently) audits of various levels of high complexity and cross-functional audit teams remotely or onsite including full audit delivery (discovery/planning/conducting/concluding and reporting).
• Manage an allocated portfolio of the GIA Business Audit universe as directed by the Group SVP - Business Audit. Act as back up to colleagues as needed / directed.
• Be a primary contact with stakeholders / auditees of the allocated portfolio and build strong and effective relationships with executive/senior management and other key stakeholders (e.g. external audit, government audit etc.) and act as a trusted advisor to the business and its leaders.
• Identify and roll-out new forms of stakeholder engagement practices to strengthen stakeholder relationships and deliver insight.
• Manage special/consulting projects work, leads teams, and reports findings to Group SVP - Business Audit and Group Chief Internal Audit Officer for (but not limited to):
+ Governance, risk and control consulting activities,
+ Business process improvements, and
+ Change management consulting requests
• Develops and updates the sub-segment audit universe, annual risk assessment and plans the audit timetable for the forthcoming year including audit selection criteria; allocation of assignments, proposed resourcing etc. in conjunction with the Group SVP - Business Audit.
• Control and maintain a continuous and dynamic risk assessment process for the assigned audit portfolio, flexing audits, timing, scheduling and allocation of resources, audit planning, scheduling of team.
• Deliver effective and accurate audit reporting with recommendations that inspire and compel constructive change by management; Be a driver for best practice sharing related to GRC across the group.
• Develop/implement/update appropriate policies, guidelines for effective internal audit and in conjunction with Group SVP - Business Audit and Group Chief Internal Audit Officer.
• Be a strong advocate for promoting quality in audit work with specific focus on the IIA Global Standards and adherence to defined methodology.
• Apply strong risk and control knowledge to all scenarios encountered and identify all significant potential issues by applying appropriate audit methodology on assignments, analysing operations, reviewing compliance, recommending controls and auditing safeguards.
• Liaises directly with key stakeholders in planning of all audits, drafting reports and finalisation of reports.
• Identify key themes from report outcomes to report to stakeholders and to underpin risk assessment processes.
• Performs active follow-up on open and overdue audit issues / actions and ensures timely closure thereof; Define and activate escalation processes in case of significant delays in closure.
• Effectively administer audit projects on the Audit Management System ensuring that audit phases are completed in withing defined timeframes (either as lead or reviewer).
• Independently lead teams and conduct Internal Audits and cross-functional audits incl. concurrently at all levels of complexity.
• Have flexibility to travel internationally up to 50% of the time to our operations to perform audits on site.
• Have the appetite and capability to perform audits remotely where required.
• Identify multiple causes, consequences of control inefficiencies/gaps and multiple potential solutions.
• Adapt processes and procedures to business units during planning/fieldwork stages.
• Be highly motivated, proactive with the ability to excel under pressure.
• Maintain industry knowledge of the company and its risks, culture, the way it works, the sectors we operate in; local/global factors which impact it.
• Value and promote diverse viewpoints and cultural sensitivity during all audit fieldwork.
• Maintain personal performance and effectiveness in changing and ambiguous environments, and accommodates new priorities where required (flexibility).
• Comply with Fatal Risk Standards, Health and Safety policy and safe working practices, ensures responsibility for safety and discipline in work area and report accidents and 'near misses' in accordance with defined safety procedures.

•Beyond the Audit•

• Be an active promoter of GIA initiatives taking a leading role and/or participation and encouraging your team to do so.
• Actively own and participate in new and ongoing improvement projects for the department including GAP, FIA, ARGUS, COE and APRIL or others as defined etc.; Take a leading role in identifying and scoping new projects and initiatives and propose to the Group SVP - Business Audit and/or Chief Internal Audit Officer.
• Take ownership of the provisioning of data for all tools utilised in the department with clear focus on populating our in-house intelligence tool, ARGUS, to activate usage in 2024 and onwards.
• Related to above, demonstrate creative ideas and critical thinking skills to ensure projects support GIA's transformation strategy.
• Contribute to GIA website content management to help inform and upskill the wider DP World community on governance, risk and controls.

•Other•

• Live the GIA DNA by continuously looking for improvement opportunities in audit and beyond the audit activities.
• Contribute to the development of audit techniques and methodology to ensure continuing improvement in the standard of audit work and continuing relevance to business needs.
• Continually strives to revise/devise audit work programmes to address specific risks core controls and to be effective and comprehensive.
• Provides advice to business management on best internal control practices/procedures during audits and ad hoc basis incl. sharing of group, industry and/or functional best practices.
• Integrates industry/company best practices on audits when suggesting practical business improvements.
• Leads and manages change improvements within departments and team.
• Encourages the understanding of Group Policies and RICS at sites visited and ensure Audit Work Programmes are drafted and updated to include steps to ensure policies are being followed.
• Be responsible for the management and leadership of an engaged team, promoting collaboration and ensuring that each employee is developed and evaluated against goals and objectives which are aligned, specific, measurable, attainable yet challenging, realistic and time bound.
• Supervises team members during audits or other field projects. Provides on the job training as required.
• Monitors staff performance and workload and provides constructive and timely feedback to help others achieve their goals; delegates tasks in constructive and supportive fashion to other team members.
Maintains up-to-date skills relevant for role with a clear and demonstrable appetite to professional develop for self and direct reports;
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•Please note that• •only • •UAE National applicants will be considered,•