The Senior Audit Manager is responsible for managing audit assurance activities across key Citibank UAE businesses and products, including Wealth, Services, Markets and Banking, while also overseeing Citibank UAE cross-discipline audits. The role includes direct management of a team of Internal Audit professionals, and reports directly to the UAE Head of Audit.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and develop a team of Internal Audit professionals, recruit staff, lead professional development, build effective teams and manage a budget.
• Participate in the annual audit planning process to ensure alignment with business risks, regulatory requirements, and emerging risks. Monitor regulatory developments to ensure audit coverage addresses applicable regulatory requirements.
• Deliver audit reports, audit and regulatory issue validations, business monitoring and governance committee reports.
• Apply professional judgement in evaluating risks and forming audit conclusions, escalate significant risks accordingly.
• Adhere to Internal Audit standards, policies, and regulatory requirements while providing timely and effective audit assurance; ensure established timelines and budgets are met.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of audit assurance processes, including development of data analytics and usage of AI tools to enhance audit efficiency and coverage.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders to ensure strong understanding of the business.
• Act as trusted advisor to stakeholders by providing independent challenge and risk-based insights.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in a related role
• Solid understanding of banking products and operations, and the related regulatory environment
• Related certifications (CPA, ACA, CFA, CIA, CISA, ACAMS or similar) preferred
• Demonstrated successful experience in business, functional and people management
• Proven ability to execute concurrently on a portfolio of high quality deliverables according to strict timetables
• Demonstrated ability to implement continuous improvement and innovation in audit tools and techniques
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment
• Effective negotiation skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Internal Audit

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Job Family:

Audit

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Control Monitoring, Data Analysis, Industry Knowledge, Issue Management, Laws and Regulations, Professional Standards, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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