Internal Audit Manager - Emirati Talent

ADSS is a successful retail and institutional brokerage based in Abu Dhabi. The company is currently undergoing a multi-year transformation to become a fast growing, purpose-led, data-driven enterprise that delivers market-leading personalized content, propositions and experiences to traders. To reinforce client-centricity the company structure, technology and operations are being redesigned alongside the crafting of a high-performance culture underpinned by The ADSS Way.

The objective is for ADSS to become a dynamic and innovative, trusted market leader as measured by feedback from clients, talent, shareholders and competitors.

The Internal Audit Manager – Business Audits is responsible for leading and delivering independent, risk‑based internal audits across ADSS’s front‑office, client‑facing, commercial, and core business activities. The role provides assurance and advisory insights over business processes, conduct, products, revenue streams, and client journeys, supporting sustainable growth, regulatory compliance, and positive client outcomes.

• Lead the planning, execution, documentation and archival in line with Internal Audit Methodology of risk‑based internal audits of business and support areas, in line with the approved Internal Audit Plan, covering:
• Front‑office and trading activities (business and conduct aspects)
• Sales practices, client onboarding, and client lifecycle management
• Product governance, pricing, and product changes
• Marketing, commercial initiatives, and growth programs
• Business operations impacting client outcomes and revenue
• Business support functions, such as back and middle office, risk management, compliance, human capital management and procurement and strategic functions, such as governance, product development and similar.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of business controls supporting:

Strategic objectives

Client protection and conduct

Regulatory and policy compliance

• Participate as a stakeholder or coordinator in shareholder initiated internal audit assignments, in line with the shareholder requirements.
• Perform end‑to‑end business process reviews, identifying root causes of control gaps, inefficiencies, conduct risks, or client detriment.
• Review new or changing business initiatives (e.g. new products, campaigns, market expansion, process redesigns) and provide early assurance over business control design and risk management.
• Coordinate and participate in end-to-end audit risk assessments with the objective to define and update the periodic internal audit planning.
• Review and amend the audit universe and areas which require to be added to the internal audit universe.
• Assist while providing review and update to key internal audit functional governance processes and procedures documentation, including internal audit strategic plan, internal audit methodology, internal audit department and Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) Charter.
• If and when inquired, assist Executive Management and stakeholders with providing independent insight of the internal controls, risk management and key governance good practices and requirements.
• Assist or act as a coordinator and point of contact for external audit and statutory audit and assurance activities in the organization.
• When and if required, report to Director of Internal Audit matters in relation to breach of governance, policies and processes, or regulatory requirements for being considered for remediation action and, if required, further escalation, in line with regulators requirements.

• Prepare high‑quality audit reports that clearly articulate business risks, impacts, and practical, business‑focused…