PwC Risk Internal Audit -Senior Associate

With offices in 152 countries and nearly 328,000 professionals, we are one of the world’s leading professional services networks, helping organisations and individuals create lasting value through Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. For over 40 years, we have contributed to the Middle East’s transformation journey, partnering with governments and businesses to deliver sustainable solutions. Today, more than 12,000 of us across Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are shaping the region’s future.

At PwC Consulting, you’ll shape strategies that redefine industries and drive national visions. We partner with leaders to deliver transformative solutions in enterprise strategy, digital innovation, operational excellence, cyber resilience, and risk management. Join a community that values bold thinking, collaboration, and measurable impact—where your expertise accelerates change and creates lasting value.

As part of the Risk Consulting team, you’ll shape organizations strengthen resilience and build trust by providing end-to-end advisory solutions that enable businesses to align objectives with regulatory requirements, mitigate risks, and meet the diverse needs of critical stakeholders. The Risk Consulting practice offers a comprehensive range of services, including Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Policies, and Procedures, Internal Control over Financial Reporting, Process Intelligence and Compliance, and Technology Risk and Cybersecurity.

It’s where risk management meets business transformation, backed by insight, powered by purpose.

As a Senior Associate within Risk, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leveraging on your skills and experience to become a trusted advisor to your clients on topics of risk & internal controls
• Engaging and dealing with diverse teams from the planning through the completion phase of the audit as well as closely following up on the progress of the requested tasks to ensure meeting the timeline and the firm’s internal KPI’s.
• Working with clients to improve their internal control maturity and to help them in mitigating the risks they face by developing internal audit and risk management strategies to strengthen their existing controls and processes
• Identifying key risks, defining the audit methodology, and process improvement by understanding the client’s objectives, risks, control frameworks, systems and regulatory environments
• Building and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients, and taking part in researching and identifying opportunities on new/existing client
• Developing internal and external relationships and reflecting PwC values on your day to day work when working in diverse teams
• Managing the engagement budget and economics
• Managing teams and the communication with the clients/stakeholders;
  Helping clients navigate an evolving risk landscape by developing and executing test plans, identifying control effectiveness and improvements and reporting these to clients in an impactful way
• Providing on-ground support for the planning, implementation and administration of the clients’ Internal Audit Plan
• Working on Internal Audit engagements focusing on compliance, financial and operational related audits
• Conducting testing to evaluate the adequacy of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls
• Drafting the audit findings, the related impact, potential risks, and recommendations
• Innovating & helping further develop our service offerings related to…