Head IT Audit

Our client - one of the largest Commercial Banks in Saudi Arabia is currently looking for a Head of IT Audit to join the bank on a permanent basis. The role will report directly into the Head of Internal Audit.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for one of the largest banks and the region and to develop your skills and knowledge in IT whilst working in emerging territories.

In order to fulfil this role, you must have the ability to do and deliver Audit so 7 - 10 years expererience minimum is required. You will be managing a small team of 5 with the view to expand over the next two years. Due to the different challenges you would typically face managing such a team, it is essential that you have strong leadership skills to be able to coach and mentor each individual to achieve the short, medium and long term goals for the IT Audit function.

A good understanding of IT across all main functions - Infrastructure, Data Centres, Security and Networks is important to be able to communicate IT issues in terms of business impact. Stakeholder /relationship management experience is also essential.

Arabic is not essential, however, those who do not possess a good command in English (both written and spoken) will not be considered.

• Audit/ IT Audit 7 - 10 years experience minimum
• Management/ Leadership skills (coaching & mentoring)
• IT knowledge (Infrastructure, Data Centres, Security and Networks)
• English skills (written & spoken)
• Ideally banking experience (not essential)

Huxley Associates is an international recruitment consultancy that provides specialised contingency and retained recruitment solutions in the following sectors across the region.

• Accountancy and Finance
• Banking Technology
• Energy
• Engineering
• Global Markets
• Human Resources
• IT
• Legal
• Oil and Gas
• Sales and Marketing
• Supply Chain
• Telecommunications

Huxley Associates have enjoyed continuous growth over the past 16 years and have established a network of 16 offices around the world including Dubai, New York, London, Sydney, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore. We are widely regarded as one the worlds leading executive recruitment consultancies offering unparalleled training, career progression and support to our consultants. This enables best in class service delivery across the marketplaces we focus upon.

Huxley is committed to developing long term business relationships in the MENA region and take pride in the provision of quality recruitment support to our clients. Firms driven by a need to attract the best candidates from the local and international community use us repeatedly to gain competitive advantage in the acquisition of hard to find skillsets across the MENA region.