Financial Auditor (Relocation to KSA)

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are currently seeking a Financial Auditor with substantial auditing experience to join Internal Auditing Department.

The Internal Auditing Department within Saudi Aramco provides independent objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve the operations of Saudi Aramco. The Department objectives are bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management, control, and governance processes.

As a Financial Auditor you will lead the audit team and you will be the focal point of contact for the client.

Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Review and analyze financial statements in order to identify areas which should be assessed as a part of an audit.
• Design, execute, document and report on audit testing of financial and reporting processes, balances, amounts and disclosures.
• Identify key business, financial and functional processes for identifying and assessing current and emerging risks.
• Plan, execute, and/or report internal audits to management.
• Establish the objective and scope of the audit engagement.
• Develop comprehensive risk-based audit programs.
• Responsible for the audit team and will be overseeing assistant auditors.
• Discuss concerns and issues with the audit client, draft field memorandums, and update client and Internal Auditing Management on progress of the audit.
• Prepare or assist in preparing audit reports.
• Deliver presentations to client’s management at the audit opening and closing meetings.
• Provide on-the-job training and mentoring to inexperienced or less experienced staff.
• Evaluate the performance and capabilities of the assisting staff auditors.
• Assurance and consulting activities on internal controls as requested.

Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will hold a:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or related business discipline; and preferably have an advanced degree relevant to accounting and finance.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience working either in external auditing or public accounting firms in the auditing/assurance practice or the financial reporting function of a publicly listed company, working with the adoption, application and presentation of International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Flexibility to travel within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and/or outside the Kingdom to conduct audit and consulting engagements.
• Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant designation, and Certified Internal Auditor or related certification is a plus.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.