Internal Audit Specialist

Job description / Role

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

The Role

As a Specialist - Internal Audit, you will be responsible for delivering independent and objective assurance over Internal Controls through assessing whether company policies & procedures are complied with, management systems are effective, and business risks are managed.

What you'll be doing

- Understand the current state of processes and procedures adopted by the company.
- Execute, and occasionally lead, internal audit work effectively to assure proper controls exist and are functioning and risk is appropriately mitigated.
- Prepare an audit program that describes in detail the nature, timing, and extent of the internal audit procedures for an individual audit project.
- Build relationships with process owners and audit stakeholders (during or off engagements) and retrieve information relevant to planned or ongoing audits
- Understand and evaluate processes and related controls and execute tests of controls.
- Perform internal audit work of a simple to moderate complexity nature while applying knowledge of internal audit techniques and problem-solving skills.
- Create deliverables such as process documentation, process flowcharts, risk and control evaluation matrix, a summary of findings and management's response, draft and final internal audit report and other working papers that document the engagement procedures and the results.
- Ensure work is completed within agreed-upon time frames.
- Work on special projects or consulting engagements concerning significant corporate issues as directed by the Line manager.

What you'll need to succeed

- You have 3 to 5 years of experience in internal audit, with at least 2 years of experience in the retail industry or the big four companies with exposure to retail clients.
- You have completed at least 1 CIA part or actively pursuing CIA certification.
- You have a sound knowledge of the IIA standards, accounting principles, and IFRS standards.
- You have experience in the use of audit and analytical tools and software.
- You have a strong knowledge of internal controls.
- You have excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group's success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group's competitive edge in today's market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.