112 Audit Trainee jobs in Saudi Arabia

Location

Riyadh

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During your tenure as a Senior in Audit & Assurance, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:

• Builds trust and credibility with stakeholders by seeking to understand their service levels expectations and what matters to them individually.
• Delivers high quality services by demonstrating a practical awareness of the impact of regulation and risk management on business processes and controls.
• Takes responsibility for understanding key statistics and industry matters about entity before engagement begins.
• Adapts template referral instructions to clearly outline the scope of procedures to be performed, including the areas of audit focus.
• Understand the structure of the group audit and for whom the referral instructions are intended
• Liaises effectively with onshore and offshore Centers of Excellence in the delivery of relevant tasks, understanding the scope of work delegated to them and the importance of providing accurate and complete information to them.
• Assists in tracking deliverables from component auditors and seeks to understand the relevance and importance of these.
• Appropriately links risks, controls, procedures and findings from allocated sections across the EMS file on a timely basis.
• Can articulate the audit quality milestones, the ways in which teams demonstrate completeness of milestones, and how the audit quality milestones contribute to audit quality.
• Understand the rationale behind the timings of the audit plan and is prepared to offer challenge around whether work can be performed earlier in the audit cycle.
• Prepares documentation by anticipating questions that reviewers may ask and distinguishes accounting judgements and conclusions from auditing judgements and conclusions.
• Understands that it is important to develop relationships beyond the finance function in order to better understand the entity's business and apply professional skepticism.
• Has a practical awareness of the risks around the engagement lifecycle and regulatory environment, and relevant practice protection policies.

Leadership Capabilities:

• Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact.
• Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent.
• Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track.
• Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business.
• Supervise staff, inspect client financial records, compile and analyze data, prepare detailed audit reports, and resolve accounting research issues.
• Demonstrate ability to plan and manage engagements and people along with ensuring deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in public auditing and accounting, preferably with Big Audit Firms.
• International accounting qualification is desired: CA, ACCA, or CPA.
• Preference will be given to Bilingual candidates (Arabic/English).

We are looking to hire an
Assistant Manager
for our
Advisory Department – Internal Audit Section

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (IPPF) and firm policies.
• Provide regular updates and status & summary reports on engagements' progress, issues, and risk exposures.
• Assist in developing dashboards, KPIs, or reporting templates for internal monitoring and client reporting.
• Assist in onboarding and training newly hired internal audit or advisory staff.
• Prepare Internal Audit Charter, Internal Audit Manual policies & procedures, risk assessments, risk registers, risk-based audit plans, and execute scheduled internal audit assignments as per approved audit plan.
• Develop audit programs for the areas under review, obtain Direct Manager's approval, and provide necessary guidance to Senior Internal Auditors for implementing the included procedures.
• Supervise and mentor Senior Auditors, providing guidance on internal audit techniques & methodologies and facilitate client interactions.
• Review senior auditors' work, including audit files, and internal audit reports.
• Prepare a Summary report including all major findings at the end of each engagement.
• Present and discuss the findings along with respective recommendations with Client's operational management.
• Perform follow-up reviews as required.
• Participate in client meetings and on-site assignments as required.
• Adhere to planned schedule and ensure timely submission of all deliverables.
• Ensure quality and accuracy of deliverables before submission.
• Assist in preparing Internal Audit proposals based on Clients' RFPs, and Board of Directors presentations.
• Coordinate team activities, manage timelines, and support talent development.
• Execute Internal Audit and advisory assignments independently as required.
• Oversee and ensure the timely issuance and collection of clients' invoices and follow up with clients and internal management as needed.
• Support the development and enhancement of working papers, templates, methodologies, and deliverables for internal audit as well as all other advisory service lines under the Advisory Department.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Must be
  Certified Internal Auditor
  (CIA)
  .
• 8–12 years of relevant experience in internal audit or advisory services.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia or other Gulf countries is a strong advantage.
• Big 4 experience is a strong advantage.
• Fluent in English and Arabic (both written and spoken).

How to Apply:

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements are invited to send their updated CV (in English) to
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with the subject line:
"Application – (Position Title) – (Your Name)",
Additionally, submit the application through LinkedIn as well.

We are looking for a Chartered Accountant (CA) with 3-5 years of audit experience. The role includes planning and performing audits, ensuring compliance with Saudi Arabian accounting standards, and providing advice to clients. You will also support junior staff and build strong client relationships. Experience with audits in Saudi Arabia is a plus.

• Plan and execute financial audits in accordance with audit methodologies and relevant regulations.
• Perform audit procedures, including sampling, testing, and analysis of financial records.
• Identify and document audit issues, including potential material misstatements.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi Arabian accounting standards and relevant regulations.
• Stay updated on changes in accounting and auditing standards and regulations.
• Provide guidance to clients on accounting and regulatory matters.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients.
• Communicate audit findings and recommendations to clients in a clear and concise manner.
• Provide advisory services to clients on financial matters.
• Supervise and mentor junior audit staff, providing guidance and support.
• Work effectively as part of a team to achieve audit objectives.
• Contribute to the firm's knowledge base and professional development.

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 3-5 years of experience in financial audits.
• Experience in auditing financial statements of companies in Saudi Arabia is an added advantage.

Full-time

Not specified

Company Overview:

Founded in 1950, Shaker Group is a leading provider of HVAC and home appliance solutions in Saudi Arabia. We serve over 600,000 customers annually with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Purpose:

The Internal Audit & risk Officer role is to support executing audits, preparing reports, tracking recommendations, and assisting with audit-related tasks to ensure effective and efficient audits.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Auditor to perform audits based on the approved Audit Plan, ensuring that audits are carried out effectively and efficiently.
• Support feedback from the auditee on audit findings, recommendations, and corrective actions to ensure transparency and collaboration in addressing audit findings.
• Analyze audit results to identify key issues, trends, and areas for improvement to highlight risks and opportunities for improving processes and compliance.
• Ensure timely implementation of audit recommendations and monitor corrective actions to ensure effective resolution of audit findings within agreed timelines.
• Assist in completing assigned tasks or special projects related to audits to support the successful completion of audits and related initiatives.
• Ensure audits follow internal standards, procedures, and policies to maintain audit quality and compliance with internal guidelines.
• Support the audit team throughout planning, fieldwork, and reporting to facilitate a smooth and efficient audit process.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and assist in implementing best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of audit practices.
• Adhere to company policies and promote high standards to maintain compliance, integrity, and ethical conduct.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
• 1 to 2 years of experience in the field of Internal Audit or Risk Management.
• Strong understanding of auditing principles, internal controls, and risk management.
• Good analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in English both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in MS Office is a must.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.

About the client:

Our client is a leading professional services firm operating across Saudi Arabia, delivering comprehensive audit, assurance, and advisory solutions to a diverse portfolio of clients. The firm is affiliated with a global network of accounting and consulting experts, ensuring its services adhere to international standards while maintaining deep local insight. Renowned for its technical excellence, integrity, and client-centric approach, the firm partners with large corporates, listed entities, and family businesses to enhance transparency, compliance, and sustainable business growth. It fosters a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and continuous development, empowering its people to deliver exceptional quality and leadership in every engagement.

Audit Director

Reports To: Assurance Partner/Principal

Location: Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Role Summary:

The Audit Director is a senior leadership position within the client's KSA Assurance division, responsible for managing a portfolio of high-profile audit clients, leading engagement teams, and ensuring technical excellence in line with international standards and local regulatory requirements. This role serves as a bridge between Partners/Principals and client delivery teams, ensuring that audits are delivered to the highest standards of quality, timeliness, and client satisfaction. The Audit Director also plays a key role in business development, mentoring staff, and strengthening the client's market position as a trusted assurance provider in the Kingdom.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Engagement Leadership and Delivery

2. Lead audit engagements across a portfolio of large corporates, family businesses, and listed companies, ensuring compliance with ISAs, IFRS, SOCPA, and the client's policies.

3. Manage planning, execution, and reporting phases of audits, delivering high-quality outputs that meet client and regulatory expectations.
4. Act as the primary point of contact for clients, addressing issues, managing timelines, and ensuring client satisfaction.

5. Oversee complex engagements, including group audits, cross-border audits, and regulated industries.

6. Technical Excellence and Compliance

7. Ensure audits are conducted in line with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and SOCPA requirements.

8. Apply technical expertise to resolve complex accounting and audit matters, escalating to the Partner where required.
9. Support internal and external inspections, embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

10. Stay updated on regulatory changes, emerging standards, and audit technology developments.

11. Business Development and Market Growth

12. Contribute to pipeline development by identifying cross-selling opportunities across Tax, Advisory, and Deal Advisory.

13. Support Partners/Principals in proposals, bids, and client pitches, highlighting client's differentiators.
14. Develop sector-focused insights (e.g., financial services, energy, family business) to position the client in key markets.

15. Build and maintain strong relationships with CFOs, audit committees, and boards.

16. People Leadership and Development

17. Manage, coach, and develop managers and audit staff, ensuring effective delegation and career development.

18. Foster a high-performance culture, embedding the client's values of trust, differentiation, and attention.
19. Support professional development through mentoring and guidance on SOCPA, ACCA, ICAEW, and CPA qualifications.

20. Drive Saudisation and build pathways for Saudi audit professionals to progress into leadership roles.

21. Operational and Financial Oversight

22. Take ownership of the financial performance of assigned engagements, including budgeting, profitability, and recovery.

23. Monitor utilisation, efficiency, and realisation rates within engagement teams.
24. Ensure appropriate resource allocation to deliver on multiple complex engagements simultaneously.
25. Leverage audit technology tools to improve efficiency and consistency of delivery.

Key Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of ISAs, IFRS, SOCPA, and audit methodology.
• Ability to apply judgement to complex accounting and audit issues.
• Proven track record in leading teams, coaching staff, and building future leaders.
• Commitment to Saudisation and professional development.
• Strong relationship-building skills with CFOs, boards, regulators, and family businesses.
• Ability to translate technical issues into practical insights for clients.
• Awareness of market trends, client priorities, and opportunities for growth.
• Experience in supporting proposals and winning new business.
• Disciplined approach to managing deadlines, budgets, and resources.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality audits in line with global standards.

Qualifications:

• CPA, ACCA, CA.
• Year of experience +10

We are looking for a Sales Executive with experience in selling professional services to corporate clients. The role involves promoting our Audit, Tax (ZATCA), VAT compliance, and Bookkeeping services across Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities:

• Generate new B2B clients and business leads
• Promote audit, tax advisory, VAT/ZATCA services, and outsourced accounting
• Conduct client meetings and close sales deals
• Maintain strong client relationships and achieve monthly targets

Requirements:

• 2–5 years of B2B sales experience (financial or professional services preferred)
• Knowledge of ZATCA, VAT, tax, or accounting services is an advantage
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Saudi market experience required
• Valid Driving License (KSA)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Duties and Responsibilities

As Income Auditor, I will assume full responsibility for the efficient operation in the following:

• Ascertains that all entertainment checks are approved that vouchers, checks, registration cards are reported in numeric sequence.
• Checks and verifies difference for missing registration card, TA vouchers.
• Examines paid out vouchers, allowance vouchers and correction vouchers, and make sure that they have been signed and approved by authorized persons.
• Verifies all departmental sales records and cash register totals, that no check and vouchers are missing.
• Verifies Daily Preliminary Revenue Report.
• Maintains accountable Form Register, checks and note usage of accountable forms to assure that all numbers are accounted for and report on all missing and unaccounted numbers.
• Upkeep Six Senses guidelines and standards of service and operation. My performance benchmarks are maintained and exceeded.
• Strictly adhere to LQA standards and guest comments.

Qualifications

To execute the position of Income Auditor, I must have the required qualifications, technical skills and experience in a similar role in luxury hotels with proven results and includes the following:

• Diploma or equivalent in Finance or Accounting and professional accounting body certification and at least 1 year experience in a hotel accounting role or similar setting. Hospitality diploma/degree from a recognized hospitality school is preferred.
• Technical skills include advanced MS Office, Outlook platforms and Materials Control (MC), plus able to operate 10-key calculators and to perform calculations. I am also familiar with various hotel systems including POS, PMS and CRM platforms.
• Fluent in English.

The above is intended to provide an overview of the role and responsibilities for an Income Auditor at Six Senses Amaala It is not and does not infer that the above is an inclusive and/or exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities inherent to the position.

Six Senses Amaala is an equal opportunity employer. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

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Key responsibilities:

• Establish, maintain, and expand senior client and partner relationships across insurance, payment and fintech, and capital markets, ensuring client satisfaction scores and securing long-term account retention and growth of YoY.

• Oversee delivery of projects delivery ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards, while driving measurable client impact in efficiency and growth.

• Manage engagement economics by optimizing billing and receivables, maintaining team utilization rates as per firm standards and delivering margin realization improvements across projects.

• Lead execution of high-quality deliverables across multiple engagements, balancing brand integrity, service quality, and client expectations, with projects resulting in repeat or upsell opportunities.

• Strengthen firm brand presence by publishing thought-leadership articles, white papers, or industry points-of-view annually.

• Contribute to internal intellectual capital by developing reusable frameworks, solution accelerators, or methodologies each year, improving delivery consistency and enabling scalable client impact.

• Manage a portfolio of strategic client accounts, building relationships across multiple business units and delivering revenue growth through cross-sell and upsell strategies.

• Consistently achieve business development targets by expanding share of wallet in existing accounts and securing new client wins each year.

• Demonstrate recognized subject-matter expertise in financial services strategy, regulatory change, digital transformation, or risk, shaping differentiated market offerings and positioning the firm as a thought leader.

• Champion cross-functional collaboration by leading multi-disciplinary teams

• Deliver end-to-end solutions while ensuring full compliance with commercial and legal requirements.

• Solve complex client challenges by applying structured problem-solving and practical insights, delivering tangible outcomes such as operational cost reduction, productivity gains, or revenue uplift.

• Building the team and hiring the team members

• Maintaining all requirement of Finance, Operations and central team

• Reviewing all the work and deliverables of the team members and submission of deliverable as per contract and expectations to the client

• Establish, maintain, and strengthen trusted relationships with senior client executives, internal senior stakeholders, and external partners, achieving client satisfaction scores and contributing to growth.

• Practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions.

Experience, Skills & Competencies Education:

• University degree in business administration, risk management, finance, economics or related field.

• Professional certifications such as CA, CFA, CPA, CIA, MBA etc. Skills & Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of IA and risk methodologies

• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 10-12 years of experience in financial services industry with a special focus on Asset Management, Insurance, Banking and Investments.

• Working in consultancy set up

• Bi-lingual (Arabic Speaker) will be preferable

• Strong understanding of industry processes and risk landscape

• Solid understanding of corporate governance, regulatory frameworks governing financial markets, risk and controls, SOX, COSO

• Knowledge of emerging trends, key technologies, new businesses.

Job Location:
Riyadh, KSA

What You ll Do

• Conduct end-to-end audits of processes, financial records, and internal systems.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi accounting standards, ZATCA regulations, VAT, and other applicable tax laws
• Review accounting practices for accuracy, compliance, and documentation.
• Assess internal controls and business processes to identify risks and inefficiencies.
• Recommend corrective actions and practical improvements.
• Prepare clear, structured audit reports for management.
• Collaborate with leadership to support sound decision-making and financial governance.

What They re Looking For

• 3 5 years of hands-on experience in internal auditing.
• Strong understanding and proven experience in Saudi Accounting, Standards, ZATCA requirements, VAT regulations, and Saudi tax compliance frameworks.
• Native Arabic speaker with strong communication skills (English a plus).
• Bachelor s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• ERP experience (Odoo is a strong advantage).
• Solid understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and audit practices.
• Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.