Advisory: Business Risk Services

7 months ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Grant Thornton Full time

**Position Summary**:
Helping clients of all shapes and sizes, in Business Risk Services we support businesses by providing the necessary advice to help them manage and improve their business performance. You will provide organisations of many different sizes with the advice and solutions they need to navigate complex risks and challenges. You will help them achieve their business goals and enable them to grow sustainably.

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**What we are looking for**:
A Consultant/ Senior Consultant plays a central role when it comes to work execution within the Business Risk Services department at Grant Thornton. The role will enable you to take ownership of work, client relationships and really engage in a consultative way; providing the advice necessary to help clients manage risk and improve their business performance.

**What you will be doing**:

- Prepare draft terms of reference/audit planning document prior to meeting the client whilst ensuring any revisions are processed
- Prepare business proposals and ensure timely submission to the line manager
- Prepare fieldwork as applicable to review
- Produce close-out documentation and contributes to close-out meetings with the client
- Responsible for building and maintaining good working relationships with all clients and colleagues
- Delivery of internal audit service including devising strategic and annual internal audit plans on a risk-based approach
- Field management responsibilities including completing file reviews and preparing reports for review by assistant manager and engagement manager
- Planning and supervision of audits assigned to junior colleagues, including leading planning and exit meetings
- Preparing reports and presentations for assigned projects
- Formulate recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s wishes, capabilities and limitations forming concise reports
- Assist the client in implementing the plan and resolve any occasional discrepancies
- Assist in Financial Management including billing and income collection, compilation of profitability budgets and management of financial review process to achieve target internal profit measures
- Executing internal audit assignments independently to the required scope in compliance with risk based internal audit methodology including: Treasury Management, General Ledger, Payroll, Capital Budgeting and Monitoring, Human Resources, Corporate Governance and Project, clinical governance, risk management arrangements and Change Management.

**Education, experience and qualifications**:

- 2 -3+ years of broad experience of internal audit and risk management within the Financial Services Industry
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work to tight deadlines, self-motivated and detail orientated
- Experience of both financial and operational audits
- Good communication specifically in report writing skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, Arabic and French is advantageous
- Currently hold or pursuing a relevant professional qualification (CIA, CA, CPA, CFA)
- Experience of internal auditing and risk management
- Experience of preparing and delivering presentations



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