Internal Audit Lead - SACA
Saudi Air Navigation Services View all jobs
- Jeddah, Makkah
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Support the delivery of approved, risk-based audit plans, with a focus on SACA's projects, technical operations, and aviation-related services.
- Review policies, procedures, and key controls to understand how risks are managed and identify gaps that may impact safety, compliance, performance, or cost.
- Examine how projects, technical activities, and operational processes are carried out to assess whether they are working efficiently and as intended.
- Review how changes and risks are identified, approved, and monitored within the assigned functions.
- Analyze information gathered during audits and form balanced, evidence-based conclusions.
- Prepare clear audit reports, highlight key issues, and propose practical improvement actions for management, submitting them to the Internal Audit CoE Manager.
- Assist in tracking agreed actions and supporting the closure of audit observations when required.
- Submit the associated reports to the Internal Audit COE Manager, with initial recommendations and management actions plans.
- Support advisory and assurance activities across other areas in line with business priorities
- Support the Audit Director in preparing periodic reports for senior management, the Audit Committee for SANS &SACA and SACA Board
- Work closely with internal teams such as Finance, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to support effective audit and governance processes
- Support the implementation of Internal Audit quality assurance activities to ensure audits are performed in line with Internal Audit Standards.
- Ensure audit documentation, including work papers and reports, is complete, accurate, and clearly supports audit conclusions.
- Overseeing the documentation review process to ensure audit reports, work papers, and findings meet quality standards, are accurate, and provide actionable insights.
- Support the operation of the whistleblowing program to ensure safe, confidential, and accessible reporting channels are available.
- Assist in managing the intake and handling of whistleblowing cases in a professional, objective, and confidential manner.
- Contribute to awareness activities related to ethics, fraud prevention, and whistleblowing across the organization
- Conduct day-to-day activities while ensuring compliance to policies and procedures.
- Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes taking into account leading practices, changes in business environment, cost reduction and productivity improvement
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a related field is required.
- Preferable experience in auditing, risk management, or compliance principles.
- A bachelor degree in Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent is required.
- Preferable education or certifications in the following areas:
- Auditing or Internal Audit Fundamentals
- Aviation-related International and National Regulations
- Air Traffic Safety Electronics (ATSEP)
- Human Factors and Fatigue Risk Management
- Safety Management Systems (SMS)
- Quality Management Systems (QMS)
- Change Management