Internal Audit Manager

Who are we?

KPMG in Bahrain employs over 350 professionals and partners. We provide our clients with a suite of locally supported Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We recruit the best and brightest from around the world, and currently have a workforce that represents over 20 countries working across our teams. We also pride ourselves on our capabilities to attract, nurture, and empower talent from our communities locally.

KPMG's Advisory practice is one of the largest Advisory businesses worldwide and the major growth area for our organization. Our services are focused on the finance function, and we work with clients in identifying and tackling their challenges in growth, governance, and performance. Our Advisory teams support businesses as they restructure and expand, whether organically or by acquisition. We help them to become more efficient and provide support as they adapt to the challenges posed by a rapidly changing business environment.

The Risk Consulting practice’s key services are:

• Corporate governance advisory
• Compliance advisory
• Financial risk management
• Internal audit
• Forensics
• Quality assurance review
• Process review

Primary Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities

Key responsibilities:

• Support the growth of the RC business in Bahrain and, specifically, take on an active leadership role in growing services in the FS sector; candidate should be from the FS sector/market (mandatory)
• Lead large and complex projects and provide subject matter expertise on engagements
• Take responsibility for innovation, practice growth and team development

The Individual

Minimum qualifications:

• A recognized degree in Accounting/ Finance/ Business or related disciplines plus
• A professional qualification e.g., ICAEW, ACCA, CPA and/or Master's + CIA and/or CISA (mandatory); a Bachelor's alone doesn't qualify for this level

Experience Expected

• 8+ years of work experience gained in a large audit and /or consulting firm, or a leading commercial organization, of which a majority should be in risk consulting services, with at least 7-8 years in a managerial position with Financial Services experience
• Business development experience with proven achievement of targets
• Development of new services under the umbrella of risk consulting

Key role and responsibilities:

• Ability to lead internal audits of financial service clients (banks and insurance companies) in the areas of investment, risk management, treasury and credit operations
• Ability to lead compliance advisory engagements
• Experience in establishing/implementing Enterprise Risk Management framework an advantage
• Forensics or Financial Risk Management experience a plus-Experience in delivering Board-level presentations

Other supporting experience:

• Manage subordinates and multiple engagements
• Review of files and reports
• Deliver presentations
• Business development - client targeting and sales pitch
• Proposal development
• Develop and roll out an in-house training program for staff
• Recruitment assistance – conduct interviews

Why joining KPMG is beneficial for you:

It is more than a career opportunity! It is a chance to join a high-performing team that delivers a broad range of solutions to clients across different industries.

• We’re fully committed to developing a lifelong learning culture
• We recognize potential, nurture talent, and reward high performance
• We offer tax-free income