Assurance - External Audit Director (Banking) - Riyadh, KSA

As an Audit Director, you will be in charge of an iconic client portfolio and you will be responsible for managing the full cycle of your audit assignments. You’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• You will be responsible for the overall delivery of the audit engagement that you will be leading.
• Driving and taking ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
• Managing client relations with senior management, including delivering presentations/pitches to the board of directors, audit committees, and prospective clients.
• You will oversee the completion of engagements, provide support and training on technical issues/ methodologies, fee negotiation, and adhere to budget and engagement deadlines.
• Identifying market gaps and spot opportunities in Assurance, as well as cross-selling opportunities for the other LOS's, in order to create value propositions that meet the needs of the clients.
• Ensuring you are adhering to compliance with the risk, quality and independence matters.
• Arranging and sponsoring appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
• Looking for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
• Assisting the partners in managing the economics of their portfolio by monitoring budget, following up on billing, collection, and profitability. 
• Taking part of the recruitment process for interviewing and selecting the most competent candidates as per PwC hiring standards.
• Embracing our Middle East people initiatives (such as flexibility framework and employee well-being, and many others) in addition to assisting the partners in executing our action plans against the periodic people feedback surveys.
• Creating an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Taking part in people development by delivering certain training sessions to the team based on the L&D curriculum. 
• Being responsible for the coaching, mentoring and development of team members reporting to you.
• Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams. 

You are ambitious and get use of opportunities to grow and develop. In addition, you recognise yourself in the following characteristics:

• A degree in accounting, finance or other related academic major.
• Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience in external financial audit in one of the big 4.
• Completed a recognised professional qualifications such as ACCA, CA, ACA, CPA.
• Experience in auditing Banking clients is a must.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment.
• Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus.
• Applying the international standards on Auditing (ISAs) on the external audit of financial services with profound IFRS knowledge relevant to the FS practice (such as IFRS9, IFRS17) and financial services regulations.
• Strong project management skills and experience managing an audit from planning to completion.
• Confidence in challenging yourself and others to complete high quality testing and documentation.
• Ability to establish and nurture positive relationships across all levels - both internally and externally.
• Driving innovative thinking and supports others through change and uncertainty to overcome hurdles.
• Experience encouraging a team environment that promotes collaboration and constructive challenge and has demonstrated the ability to act quickly to resolve team issues and questions.
• Taking pride in your work and in the Audit profession, showing resilience and demonstrating dedication to self-development including being agile and innovative in the digital world.
• Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
• Knowledge in any Audit technologies, and experience using Data Analytics tools.