About us
Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region with a mission to help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth. The company serves millions of users in the region and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA and Amazon, as well as small and medium businesses.
Tamara is Saudi Arabia’s first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others. The company operates from its headquarters in Riyadh, with additional regional and global support offices.

About the role
The Internal Audit Manager will work closely with functional and business/product work groups to identify areas of risk, make valuable recommendations on process and control standardization, and influence decision-making to drive change.

Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct operational and financial audits across different functions
- Identify and recommend control enhancements to support high-growth environment and constant change while mitigating critical risk.
- Facilitate the tracking, validation and closure of remediation plans pertaining to prior audit recommendations.
- Independently lead process improvement initiatives due to process change caused by business growth
- Develop strong relationships with business, technology partners and external auditors at all levels
- Leverage leadership experience to coach, mentor and develop solution driven teams.
- Prepare and provide written and oral reports, communications and/or presentations to management and executives.
- Utilize data analysis techniques and various tools to evaluate and monitor financial and operational risks.
- Support company’s compliance initiatives and assess impact on controls due to operational gaps and issues.
- Conduct financial audits to address key financial reporting risk.
- Support various initiatives led by operational and IT audit team to strengthen existing controls/process

What we are looking for:
- 5+ years of relevant work experience in Accounting, Internal Auditing, and Risk Assessment.
- Detailed knowledge of critical business within key industries such as Fintech, Financial Services, E-Commerce, Retail or High growth companies is strongly preferred.
- Relevant experience working with CBUAE regulated entities is strongly preferred.
- CIA/CPA qualification with a 5+ years of experience with a Big 4 public accounting firm is strongly preferred.
- BA/BS degree in Business or Accounting, MS or MBA a plus.
- Experience working with computer-aided auditing, continuous monitoring and data analytic tools.
- Demonstrated strong leadership, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to navigate fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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