Manager Audit

Design & Engineering System Pvt Ltd

Lahore , Pakistan

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We are seeking a seasoned Internal Audit professional to lead and oversee comprehensive audit activities within a dynamic, project-driven environment. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness and quality of audit processes, identifying risks, and supporting continuous improvement through detailed reviews and investigations. This role requires strong leadership, analytical skills, and the ability to communicate findings clearly to management. The position is based in Lahore and requires in-person attendance.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide daily oversight of ongoing audit activities by reviewing critical observations, exceptions, and pending matters, while guiding the audit team to maintain focus and quality.

- Conduct daily and weekly reviews of audit work papers, supporting evidence, tests, and observations to ensure thorough audit coverage and adherence to standards.

- Monitor audit progress on a weekly basis, tracking achievement against the audit plan, assignment statuses, pending information, and overdue observations.

- Review significant findings, root causes, management responses, and corrective actions weekly or monthly to ensure timely and effective follow-up.

- Consolidate audit findings, financial impacts, control weaknesses, risks, and management responses into comprehensive monthly audit reports for management review.

- Analyze recurring audit observations and emerging risks related to financial, operational, project, and compliance areas on a monthly basis to inform risk and control assessments.

- Lead special audits, high-risk investigations, fraud reviews, and management-directed assignments on a monthly or quarterly basis, ensuring thoroughness and confidentiality.

- Update risk-based audit plans quarterly by reviewing organizational and project risk profiles, adjusting audit priorities and coverage accordingly.

- Present quarterly management assurance reports summarizing audit performance, significant risks, recurring issues, and recommendations for control improvements to senior management.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Audit, Business Administration, or a related field.

- Professional certifications such as CA, ACCA, CIA, or CISA are highly preferred.

Experience

- A minimum of 10 to 15 years of relevant experience in Internal Audit, Financial Audit, Compliance, Risk, or Operational Audit.

- Experience within construction or project-based organizations is strongly preferred.

Skills

- Expertise in audit planning, financial and compliance audits, and project audits.

- Strong knowledge of risk management, internal controls, and investigative techniques.

- Proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and leading audit teams.

- Excellent stakeholder coordination, communication, and presentation skills.

Preference will be given to candidates based in Lahore due to the in-person work requirement. This role offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to organizational governance and risk management within a challenging and rewarding environment.