Manager – Corporate Assurance

Job Purpose: Lead and manage corporate assurance audits across governance, corporate functions, and enterprise-wide risk areas to provide independent and objective assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls, compliance, and governance frameworks, while supporting organizational accountability and risk mitigation.

Core Responsibilities: 

• Lead the planning, execution, and reporting of risk-based internal audits covering corporate and support functions including Finance, Procurement, Human Capital, IT, Strategy, Governance, HSEQ, and shared services. 
• Develop detailed audit programs, audit scopes, and testing approaches aligned with approved Internal Audit methodology. 
• Ensure audits are completed in accordance with professional standards, approved timelines, and quality expectations. 
• Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of governance structures, internal control frameworks, policies, procedures, and delegated authorities. 
• Identify control weaknesses, systemic issues, and root causes, and assess their impact on organizational objectives.
• Supervise audit teams during fieldwork, review audit documentation, and validate audit conclusions. 
• Ensure audit observations are supported by evidence and articulated clearly and objectively. 
• Act as the primary Internal Audit point of contact for corporate function heads. 
• Conduct audit closing meetings, discuss findings, and agree on practical and risk-appropriate management action plans. 
• Monitor the implementation of agreed management actions and validate closure of audit issues. 
• Support the preparation of periodic audit reports and dashboards for senior management and the Audit Committee. 

Quality & Excellence Management: 

• Ensure internal audit engagements related to corporate functions are conducted in accordance with approved Internal Audit methodology, quality standards, and professional practices. 
• Embed quality assurance and quality control checks throughout the audit lifecycle, including planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up. 
• Review audit documentation and reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, clarity, and consistency with approved quality standards. 
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying systemic control weaknesses and recurring issues across corporate functions and recommending sustainable improvements. 
• Support periodic internal quality assessments and external quality assurance reviews of the Internal Audit function, as required. 
• Ensure audit observations and recommendations contribute to strengthening governance, compliance, and performance excellence across corporate areas. 
• Monitor quality of management action plans and ensure corrective actions address root causes rather than symptoms. 
• Contribute to the enhancement of audit tools, templates, and methodologies to improve efficiency, consistency, and audit quality. 

People Management Responsibilities:  

• Lead and motivate the audit team by fostering a collaborative work environment that encourages open communication, sets clear expectations for performance, and recognizes individual and team achievements to enhance overall morale and productivity. 
• Conduct regular performance evaluations that provide constructive feedback and identify professional development opportunities, ensuring that team members have specific, measurable goals and access to training sessions that address skill gaps and promote their career growth. 
• Manage resource allocation effectively by assessing project needs, balancing workloads among team members, and optimizing the use of budgetary resources to ensure that audit projects are adequately staffed and funded to achieve their objectives. 
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior management and other departments, by effectively communicating audit findings, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that audit objectives are aligned with the broader organizational goals. 
• Promote a culture of compliance and ethical behaviour within the team by ensuring adherence to relevant regulations and standards, providing guidance on ethical practices, encouraging transparency in audit processes, and addressing any compliance issues promptly and effectively.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional Certifications CIA, CPA, CISA, CA, or ACCA 
• Required: Minimum 10 years in auditing, operations management, or a related field. 
• Preferred: UAE Nationals

Emarat is a multi-channel power and energy company with a much-loved network of service stations and fuel depots across Dubai and the Northern Emirates. We meet the day-to-day petrol and LPG needs of millions of people while also helping to keep the engines of Industry running with fleet solutions, aviation fuel and commercial fuel services.

The Emarat brand has earned its reputation for providing great value and high-quality products and services – which is why you can expect the expected, every time.

Our network spans right across the north of the UAE, from Dubai to Ajman, and from Fujairah to Sharjah, plus many other locations in between. Service and quality are incredibly important to us, which is why we are proud to provide our customers with high-quality fuel, lubricants, state-of-the-art car washing facilities, best-in-class terminalling, bulk fuel logistics and great franchise opportunities for ambitious businesses.

Oh, and we also serve superb freshly-ground Arabicca coffee for anybody with a taste for the real thing.

All our colleagues – from the barista to the car mechanic – are fully trained in how to deliver great customer service. We operate ethically and to the highest international and national HSE standards, making sure that employees, customers and business partners are happy and safe at Emarat.

Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, Emarat, serves millions of customers across Dubai and the Northern Emirates and Dubai with great value, high-quality fuel at modern service stations. We serve the nation’s businesses across multiple industries, including hospitality, construction, aviation and real estate with a wide range of commercial fuels and lubricants.

In addition, we distribute to our residential customers from our LPG bottling plants in the Jebel Ali Free Zone and our new distribution centre in Al Qusais, ensuring that residents across Dubai and further afield are never far away from a fast and reliable source of power. Through our modern, best-in-class terminals at Jebel Ali, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, we lease the latest, high-quality fuel storage and distribution facilities.

Across the entire Emarat network, from our service stations, terminals and to your doorstep, everything we do is driven by customer happiness.

We always provide service with a smile.