Who are we?

noon.com is a technology leader with a simple mission: to create world-class digital marketplaces for consumers and businesses across the Middle East. Starting in 2017 with noon.com, the region’s homegrown e-commerce platform and leading online shopping destination, noon is now an ecosystem of services - noon, noon daily, noon food, NowNow, SIVVI, noon VIP, and noon pay - all developed to help empower and inspire a generation of diverse, digital-first consumers and businesses. We are creating a local digital champion to empower the region and accelerate the digital economy and are looking for the best talent in the world to join our team. If you want to work for the most exciting digital company in the Middle East and believe you are a good fit keep reading!

Role overview:

noon.com is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Tech Auditor to join our dynamic internal audit team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in managing risk, ensuring compliance, and driving excellence in FinTech and digital payment systems across our platforms. If you possess strong technical expertise in auditing, governance, and compliance, combined with a passion for innovation and collaboration, we invite you to apply.

What you'll do:

• Assist the Manager, Internal Audit in developing and maintaining annual risk assessment, annual audit plan and updates to the Senior Management and Audit Committee.
• Ensure that the internal audit programmes under the audit cycle stated in the Annual Internal Audit Plan are properly executed to provide assurance that the objectives stated under the Internal Audit role are aligned towards the achievement of overall company objectives.
• Plan and schedule audits and reviews in consideration of audit priorities, sometimes managing multiple projects concurrently, including special ad-hoc investigations and consultancy assignments as may be requested by Senior Management.
• Ensure that audit assignments are conducted in accordance with the International Auditing Standards and Professional Code of Ethics (Big 4 benchmark).
• Ensure compliance with International Internal Auditing Standards and that all audit findings and issues are properly documented, communicated and agreed upon with the auditees.
• Review and ensure that the audit report is prepared in a concise manner and that audit issues are placed in appropriate context with recommendations presented in a persuasive manner for proper implementation by the auditees.
• Ensure periodic follow up of audit recommendations for timely implementation of open action items/ recommendations, address management queries and support the implementation of corrective and preventive actions items.
• Execute the timely review of actions taken by the management to ensure the risk has been adequately mitigated.
• Perform compliance risk assessments and establish a process for periodic compliance monitoring to ensure compliance with local regulations.
• Participate in special projects or assignments such as ad hoc requests, risk assessments, due diligence, acquisition reviews, Internal Audit policy / governance updates, assist external audit for their reviews.
• Demonstrate effective time management skills by ensuring that audit assignments are completed within time budgets and calendar schedules while handling multiple jobs and maximize productivity.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with business unit / department management throughout the audit process with regard to developing a mutually effective audit work schedule, conducting audit status meetings, and leading the entrance and exit conferences.
• Establish and maintain effective business relationships within the organization and maintain knowledge of assigned operating business units / functional departments.

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What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent with professional certifications e.g. CISA, CISM, CIA is preferred
• Minimum 7-8 years professional experience in the auditing field, 2-3 years of which must be held at a supervisory level.
• Must possess a sound knowledge with Minimum 3-5 years of experience in FinTech and Digital Payments from a broad range of businesses, especially in e-commerce and retail industry.
• Thorough knowledge of FinTech operations & Information Systems, Payment Gateway, Wallet Banking, Merchant payments, Digital Payment frameworks, Best Practices, and industry trends. are required.
• Demonstrate a high-level of proficiency in understanding internal audit concepts and risk assessment exercises.
• GRC Understanding - Understanding of general Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) concepts.
• Understanding of FinTech Regulatory Compliance Requirements and/ regional local Regulators.

Who will excel?

The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high-pressure environment with a strong passion for delivering results. A candidate who has a successful history of working in teams solving challenging topics and is willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done. At noon, we have the courage to pursue what seems impossible. We work hard to get things done. We go to great lengths to ensure that the experience of everyone from our customers to our sellers or noon Bandidos is stellar but above all, we are grateful for the opportunities we have. If you feel the above values resonate with you – you will enjoy this incredible journey with us!