Fraud Investigator / Forensic Auditor

This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

About the Company


This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Forensic Auditor who will be assigned to the Special Audits Division within our Internal Auditing organization. You will be based at our corporate headquarters in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The Special Audits Division conducts highly sensitive investigations into issues involving fraud, conflicts of interest, waste, and abuse to provide members of the management and the Board of Directors with reports, analyses, recommendations, and information concerning the activities reviewed. The Special Audits Division helps address fraud risk management across the Company with programs of awareness, policy and risk consulting, and proactive risk mitigation measures. Under the direction of the Special Audits Manager, you will conduct confidential investigations involving misconduct by employees and contractors, while seeking to identify and develop relevant facts. You will often direct the work of other investigation team members, lead by example, communicate results to corporate executives, and mentor less experienced colleagues. Investigations are corporate wide, complex, and sensitive cases involving, at times, high-ranking employees.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise and coordinate with other fraud-related stakeholder departments including Corporate Security, Law, Personnel and Labor Relations.
• Provide fraud awareness presentations throughout the Company to varying job specialties and levels of management.
• Provide on-the-job training and mentoring to less experienced staff.
• Become familiar with and utilize Enterprise Risk Management tools (i.e., SAP) to obtain data in support of investigations.
• Work independently yet effectively within a team of experienced professionals.
• Lead or support time-sensitive investigations.
• Become familiar with and utilize data mining and analytical techniques to both identify potential fraud and gather corroborating evidence to support investigations.
• Draft timely investigative reports and orally communicate results.

Requirements:

• Have at least one professional certification such as CFE, PCI, CCEP, CIA, or CPA.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English with solid presentation and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years of experience in Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Auditing, Law Enforcement, Compliance, or a related field with expert interviewing and investigative techniques.
• Specialized experience in quickly evaluating allegations of fraud, abuse and conflicts of interest, utilizing effective and modern investigative techniques to unravel, explain, and report complicated fraud and conflict of interest schemes, and carefully analyzing facts and evidence to form sound and evidence-based conclusions concerning violations of the law, regulations, or Company policy.
• Willing to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
• Hold a bachelor's and/or master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Law, Criminology, Compliance, Computer Science, or a related field.