Team Leader - Internal Audit

About Julphar

Julphar is focused on transforming its culture while working toward a clear purpose: improving the quality of life for families through high-quality solutions delivered with professionalism and care. The company’s guiding principles include respect, collaboration, innovation, integrity, and compassion, along with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity. These values support Julphar’s efforts to create a positive impact for patients, enable talent, maintain a healthy workplace, and achieve goals through world-class research and dedicated employees.

Role Overview

The Team Leader - Internal Audit is responsible for reviewing processes and records to ensure they align with accepted accounting standards, applicable laws, industry practices, and company policies. The role contributes to training and capability building by identifying issues and improving overall compliance.

This position ensures that business activities and transactions comply with internal and external requirements. It involves checking financial positions, validating operating procedures, and applying a structured audit approach through risk and control matrices, audit programs, and recommendations for stakeholders. The role also supports process owners in understanding, evaluating, designing, and documenting controls.

In addition, the position assists with risk assessments and audit engagement activities, helps build a disciplined audit environment through annual audit planning and monitoring, and supports governance and compliance by ensuring proper accounting practices are in place.

Qualifications and Key Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, completed over four years, is required.
• One of the following professional qualifications must be held: CIA, CPA, ACCA, CA, or CRMA.
• Applicants should bring 5 to 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector or another closely related industry; experience with large audit firms is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of internal auditing standards and the Institute of Internal Auditors’ code of ethics is essential.
• Deep understanding of internal control frameworks, including COSO and COBIT, is required.
• A solid grasp of IFRS principles is necessary.
• Excellent spoken and written English is expected; knowledge of Arabic is an advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required.

Who Should Apply

Professionals with a finance or accounting background, a relevant audit certification, and substantial internal audit experience in pharmaceuticals or a similar industry are well suited for this role.

Additional Information

Julphar welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and encourages interested applicants to consider joining the organization.

This is a full-time, on-site role based in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.