Operational & Financial Auditor | Corporate Services | Dubai – Al-Futtaim Group

Al-Futtaim is a privately held conglomerate operating in more than 20 countries, and this Operational & Financial Auditor role sits within its Corporate Services audit scope — an independent function whose job is to maintain the integrity of Al-Futtaim Group’s processes by reviewing approval chains, delegation of authority, and compliance with group policy across the business. It’s a more individual-contributor-focused version of the audit function than the manager-level role, with a strong emphasis on hands-on review work.

Day to day, expect detailed testing of financial transactions and operational processes, reviewing approval workflows to confirm they follow group policies and delegation-of-authority rules, documenting findings clearly, and flagging gaps for follow-up. This is a role built around precision and independence: the auditor is there to verify, not to be swayed by how a process “normally” gets explained by the people running it.

It suits someone early-to-mid career in audit or finance — often with a professional qualification in progress or newly completed — who has an eye for detail and is comfortable asking uncomfortable questions of people more senior than themselves when a process doesn’t check out. Strong documentation skills and a methodical, evidence-based approach both matter.

Working within Al-Futtaim’s corporate audit function gives someone exposure to governance and controls work across a genuinely large and complex organisation, which is valuable grounding for a longer-term audit or finance career.

Approval processes and delegation of authority sound like paperwork until they fail, at which point they're the difference between a controlled organisation and one where spending, contracts or approvals happen outside anyone's real oversight. This Operational & Financial Auditor role exists to independently verify that Al-Futtaim's approval and control processes are actually being followed as designed, rather than assumed to be followed because they're written down somewhere. In a group spanning more than 20 countries and a wide range of business lines, inconsistent application of delegation-of-authority rules can quietly create financial exposure or governance gaps that are hard to spot from outside the process itself. This role's detailed testing work is what catches those gaps early, before they become the kind of finding that shows up in an external audit, a regulatory review, or a financial loss. Because the role sits in Corporate Services specifically, its scope touches the central processes that many other parts of the business rely on, which means the integrity this auditor protects has ripple effects well beyond any one department's books.

Starting or building an audit career inside an Operational & Financial Auditor role at a group as large as Al-Futtaim is a strong way to develop the methodical, evidence-based thinking that underlies every serious finance and audit career. The exposure to real approval workflows, delegation-of-authority structures and financial controls across a genuinely complex organisation gives a depth of practical experience that is hard to get in a smaller or less structured company. This kind of hands-on testing and documentation work builds the technical foundation that professional audit qualifications like ACCA or CIA expect candidates to have in practice, not just in theory, which makes this role a strong complement to active qualification study. People who build solid grounding at this level typically progress into senior auditor, audit manager, or broader finance and risk roles, since the skills developed here — independent judgement, process testing, clear documentation — are foundational across the entire finance and governance career path. Al-Futtaim's scale and reputation also mean this experience carries genuine weight with future employers, and the internal audit team's visibility across the group's many business lines creates good internal mobility for someone who performs well. This mix of practical skill-building and brand credibility from Al-Futtaim travels well, whether the next step stays within audit and finance or branches into an adjacent specialism.

• Experience in internal or external audit, financial review, or a related compliance function
• Working toward or holding a professional qualification (ACCA, CIA, CPA or equivalent)
• Strong attention to detail and methodical approach to testing and documentation
• Understanding of approval workflows, delegation of authority, and internal control concepts
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• Comfort raising findings independently, including with more senior stakeholders
• Good written communication skills for audit documentation and reporting