Internal Audit roles In Middle East

Anonymous wrote:

I am an ACCA, CISA, CIS qualified Accountant with experience in internal auditing in the Mining and manufacturing sectors. I notice you frequently advertise positions in the middle east . I want to know how good my chances are in this market. I do not speak arabic and currently i am based in Zim


The regional manager of WH Marks Sattin Middle East replied:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Three very strong points to your CV are that you have top 4 experience, mining is an economically robust and globally mobile industry and you probably have both financial and IT audit experience. The factors weighing heavily against you is that the Middle East is an exceptionally popular destination at the moment for their booming economies and hence competition for jobs is very strong. The other factor is that business here are fast moving away from "emerging market" status to developed, modern economies and, to continue this charge, Western developed economy experience holds a great deal of sway here.

If the the majority of your experience is based on the African sub continent, and particularly Zimbabwe, you may find difficulty working on the more attractive Gulf economies such as Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, but may wish to target Saudi Arabia or Kuwait which also share strong demand, offer excellent salaries but do not benefit from such a strong supply of candidates. Arabic language is not so important in the majority of companies, as long as your English is fluent.

Yours

WH Marks Sattin


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