Senior Manager / Associate Director - Forensic Investigations (Saudi National)

Location: Riyadh, KSA Experience: 7–12 years in forensic investigations Role purpose Lead complex forensic and financial crime investigations across the Kingdom and the wider GCC. Own engagements end to end, front-end relationships with clients, boards, audit committees and regulators, and build the bilingual investigative team beneath you. Key responsibilities - Lead marquee investigations from scoping through to findings, remediation recommendations and reporting. - Act as the primary point of contact for clients, boards, audit committees and regulatory bodies; present findings and defend methodology under scrutiny. - Direct the full investigation lifecycle: planning, evidence preservation, data collection, ESI review, analysis, interviews, documentation and closure. - Oversee data analytics, e-discovery and document review workstreams, setting review protocols and quality standards. - Manage, develop and grow a bilingual investigations team; allocate resources across concurrent engagements. - Manage engagement economics, risk and delivery quality. Qualifications and certifications - Chartered Accountant, professional financial accounting qualification, MBA (Finance) or a relevant postgraduate degree. - Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) required. Experience and technical skills - Demonstrable track record leading high-profile investigations in the region. - Direct experience front-ending client, board, audit committee and regulator conversations. - Command of the end-to-end investigation lifecycle. - Hands-on capability in data analytics and Excel at minimum; e-discovery / ESI review and document review. Languages - Fluent English and Arabic. Preferred - Prior working exposure to CMA, SAMA or Nazaha engagements.