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Finance Director
Team Saudi • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
This Director role leads financial governance across sports federations, ensuring transparency, accuracy, and integrity in financial operations. The position oversees accounting frameworks, audit activities, and forensic investigations to maintain compliant practices and strengthen accountability throughout the national sports ecosystem. As the primary financial governance partner for federations, this role provides expert oversight and corrective guidance to elevate financial performance and integrity.
Federations Accounting
Federations Financial Audit
Federations Financial Forensics
Stakeholder Engagement & Federation Coordination
- Establish and oversee unified accounting frameworks for federations to ensure consistency, transparency, and compliance with financial standards
- Review monthly and annual federation financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with national and international reporting requirements
- Monitor accounting entries, budget adherence, spending patterns, and financial controls to identify risks, inefficiencies, or irregularities
- Support federations in resolving accounting discrepancies and strengthening internal financial processes
- Provide periodic financial analysis and insights to leadership on federation performance, financial exposures, and improvement opportunities
- Lead planning and execution of financial audits for federations, ensuring audit coverage reflects risk profiles and organizational priorities
- Direct audit fieldwork, documentation, and evaluation of internal controls in alignment with national and international auditing standards
- Review audit findings to identify systemic issues, control weaknesses, and financial governance gaps requiring remediation
- Provide leadership with consolidated audit insights, including themes, risks, and areas requiring enhanced oversight
- Direct forensic reviews and special investigations into suspected fraud, misconduct, improper spending, and conflict-of-interest concerns
- Monitor financial data, transactions, contracts, and supporting documentation to identify red flags and accountability gaps
- Develop evidence-based findings and reports that support decision-making, disciplinary action, and risk mitigation
- Recommend strengthened financial controls, process improvements, and behavioral safeguards to reduce financial misconduct recurrence
- Serve as primary financial liaison between federations and the global company, ensuring clear guidance and consistent expectations
- Coordinate with Finance, Legal, GRC, Procurement, and Internal Audit teams to align oversight activities and support federations in meeting financial obligations
- Extensive experience in financial accounting, audit oversight, and forensic review activities
- Strong knowledge of national and international financial reporting standards and auditing practices
- Proven track record in establishing and managing financial governance frameworks
- Experience in conducting forensic investigations and fraud detection
- Excellent analytical skills with ability to identify financial risks and irregularities
- Strong stakeholder management and coordination capabilities
- Experience working with multiple organizational entities or federations preferred
- Professional accounting or auditing qualifications highly valued