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

Location: Riyadh, KSAExperience: 7–12 years in forensic investigationsRole purposeLead 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 responsibilitiesLead 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 certificationsChartered Accountant, professional financial accounting qualification, MBA (Finance) or a relevant postgraduate degree.Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) required.Experience and technical skillsDemonstrable 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.LanguagesFluent English and Arabic.PreferredPrior working exposure to CMA, SAMA or Nazaha engagements.