Internal Control Officer / Sr. Officer

Role overview

Qatar Insurance Group is seeking an Officer or Senior Officer for Policies and Internal Control in Doha. The role focuses on building a strong control framework that reduces fraud risk, prevents financial or resource leakage, and supports efficient, high-performing operations.

Key responsibilities

• Develop a control environment that helps prevent fraud, avoids loss or leakage of funds and resources, and supports productivity.
• Build and maintain the internal control library and connect relevant controls to IT applications.
• Draft and refine policies and procedures for all departments, ensuring they meet regulatory standards and business requirements in coordination with department heads.
• Align policies and procedures with the internal control library and applicable regulations.
• Set up and maintain systems for creating, updating, distributing, reviewing, and getting sign-off on policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Secure agreement from department heads on the internal control register.
• Identify, assess, and document key risk areas across operations using both quantitative and qualitative methods, then design controls to address those risks.
• Build and manage a dashboard that tracks the live performance of critical controls and flags failures or unusual deviations.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly internal control reports covering effectiveness, concerns, and progress achieved.
• Coordinate internal, external, and regulatory audits, and use audit findings to improve future control measures.
• Meet regularly with department heads to evaluate department-level control environments and ensure they support overall business goals.
• Collect feedback on control processes and apply it to ongoing improvement efforts.
• Use data-based analysis to recommend and implement control enhancements that improve performance and reduce risk.
• Assess manual control activities for automation opportunities that can deliver business value.
• Support the rollout of automated controls in existing systems so they improve accuracy and efficiency without interrupting operations.

Experience required

The ideal candidate should bring 3 to 5 years of experience in the insurance or reinsurance sector, or in Information Technology/Analytics roles supporting the insurance domain. Experience in risk management will be an added advantage.

Qualification required

Applicants should be a Chartered Accountant or hold an MBA from a Tier-1 or Tier-2 business school.