Experience

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  Techno Q

  • Head Of Internal Audit

    • Mar 2010 - Oct 2014

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  IFA Hotels & Resorts

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Internal Audit Manager

    • Sep 2008 - Mar 2010
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Job Profile:• Assist in the development of the annual audit plan.• Assist in the implementation of control and risk self-assessment through running risk assessment workshop and regularly review risk profiles.• Assist in the identification and evaluation of risk areas for the development of the annual audit plan.• Draft the audit objectives, scope, and audit programs for assigned audit projects.• Perform and Supervise audit staff in performing compliance and substantive audit procedures.• Train and evaluate audit staff; and recommends corrective actions to address performance problems.• Assist in the performance of operational, financial, and compliance audit projects.

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  Lootah Group of Companies

  • Ajman, United Arab Emirates

  • Internal Audit In-Charge

    • Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
    • Ajman, United Arab Emirates

    Job Profile:• Review the set systems for different sections; including: marketing, sales, customer services, purchasing, stores, sub-stores, financials: bank reconciliation, payables, receivables, petty cash• Suggests systems to be implemented to improve the controls • Review and Give independent opinion about the financial statements and internal controls.• Prepare monthly audit report to the Chairman• Meeting with management periodically to discuss significant matters that arise during the audit.• Review all payments voucher before execution

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  Specialized Medical Center Hospital

  • Al-Riyadh Governorate, Saudi Arabia

  • Head Of Internal Audit Department

    • Jul 2000 - Feb 2005
    • Al-Riyadh Governorate, Saudi Arabia

    Job Profile:• Review the set systems for the different assertions and cost centers1. Assertions: Cash, Banks, Receivables, Payables, Prepayments, Accruals, Revenues, Expenses, etc2. Cost Centers: Outpatient Clinics, Credit department, Billing Department, Finance, IT, Pharmacy, Personnel Department, housing Department, etc.• Assessing the different departments, cost centers by reviewing the internal control regarding the achievement of objective in: Effectiveness and efficiency of operations, Reliability of financial information and compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.Understanding internal control involves risk assessment, control environment, information and communication & control activities• Suggests systems to be implemented to improve the controls • Review and Give independent opinion about the financial statements and internal controls.• Obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence whether the financial statement assertions are free from material misstatements.• The revision of the financial statement assertion is done against: completeness, existence, accuracy, valuation, ownership and presentation• Prepare monthly audit report to the Boards• Meeting with management periodically to discuss significant matters that arise during the audit.• Assigned Acting CFO for five months• Trained staff as internal auditors• Trained staff to follow new assigned systems

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  KPMG Lebanon

  • Beirut District, Lebanon

  • Senior Auditor in charge

    • Jul 1994 - May 2000
    • Beirut District, Lebanon

    Job Profile:• Review the planned audit procedure and the documented audit program before the start of the audit work• Monitoring the progress of the audit against the assigned time table – audit cost• Identify the audit staff and discuss with them engagements as appropriate• Prepare budgets and monitoring performance against it• Document the system applied for the identified audit assertion, identify the controls and put audit program to test these controls• Supervise and coach the auditor staff providing guidance and counseling on the job helping them to understand the objectives and implications of their work and its documents ( Explaining why and how the test is going to be done)• Reviewing the audit working papers by the audit staff, following the clearance of review questions and evaluating the sufficiency and appropriateness of the audit evidence obtained• Making suggestion for improving the audit service• Identifying the accounting and audit issues to be discussed with the manager• Discuss with the manager the professional services that may be accepted by the client• Prepare draft of the audit report and the management letters of the assignment• Sectors worked on: Non-For-Profit Organizations, Hospitals, Trading & Banking SectorsBanking Sector• In addition to what is noted above, we insured that the bank abide by the rules and regulations: 1. تعاميم مصرف لبنان2. قانون النقد و التسليف3. قانون التجارة اللبناني4. تعاميم لجنة الرقابة على المصارف