Muhammad Umar Farooq ACCA, CIA
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Akmal Siddique MSc, ACMA, CGMA, CIA, CFE
A dedicated and committed professional. Always a pleasure to talk with.
Akmal Siddique MSc, ACMA, CGMA, CIA, CFE
A dedicated and committed professional. Always a pleasure to talk with.
Akmal Siddique MSc, ACMA, CGMA, CIA, CFE
A dedicated and committed professional. Always a pleasure to talk with.
Akmal Siddique MSc, ACMA, CGMA, CIA, CFE
A dedicated and committed professional. Always a pleasure to talk with.
Credentials
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ACCA
ACCAJun, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc.Aug, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Innovator
ClearFit - Hire more people like your top performersMay, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
ISACA Membership
Information Systems Audit and Control AssociationAug, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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ECS
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Retail
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200 - 300 Employee
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Manager Internal Audit
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Jul 2021 - Present
ECS is a well-known brand of ladies foot ware and hand bags in Pakistan that is famous for its comfortable, durable and stylish articles. It has network of over 90 retail stores over Pakistan. ECS also has its own shoe manufacturing unit.As manager internal audit department, I provided assurance as well as consulting services both at ECS retail network and manufacturing facility. My responsibilities included:• Preparation of annual audit plan covering both assurance and consulting engagements.• Monitoring the execution of planned audit activities.• Management of hybrid internal audit department including inhouse teams and outsourced engagements.• Presentation of audit reports to audit committee meetings.o Consulting Services:• Evaluating organization wide SOPs and recommended extensive controls.• Facilitating meetings with management to discuss recommended controls, agreeing management to accept and implement them.• Liaison with EY team on BPR (Business Process Reengineering) of ECS.• Liaison with ERP (Dynamics 365) implementation team to evaluate and recommend controls at implementation time.• Liaison with EY team during processes design at ECS shoes manufacturing facility.o Assurance Services:• Liaison with outsourced audit firm in retail stores audits, closing of reported findings and attending audit committee meetings.• Post audit of procurement function identifying potential cost-effective suppliers that were reported to procurement department resulting in cost savings.• Post audit of payroll and benefits paid along with other operational SOPs compliances in HR department.• Audits of warehousing facilities ensuring compliance with SOPs.
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Deputy Manager Internal Audit
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Jul 2019 - Jun 2021
During the tenure of being deputy manager internal auditor, I got exposure of managing the hybrid structure of internal audit department i.e. partial engagements were outsourced and partial engagements were managed by inhouse internal audit team.
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Assistant Manager Internal Audit
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Jan 2016 - Jun 2019
As an assistant manager Internal Audit department I provided extensive consulting services as well as assurance services. My responsibilities included:* Preparing annual audit plan covering both consulting and assurance services.* Monitoring the execution of planned audit activities.* Reporting material audit observations along with management action plan to audit committee.* Consulting Services:o Evaluation of current practices of Retail, Administration, IT, HR, ERP, Accounts and Finance, Warehouse, Supply chain departments and recommending extensive controls.o Facilitating meetings with management to discuss recommended controls, convincing management to accept and implement them and document standard operating procedures (SOPs) in a standard format.o Evaluating current work flows and recommending changes for better controls in it.o Working with ERP (Dynamics AX 2012) implementation team to evaluate and recommend controls at implementation time.o Fraud investigations.* Assurance Services:o Audit of retail stores including stock verification, cash reconciliation and observing general operations.o Audit of Warehouse operations.o Audit of payroll.o Evaluation of HR policies and procedures.o Audit of procurement.
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Pak Elektron Limited
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Pakistan
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Audit Officer
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Feb 2015 - Jan 2016
Operational audit of Customer Service Centers (CSCs) and Sales Offices network:As team leader, operational audit of national network of Customer Services Centers (CSC), Area Sales Offices (ASO) and Finished Goods Stores that included 20 CSCs, 22 ASOs and 16 Finished Goods stores in 20 different cities. My responsibilities included:* Preparing annual audit plan and annual budget to conduct audit of all branch offices once in a year.* Planning and executing audit of individual branch offices.* Training junior audit executives and interns, assigning planned audit activities to them during branch audit and monitoring their progress.* Discuss audit observations and recommendations with management and persuading management with reasons to accept and implement audit recommendations.* Preparing final audit report along with executive summary for audit committee.* Follow up of required management action plans for unresolved audit observations.
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Internal Audit Officer
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Mar 2013 - Jan 2015
Operational audit of Production facilities:I audited two production facilities as team leader and six production facilities as senior team member. Audited production facilities including Distribution transformer (DTR), Power transformer (PTR), Instrument transformer (ITR), Switch Gear (SWG), Refrigerator, Deep freezer and Split air conditioner (Split AC). My responsibilities included:* Preparing audit plan for the engagement mentioning identified risks, audit objectives to be achieved and audit procedures to be carried out to achieve audit objectives.
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Junior Audit Executive
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Feb 2012 - Feb 2013
Operational audit of Customer Service Centers (CSCs) and Sales Offices network
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Education
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2013 - 2015
The Institute of Internal Auditors
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) -
2009 - 2011
ACCA
ACCA -
2007 - 2008
University of the Punjab, Lahore
Graduation -
2004 - 2006
G.C.University, Lahore
F.Sc -
2001 - 2003
Tamer-e-seerat public shool swabi (K.P.K.)
Matric
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