Internal audit department
HB group
Total years of experience :5 years, 9 Months
March 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014
HB Group Tripoli, Libya
Senior internal auditor, Internal audit department
• Participation in strategic plan development
• Supporting the C-Level agenda, through using the quantitative skills and risk knowledge
• Development of consolidated "Single view" risk identification and assessment
• Development of internal audit plan and implementation task matrix
• Participation in the development of various Policies and Procedures manuals
• Training internal audit staff on audit procedures and techniques
• Oversees the day-to-day assignments and review the walkthrough tests
• Preparing draft and final internal audit reports
• Planning for follow up actions on audit recommendations and guide the internal audit staff
where needed
January 2013 - February 2014:
• Working as a seconded financial analyst at British Petroleum Exploration Operating
Company "BP"
Accounting Services' Roles and Responsibilities:
• Recording monthly entries
• Preparing, recording and processing payments for employees' expenses on a monthly basis
• Recording payments to vendors and other related expenses
• Preparing purchase order tracking files
• Performing accounts payable and invoice reporting
• Recording monthly payroll transactions including social security and income tax
• Preparing cash flow/forecasting on a quarterly basis
• Reconciliation of bank accounts
• Preparing the Receivables/Payables aging reports
• Recording additions/disposals of Fixed Assets and calculating related depreciation and accumulated depreciation
• Recording and reporting Inter-Company transactions on a monthly basis
• Recording of journal entries and posting to general ledger
• Preparing monthly accounting entries such as accruals, related party payments, audit fee
payments, outsourcing fee payments, etc.
Preparing With Holding Tax "WHT" reports and filling tax forms
January 2009 - February 2014 KPMG Kawasmy & Partners Amman, Jordan
Senior, Advisory department
Background, Professional and Industry Experience
Having 3 years of risk and compliance consulting experience and more than 2 years of accounting
services experience. He is a senior in the advisory department at KPMG Jordan, he has been
involved in many internal audit assignments in various sectors, as well as accounting assignments across various industries such as Oil & Gas, Information technology, Trading, Governmental,
Financial Investment, Insurance, Constructions, Aviation, Education, Travel and Tourism,
Distribution, etc.
Responsible for the execution and reporting in the internal audit department at KPMG Jordan. He
has conducted internal audit assignments for leading companies in the region. He has also assisted in the preparation and development of Financial policies and procedures for entities in several
sectors. He also Submits comprehensive financial analysis reports.
Internal Audit Roles and Responsibilities:
• Development of internal audit plan for different sectors through analyzing client's needs and requirement, and based on our understanding of the client sector
• Provided Risk based internal audit services to clients in various sectors included but not
limited to Financial investments, Insurance, Education, Retail, Wholesale, Travel and
Tourism, Aviation, etc.
Part of my responsibilities were:
- Development of internal audit plan
- Risk identification and assessment
- Business understanding interviews
- Preparing audit programs
- Conducting walkthrough tests
- Preparing internal audit reports including observations, recommendations and corrective actions
- Follow up on corrective actions
- Development of policies and procedures for various department across various sectors
- Preparing internal audit proposals
- Filing internal audit working papers
• Assisted in the development of financial Policies and Procedures manuals for a leading retail
company and for a governmental party.
• Assisted in special internal audit assignment for interior design and construction company in
Jordan referred by KPMG - Dubai.
• Followed the KPMG Internal Audit Methodology "KIAM" in planning, executing
reporting & filing of any internal audit assignments.
January 2009 - September 2011:
• Assisted in the development of Internal Audit department
Handled internal audit assignments; starting from understanding the industry to the reporting, filing according to KPMG methodology
Accounting Services' Roles and Responsibilities:
• Recording monthly entries
• Preparing, recording and processing payments for employees' expenses on a monthly basis
• Recording payments to vendors and other related expenses
• Preparing purchase order tracking files
• Performing accounts payable and invoice reporting
• Recording monthly payroll transactions including social security and income tax
• Preparing cash flow/forecasting on a quarterly basis
• Reconciliation of bank accounts
• Preparing the Receivables/Payables aging reports
• Recording additions/disposals of Fixed Assets and calculating related depreciation and accumulated depreciation
• Recording and reporting Inter-Company transactions on a monthly basis
• Recording of journal entries and posting to general ledger
• Preparing monthly accounting entries such as accruals, related party payments, audit fee
payments, outsourcing fee payments, etc.
Preparing With Holding Tax "WHT" reports and filling tax forms
Accounting Services' Roles and Responsibilities:
• Recording monthly entries
• Preparing, recording and processing payments for employees' expenses on a monthly basis
• Recording payments to vendors and other related expenses
• Preparing purchase order tracking files
• Performing accounts payable and invoice reporting
• Recording monthly payroll transactions including social security and income tax
• Preparing cash flow/forecasting on a quarterly basis
• Reconciliation of bank accounts
• Preparing the Receivables/Payables aging reports
• Recording additions/disposals of Fixed Assets and calculating related depreciation and accumulated depreciation
• Recording and reporting Inter-Company transactions on a monthly basis
• Recording of journal entries and posting to general ledger
• Preparing monthly accounting entries such as accruals, related party payments, audit fee
payments, outsourcing fee payments, etc.
Preparing With Holding Tax "WHT" reports and filling tax forms
October 2008 - December 2008 The Orientals Tours Amman, Jordan
Accountant, Finance department
• Posting entries into the General ledgers
• Building all the accounts in the accounting software
• Archive various financial data in a systematic and organized manner
• Check the uploaded payments on customer's accounts with the sent files.
• Manage the operational relations with external payment channels.
• Reconcile payments uploaded into customers' accounts with cash deposits
• Follow up on customers complaints concerning their payments through external and internal channels.
Career related
training
• Preparing for the CIA exams; currently preparing for part I exam
• Training course in IFRS and auditing international standards and their adjustments - KPMG
• Training course in entity's going concern principle and IAS interpretations - KMPG
• IFRS updates - KPMG
• Training course in Risk Management - KPMG
• Attended a US webcast on Leverage Technology To Empower Internal Audit
August 2008 University of Jordan Amman, Jordan B.A. in Accounting