Internal Audit Senior Manager
Department of Education and Knowledge
Total years of experience :18 years, 7 months
Senior Manager Internal Audit Division. IT & Operations.
Responsible for Technology and Systems Assurance, Audit and Risk management
Regional Audit Manager - Operations, Services & Technology.
Managing the internal IT audit function in the group where we are responsible for providing the internal IT audit and assurance for the following:
o Dubai Airports
o Dubai Duty Free
o Dubai World Central
o Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects
o Dubai Air Navigation services, and others
• Established the IT Audit function in the group and developed the culture and the environment suitable for Information systems and technology Audit
• Re-engineered the audit process in the group internal audit to cater for technology challenges within the business environment where the appreciation of Information technology risks, strengths and opportunities is embedded not only in the IT audit but within the internal audit function as whole.
• Recommended and successfully implemented the usage of CAATs (ACL) for data analytics in the group
• Recommended and successfully implemented the usage of Audit Management system (TeamMate) in the group to utilize technology to maintain security, quality, centralization and to enhance communication with audit clients.
• Trained, mentored and advised internal auditors on the information security risks, governance and controls
Member of the Group Internal Audit division/Information technology Audit, I'm a senior IT Auditor. My responsibilities include :
•Conduct IT audit assignments as per the annual audit plan and according to the group's internal audit charter
•Participate in special IT audit assignments according to urgency/importance such as strategic projects.
•Check and examine compliance with regulatory and industry requirements such as Central bank/governmental requirements and PCI DSS for different processes.
•Check and examine compliance with the banks' policies and procedure by IT teams and functions
•Apply and embed best practices in our audit assignments for different processes, best practices such as Cobit, ITIL, ISO27001, CMMI, BCI, ISO25999
•Participate in building audit programs for different IT processes and embedding best practices audit requirements as applicable to the current environment, best practice audit programs such as ISACA's audit programs, IIA's GTAGs and SANS.
•IT processes in scope :
o Information Security
o Network and Infrastructure
o SDLC
o User and Identity Access Management
o Policies and procedures
o Project management
o Office Automation
o Application controls
o business continuity and disaster recovery
o IT operations and support
o General IT controls
o Other IT processes based on risk based auditing.
Responsible for IT security operations, design, implementation and culture, including IT security projects implementation, risk management, users awareness and training, monitoring and IT department oversight.
Also responsible for network infrastructure design/security and analysis
Responsible of IT operations/monitoring/troubleshooting for 5 branches located in Abdoun, Jabal Al Hussein, Al Madina Al Munawarah street, Khalidy Street and the main branch on the 5th circle, approximately 500+ users, this includes :
1. Responsible for Troubleshooting PC/Servers, network and security malfunctions.
2. Responsible for installing software packages for client/servers and detecting/reporting any bugs.
3. Responsible for reporting and following up major problems/malfunctions with Headquarters.
4. Responsible for design/implement network structure whenever is needed.
5. Responsible for keep IT environment stable and online 24/7. That includes servers, network devices, PCs, printers and ATMs.
6. responsible for monitoring system(s) stability, backup
Operations and system analysis.
7. Co-operate with HQ in Dubai for any domestic network/Server/system upgrade projects.
Working as Loans and credit associate, checking and processing retail credit facilities.
Working as outward remittances associate, checking and processing money transfers.
Business & Leadership
Computer Science and Programming