Syed Faisal Ali, Manager 3

Syed Faisal Ali

Manager 3

pwc india

Location
India - Delhi
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
11 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 8 Months

Manager 3 at pwc india
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since November 2021

IT Assurance
SAP Assurance
internal control
IT audit

Manager at BDO India LLP
  • India - Gurgaon
  • December 2020 to November 2021

Heading IT Assurance practice for North India and offshore clients.
 IT Assurance: Performed and managed various Business Applications Assessments/Audit projects,
User Access management, Access Authority Matrix. Performed and managed various IT
assessments/audit projects encompassing General & Application Controls, IT Operations,
Application Security Controls etc.
 Maintaining and continuing to build a portfolio of Assurance business through innovative and emerging
solutions development.
 Reviewing and improving current business processes and implementing new controls / process
enhancements by working closely with the respective teams.
 Implementation of Segregation of Duties (SoD) in SAP ERP after re-designing of existing Basis roles across
functional departments.
 System Design & Integration Testing with UAT for SAP ERP
 Led various IT assurance projects encompassing IT General and Application Controls testing

Manager at Grant Thornton
  • India - Gurgaon
  • January 2016 to September 2020

Led IT and SAP Risk Advisory engagements.
 The lead role in project execution and management with maintaining primary contact with key client’s
satisfaction and quality delivery.
 Led a team to manage multiple client projects simultaneously, while also working on several Business
Development initiatives. Maintaining and continuing to build a portfolio of Advisory business through
innovative and emerging solutions development.
Reviewing and improving current business processes and implementing new controls / process
enhancements by working closely with the respective teams.
 Delivered SAP transformation project to identify, design and implement technology solutions.
 Gather user requirements ensuring solution is in line with scope of work and proper documentation is
developed to facilitate the system maintenance and support activities.
 Effectively estimates and manages project costs, schedule, deliverable quality, scope, and resource needs.
 Demonstrated leadership responsibility with coaching and enabling technical guidance for a team.

Senior Consultant at Protiviti
  • India - Delhi
  • June 2012 to December 2015

 Implemented Continuous Auditing & Data Analytics (CADA) tool in SAP system to automate the Internal
Auditing processes for Saudi Aramco with the development of technical logics for the extraction of
accurate SAPMaster and Transactional data on timely basis to find business financials risks in the form
of Dashboard.
 IT Internal Audits: Performed and project managed various IT audit projects encompassing Application
Controls, SAP Integration Testing, Network Security, Application Security Controls etc.
 Performed projects relevant to SAP Assessments/Audit projects, Application Controls, Enterprise
Application Integration, SOX testing (TOD & TOE), GAP analysis of the business applications and
suggested mitigation strategies for the same to establish internal controls design.
 Carried out SAP Segregation of Duties (SoD) reviews in the areas related to the SAP modules
‘Manually &SoD Tool like; Assure tool’ with remediation for the correction of noted deficiencies and
improvements in process as per industry best practices.
 Review activities across SAP modules to identify Business Risks and Configuration Level Risks that were
not addressed during implementation and suggested mitigation strategies for the same.
 Developed SOPs and related documentation for several organizations.
 Lead role in project execution and management with maintaining primary contact with key client’s
satisfaction and quality delivery

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Symbiosis Cneter of Distance Learning
  • August 2012
Bachelor's degree, Business Management
  • at Gaya College
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

SAP Consulting
SAP Business analyst
Financial Accounting
SAP Audit
MS Office
SAP Financials
External Audit
IT audit
Internal audit

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

SAP
  • SAP Financial Consultant
  • March 2014
ISACA
  • Member
  • December 2019

Training and Certifications

CISA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
SAP Financial (Certificate)
Valid Until:
January 9999