Faisal Javed Saroya, Assistant Manager

Faisal Javed Saroya

Assistant Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Location
United States - California
Education
Master's degree, Commerce
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Assistant Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • United States - California
  • My current job since March 2017

Currently working as Assistant Manager and reportable to the Manager, Senior Managers, Director and Engagement Partner with responsibilities including as follows:

 Effective planning and co-ordination of assignments to meet stringent deadlines including the supervision, training and motivation of team members;
 Ensuring compliance with the requirements of Auditing Standards for audit engagements;
 Assisting clients in preparation of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)/US GAAP;
 Objectively examine, evaluate and report on the adequacy and implementation of internal control as a contribution to the economic and effective use of resources, and bringing a systematic approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes; and
 Meetings with Client's senior management and apprising them about signs of major non-compliance and identifying areas that do not conform to policies and guidelines.

Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • April 2007 to March 2017

Worked in the multicultural and proficient environment of Deloitte & Touche (ME.) as Audit Manager and applying the latest audit practices and methodology. I am involved in various assignments relating to audit and assurance, and reportable to the Senior Managers, Director and Engagement Partner and my major tasks include:

 Prepare budget, timetable for the deliverables and select team for each engagement and planning the audit assignments;
 Execution of engagement and time to time communication with the client and respective engagement senior manager and partner;
 Delegation of audit work to staff members according to level of their knowledge and experience, supervising them to ensure timely and effective completion of the job and review of their work;
 Review and evaluation of internal controls significant to the business processes and their compliance;
 Access the issues raised during the engagement and its likely impact on the audit opinion and respectively draft an opinion in accordance with International Standards on Auditing for the review of engagement senior manager and partner;
 Collect evidence in performance of audits according to International Standards on Auditing and review the compliance with statutory regulations;
 Preparing and reviewing the deliverables including consolidated and standalone financial statements in accordance with IFRS and local laws;
 Preparation of management letter, identifying control weakness, potential changes in organization’s accounting system, its implications and recommendations; cover letter to the board of director.

Senior Auditor at BDO International
  • Bahrain
  • July 2006 to March 2007

As Senior Auditor I was involved in various assignments relating to audit and assurance, and reportable to the Managers, Director and Engagement partner.

Overall planning of dedicated audits, initial meetings with clients to understand the expectations and designing audit strategies after assessing the audit risk associated with the client;
Review of audit work in light of technical standards, generally accepted accounting practices, accounting and
auditing standards and other relevant rules and regulations;
Monitoring the timely preparation of all deliverables to the client that include financial statements,
Management letters (highlighting control weaknesses and recommendation).
Ensuring quality of service to the clients and assuring their satisfaction to the services provided;

Education

Master's degree, Commerce
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants–UK (ACCA)
  • August 2005
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at University of the Punjab
  • February 1999

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Excel
External Audit
Internal Audit
MS Word
Financial Reporting
MS Excel
MS Power Point

Languages

English
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Urdu
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Punjabi
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