Audit Director
BDO
Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months
Advising audit clients on the accounting treatment of complex business transactions;
Formation and mobilization of audit teams for audit engagements in my portfolio;
Determining audit approach through focusing on the clients’ business and revenue models;
Reviewing work performed by audit engagement teams and client prepared financial statements
Finalization of audits and attending final audit meetings with the clients for resolution of audit issues;
Working closely with the partners on office matters at wide level as well as technical matters;
Maintaining client relation and identifying business opportunities;
Counseling and staff coaching which includes conducting evaluations of staff performance at the end of assignments and providing feedback;
Identify and converting various revenue opportunities for other service lines using my contacts and business relationships;
Preparation of task based budgets, and subsequent use of these budgets to negotiate fee increases with key clients;
Also actively involved in providing IFRS/ISA trainings to clients and office staff.
Entrusted with the responsibility of conducting and supervising comprehensive financial audits and reviews, state compliance audits, and agreed-upon procedures of a portfolio of listed, high profile and medium sized clients.
Responsible for the preparation of audit strategy and business plans, setting budgets and pricing, scheduling audits, selecting staff and assigning workloads and financial reporting.
Involved in performing analytical procedures/analyses to detect unusual financial statement relationships,
as well as planning and conducting internal control and substantive testing.
Identifying, communicating accounting & auditing matters to partners/directors and resolving these issues with client’s operational & financial representatives.
Reviewing the standalone/consolidation working papers along with a complete set of financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS.
Maintaining day-to-day contact with the client management and contribute to a strong client relationship through interactions with client personnel.
Tasked with creating management letter comments, recommendations and drafting audit reports
Planning and managing engagements and people, reviewing work of the staff along with ensuring deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines.
Act as a team leader and be able to both develop and motivate all team members and provide them with technical expertise, counseling and career guidance.
Recognizing and communicating opportunities to sell "add-on" work to client and contribute to a positive team attitude.
Examining the financial statements of various companies that participated in its auditing and issuing its related audit reports.
Participating in examining accounting policies applied and systems in various companies including costing systems, inventory systems, receivables, etc.
Preparing the audit plans and audit programs and organizing the audit work.
Examining the efficiency of internal control system and determining the weakness points in management letters and discuss it with high-level management
My responsibilities entail engaging in the performance of both Audit and Transaction Services assignments, that each has its own duties as follows:
• Transaction Services: (Due Diligence, Proforma financials and Agreed upon procedures)
Setting-up the financial procedures of the proposed transaction within the scope of work, and participate in planning, performance of fieldwork and the report issuance stages.
Preparing useful financial analysis and ratios needed in the evaluation of companies and summarizing the evidence gathered to the key findings.
Assist clients, answer their key questions and focus on the issues.
Full value-focused reporting with the global reporting framework which is consistent with global branding.
• Audit Duties:
Participate as an in-charge team member in the performance of a wide variety of financial and operations audit including analytical review of financial statements, the evaluation of internal controls and performance of substantive testing
Participate as a team member in the performance of a wide variety of financial and operations audit including analytical review of financial statements, the evaluation of internal controls and performance of substantive testing.
Identifying risks to the business objectives, identifying key controls to manage these risks and evaluating the overall design of the control system
CPA License # 06498 – Active – New Hampshire Board of Accountancy
Ranked tenth.