Manager
Deloitte
Total years of experience :24 years, 5 Months
Area of Expertise
•Internal and Compliance Audit;
•Operational and Financial Policies and Procedures;
•SOX Readiness
•System Implementation
•Corporate Governance
•External Audit and SOX Attestation;
i. Internal, and Compliance Audit Assignments
Understanding the Entity Level and prioritizing the areas to be subject to internal audit in line with the Company’s strategy and risk appetite.
Understanding, documenting and reviewing business processes using system narratives and flowcharts.
Identifying gaps in the different process designs related to both manual and automated controls.
Setting up the Internal audit program
Testing the internal control and identifying weaknesses in operations.
Preparing the Internal Audit Report to include all the weaknesses noted their effect and the controls to be introduced in order to improve internal systems.
Discuss findings with the client key management personnel and Board of Directors.
Issuing the final internal audit report.
ii. Sarbanes Oxley Readiness & Policies and Procedures Assignments, with particular specialism in Petroleum and Industrial companies. This work covered:
Responsibility
Understanding and evaluating the sources of information and the client’s needs.
Documenting the client’s processes and procedures and determining the client risk appetite
Evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of controls and its importance (, i.e.: Low, Medium, High).
Identifying Risks related to design
Performing controls tests.
Reporting to the client’s management on internal control and systems weaknesses, recommending and implementing the appropriate improvements.
Drafting the Policies and Procedures in its final format. (ie:, flowcharts using Visio, risk register showing all specific and monitoring controls).
This work required project management in terms of personnel, financial budgets as well as collaborating with international experts (Italian, British, Canadian).
Understanding the Entity Level and prioritizing the areas to be subject to internal audit in line with the Company’s strategy and risk appetite.
Understanding, documenting and reviewing business processes using system narratives and flowcharts.
Identifying gaps in the different process designs related to both manual and automated controls.
Setting up the Internal audit program
Testing the internal control and identifying weaknesses in operations.
Preparing the Internal Audit Report to include all the weaknesses noted their effect and the controls to be introduced in order to improve internal systems.
Discuss findings with the client key management personnel and Board of Directors.
Issuing the final internal audit report.
in addition to:
In addition to the professional tasks performed in Internal audit:
Calculating Materiality
Adjusting the audit programs to cover all Identified Specific Risks per each
account balance through designing the appropriate procedures needed to
cover the said risks
Preparing financial statements with full disclosure in accordance with
International Accounting Standards, Egyptian Accounting Standards, US
GAAP, etc.