raafat ben ahmed   , tax manager

raafat ben ahmed

tax manager

Heineken

Location
Tunisia
Education
Higher diploma, CFE
Experience
19 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months

tax manager at Heineken
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • My current job since January 2020

I am since January 2020 tax manager on freelance basis 80% of my time with SONOBRA GROUP Heineken subsidiary; scope of 6 companies: 3 manufactories companies: mineral water, soft drinks and beers plus three wholesales companies integrating the retail activities

- Managing tax claims for 6 companies, preparing the response for tax authorities and lawyers for court
- Preparing the tax strategy for optimisation according to the new tax acts as the legal fair value
- Setting the criteria to split the shared services between companies
- Preparing the document for transfer pricing for mother comanies in netherland
- Calcultate the effective tax rate according to IAS 12
- Calculate the uncertain tax position
- For each paiement prounounce on VAT and witholding tax for local paiement and for international paiement according to the international treaties
- Validate and calculate the tax computation based on power BI, Excel and access/vat, excise, duties, stamps WHT
- Validate the TAX on payroll and benefit

chartered accountant at QFI
  • Tunisia - Gabes
  • August 2016 to January 2020

External audit
bookkeeping
Tax review
internal audit assignment
fraud assignment

SENIOR INTERNAL AUDITOR at الجزيرة الشبكة الإعلامية
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2015 to March 2016

• Evaluating the documentation and existed processes and procedures.
• Assessing Risks Management.
• Providing assurance on risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Evaluating the controls and system configurations in SAP.
• Supervising the Internal Auditors Work and implementation for the audit plan.
• Management of assignment abroad with related companies

SENIOR INTERNAL AUDITOR at HSA GROUP
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2013 to February 2015

• Evaluating the documentation and existed processes and procedures.
• Assessing Risks Management.
• Providing assurance on risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Evaluating the controls and system configurations in SAP.
• Supervising the Internal Auditors Work and implementation for the audit plan.
• Fraud investigation
• It audit Via SAP system: Access right and Data Management storage

Finance+HR mabager at huber+suhner
  • Tunisia - Sousse
  • September 2011 to February 2012

• Managed the strategic issues related to start up activities.
• Prepare all the tax activities and calculations
• Manage all regulatory requirements with company lawyer
• Supporting the implementation of BAAN ERP system for finance module including the proposal of chart of account in respect with IFRS, Tunisian GAAP and Group Practices.
• Conducting monthly closing activities and reporting financials through COGINOS system.
• Follow up of production, logistics, finance quality and HR activities and indicators.
• Establish Budget, forecast, standard cost
• Analysis variances and monitoring business indicators
• Follow up Treasury,
• Relation with banks, external auditors

Finance manager at timab tunisia : french company
  • Tunisia
  • June 2007 to March 2011

• Follow up and monitoring the documentation for insurance and tax for new investments.
• Managing tax activities and financials
• Managing the cost of production via preparation of dashboards and highlighting the variances.
• Treasury management with KTP : Value date, fees, transfer to the holding for placement

AUDIT MANAGER at Ernst and young tunisia
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • September 2002 to December 2006

• Several audit assignements regarding fund capital, bank, leasing and industry companies.
• Managing legal & contractual audit engagements including and not limited to developing scope, approach and objectives, desiging detailed audit programs and coordinating the feild work.
• Conducting due diligence engagements.
• Tax reviw and risk assessment
• Draw manual procedures
• Draft technical tax memoranda on indirect and direct tax as well as international taxation issues for the clients
• Fraud investigation and management of internal audit for industrial public client
• Consolidation for several groups
• Lot of special assignment: IFRS Conversion, Consolidation: bank, industrial Group, change of functional currency of bookkeeping TND to USD or Euro with all accountancy and tax consequences

Education

Higher diploma, CFE
  • at ACFE
  • August 2016

Certified Fraud Examiner

Higher diploma, CIA
  • at Institute of internal auditors CIA
  • February 2016
Master's degree, accountancy
  • at ISCAE
  • November 2010

chartered accountant

Specialties & Skills

Auditing
Bookkeeping
Management Control
Mission
BAAN ERP
Office software
SAP Bone

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
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