Zaheer Abbas, Manager internal audit

Zaheer Abbas

Manager internal audit

Meraas holding

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Doctorate, Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Financial Management, Economics and Finance etc
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

Manager internal audit at Meraas holding
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2014

Manager internal audit- handling all audit tasks from planning till reporting

Group Senior Internal Auditor at Majid Al Futtaim, UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2012 to September 2014

I am a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and certified fraud Examiner. and worked as group Senior Internal Auditor in MAF internal audit UAE. Leading the team in conducting internal audits of MAF Hypermarkets "Carrefour" in more than 20- countries.
Moreover i was also involved in internal audits of other MAF group companies including MAF Properties, MAF ventures.

Audit Supervisor/executive at Puthran Chartered Accountants
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2011 to May 2012

I worked as an audit supervisor/executive and was responsible for leading the external audit teams in conducting audits of various industries including trading, manufacturing, services, Jewelry, Textile, real estate, Shipping etc.

Supervisory Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers-PwC
  • Other
  • May 2006 to December 2010

I am a qualified chartered accountant (CA) from the institute of chartered Accountant of Pakistan (ICAP) and have 5 years of experience in the audit, assurance and advisory departments of pricewaterhouse coopers.

Education

Doctorate, Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Financial Management, Economics and Finance etc
  • at institute of Chartered accountants of Pakistan (ICAP Membership # 7191)
  • December 2012

I have 5-years professional experience of working in the audit,tax,advisory and management consultancy departments of the Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC). Moreover i have exposure of working in the internal audit department of a reputable group of Companies named "Majid Al Futtaim , UAE.

Specialties & Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

The institute of Internal auditing-IAA
  • Associate Member
  • December 2010
The institute of Financial consultants-IFC
  • Associate member
  • September 2010
Institute of Public Finance Accountants, Pakistan
  • APFA
  • November 2012
Pakistan Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • CPA
  • May 2012
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Of Pakistan (ICAP)
  • Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)
  • February 2013

Training and Certifications

Certified Internal Control Auditors-USA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
May 2013
Presenation skills training certificate (PSTC) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2005
Valid Until:
April 2005

Hobbies

  • reading historical books, table tennis, badminton, squash
    I have been awarded as best player of the tabble tennis during my college studies.