Fareeba Amiri

• Reporting functionally to the Audit Committee and administratively to the CEO.
• Primary role involves heading the Internal Audit Department, responsible for
solely managing engagement lifecycle related to risk based internal audits
between 2009 - 2014.
• Reporting quarterly on operational, compliance and financial audits with
recommendations for improvement in line with internal policy or best practices
(IIA standards, COSO, COBIT)
• Key responsibilities include developing risk-based 3-year/annual audit plan
covering strategic, financial, compliance, operational risks
• Key role also involves managing the outsourced Internal Audit Team and
Performance Audit team and liaising with management.
• Compiled customized Request for Proposals on bids for Performance Audit and
Outsourced Internal Audit Services, and compiling technical and financial
evaluation results to the Bahrain Tender Board.
• Presented a comprehensive report to the Audit Committee on the technical
evaluation results, and compiled two reports to the Tender Board on the detailed
technical evaluation for approval.
• Conducting implementation review on prior internal audits, external audits and
regulatory audits (National Audit Office)
• Arranging Audit Committee Awareness Sessions for the Audit Committee
members
• Conducting education and awareness session to senior and middle management
on Internal Audit process and the role of the outsourced internal audit team to
ease cooperation and understanding
• Introduced an automated documentation system for Internal Audit - The IA Portal
(Protiviti Governamce Portal) for audit documentation and followed-up.
• Proposed an Internal Audit Structure for the Audit Committee and Board
approval, based on IIA best practices using IIA research papers and relevant
literature.

Reporting to Chief Internal Auditor, providing assisting in the preparation of the Annual Audit Plan and Quarterly Internal Audit Reports to the Audit Committee, conducting operational audits, Financial and IT (in accordance with IIA Professional Practices Framework IPPF/COBIT control framework
• Conducting special investigations
• Coaching and supervising internal auditors, including proof reading their work
• Leading and conducting technical audits e.g. Revenue Assurance Audit, Postpaid Mobile Network, Operation and Maintenance, Wholesale/Roaming, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Access Transmission Network, Y2K Readiness/Compliance
• Documenting work done and generating reports using TEAMMATE™ internal audit software
• Utilizing ACL™ audit software for audit sampling, inquiry, analysis and statistics
• Using different Applications (TBMS, CRM, SAP Oracle) for audit inquiry and verification
• Conducting audits of Batelco’s Joint Ventures in Jordan (Umniah) and Kuwait (Quality NET)
• Benchmarking exercise done for Internal Audit (Malaysia, Singapore and India (Telekom Malaysia, AirTel - India, and SingTel - Singapore) and prepared and presented our results to the Audit Committee
• Proof-reading of all internal reports and summary reports prior to submission to the Audit Committee

• Involved in audit planning and audit execution (systems review, substantive
testing, documentation)
• Audit of banking products - conventional and Islamic Banking
• Conducted a special assignment for the Bahrain Monetary Agency (now CBB),
verifying the internal control system for a bank in Bahrain
• Conducted a special assignment for a client: a market demand survey, involved in
direct interviews with 100 consumers in different industry sectors
(manufacturing, retail, government) in Bahrain;
• Provided assistance to Senior Manager on advisory services to overseas clients
interested in setting up businesses in Bahrain or other Middle Eastern countries,
providing them information on income taxation rules
• Clients included conventional banks (offshore banks), Islamic banks (commercial,
leasing, and offshore banks), money brokers, construction companies, 5-star
hotels, sport clubs and associations, airline services, airline maintenance, car
rentals, public relations and advertising, manufacturing, shipping, merchandise
companies (wholesale and retail).