head of internal audit
Dada Group
Total years of experience :19 years, 8 Months
o Preparing the risk-based audit plan and strategy and updating the Audit Charter and Audit Manual.
o Planning, assigning and monitoring the progress of work to ensure achieving the annual audit objectives.
o Evaluating business risks, identifying opportunities to enhance process effectiveness and improve efficiency and effectiveness of internal controls.
o Supervising the department activities to ensure the quality of performed work (in accordance with the Audit Manual and IIA Standards) and reviewing audit reports.
o Preparing and executing audit programs and reviewing working papers, audit reports, and other materials for presentation to the Audit Committee.
o Establishing an internal audit department from scratch. The department had 4 employees when I left the company.
o Developing a comprehensive risk-based audit plan to provide audit coverage for all the processes of the company including auditing the 25 branches all over the country.
o Supervising the day-to-day activities of the audit team and directing them to the best practices of the profession.
o Reviewing the existing policies and procedures and recommending feasible solutions to improve internal controls and business processes to ensure that the company’s resources are economically and effectively utilized and safeguarded.
o Preparing and executing audit programs and reviewing working papers, audit reports, and other materials for presentation to the Audit Committee.
o Making all the required lectures about the internal audit to other employees in the company in order to explain the importance of internal audit role to all the related parties.
o Executing internal audit department administrative functions.
Nest Investments (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate holding company of a group of subsidiaries, associates and affiliates operating in more than 22 countries. Group activities are mainly insurance, reinsurance, selected real estate developments and World Trade Center operations employing more than 700 staff. The group assets exceed US$1, 200M.
Responsibilities & Duties:
o Managing the internal audit departments in Jordan & Yemen directly. Audited companies are insurance & investment companies.
o Engaging in special investigations in group companies in Saudi Arabia & Algeria. Companies audited include investment & real estate companies and World Trade Centers.
o Coordinating with the internal auditors in Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Algeria and Libya.
o Helping the Group Internal Audit Manager in implementing the annual audit plan in the internal audit department in the Arab countries.
Insurance Commission is a regulatory governmental commission which was established 5 years ago to organize and develop the insurance sector in Jordan.
Responsibilities & Duties:
oReviewing and reporting on the accuracy, timeliness and relevance of the financial and other information that is provided for management.
oDeveloping the operations of the internal audit unit to make sure of the compatibility with local regulations and policies & benchmarking it using international standards.
oForming an "Internal Audit Manual" for the work of the internal audit unit in cooperation with Ernst & Young as consultants.
