General Manager of Internal Audit
The General Authority of Civil Aviation
Total des années d'expérience :15 years, 0 Mois
Functionally reporting to Audit Committee and administratively to HE GACA president. Responsible for the performance of the audit activities.
Establishment of GRC Function from scratch, developing Mission, Vision, Functional statement, structure and manpower. Setting primary responsibilities and interface with other related functions. Defining functional objectives and KPIs. In addition, responsible also on Corporate Quality department & business continuity.
Continue heading the GRCA Division to support company in reaching its objectives
Heading the GRCA division with functional reporting to Audit Committee and administratively to CEO. Responsible on Internal Audit and Corporate Governance including; Risk Management, Governance, Compliance and Export Control. Setting the objectives at division and department level, monitoring the progress and reporting the results in timely basis to CEO and Audit Committee.
Set the objectives of the Internal Audit Department
- Prepare strategic (three years) internal audit plan
- Manage Internal Audit Activities (Finance, Operation, IT)
- Review of work conducted by staff auditors
- Identify training need requirements for audit staff to ensure delivery of effective Internal Audit reports
- Report progress of work to Senior Management and Audit Committee
Establish the annual internal audit plan and present to audit committee for approval
- Prepare status report on Internal audit activities to senior management/ audit committee
- Manage staff auditors in order to achieve department objectives.
- Review and approve audit plans/programs/ reports done by staff auditors.
- Appraise audit work conducted by staff auditors to provide immediate feedbacks.
- Conduct Audits on high risk areas.
Prepare the annual audit plan based on defined risk criteria.
- Accountable on the delivery of annual audit plan.
- Manage staff auditors in order to achieve department objectives.
- Review and approve audit plans/programs/ reports done by staff auditors.
- Appraise audit work conducted by staff auditors to provide immediate feedbacks.
- Conduct Audits on high risk areas.
- Perform comprehensive audits on company's projects under various business units (Military, Telecom and
Energy).
- Conduct Investigations when requested by Management
- Performing awareness sessions on Ethical Conduct, Conflict of Interest and Anti-Fraud
Leading & supervising a team of internal auditors to conduct comprehensive audit work
Planning the upcoming audits by assessing risks associated to the auditable area, allocation of resources, time consuming and reporting date.
Reviewing audit findings and reports done by Internal audit team
Reporting audit results to Internal audit manager and VP for final approval.
Performing awareness sessions on ethical conduct and anti fraud to company's staff in timely basis
Executed internal audit assignments, carried out process mapping to understand the business, identified risks, prepared recommendations and summarizing key findings.
• Review operating data in order to increase its accuracy and reliability to assist departments in implementing procedures to safeguard the company’s resources.
Performed documentation of internal audit working papers, conducted audit field work, identified audit observations, implication and recommendations in addition to carrying out discussions with the process owners.
•Monitoring the major risk parameters in the company’s department such as Finance, HR, IT, Health Takaful department
-Monthly account reconciliation to identify errors and inconsistencies in the financial reports.
-Plan short and long term cash flows and assess financial performance
-Scheduling short and long term loans to make sure that the company is able to meet its obligations.
-Monitoring deposits and payments.
-Participated in preparing the final accounts of fiscal year 2006 / 2007.
-Participated in the inventory processes of Establishment’s warehouses for 2006/2007
I have awarded my Master degree with Merit The topic of my dissertation was "Comparative Analysis of Islamic and Conventional Banks in ten Middle Eastern countries". On this dissertation I have investigated and compared the performance of over 90 Islamic and conventional banks in ten Middle Eastern countries between 2002 and 2009, based on their profitability, soundness, effectiveness, prudence and economy.