Group Internal Audit Manager
Tamer Group, Saudi Arabia
Total des années d'expérience :20 years, 1 Mois
Working as Group Internal Audit Manager at Tamer Group, one of the leading FMCG trading group involved in healthcare products and consumer goods with facilities and resources across the Kingdom.
My responsibilities include,
• Develop a Group annual audit plan using input from the individual audit team and stakeholders to identify priorities and resource requirements for the year, covering all Group activities.
• Schedule and assign audits to the Audit Group members, ensuring effective and efficient use of resources.
• Ensure quality control of the Group team’s audit plans on an ongoing basis by reviewing plans
• Evaluate and make conclusion on adequacy of internal control system.
• Finalize recommendations that incorporate corrective, detective, and preventive measures to address risks;
• Discuss observations and recommendations with appropriate level of management to assure agreement;
• Plan and assigned audit follow-up work for the group
• Support and encourage team members to be proactive in identifying opportunities to share best practice to improve the control environment
• Preparation and updating of risk register based on risk assessment
• Review of policies and procedures;
• Assignment and supervision of staff deputed on investigations
• Develop policies and programs that encourage managers and employees to report suspected fraud and other improprieties without fear of retaliation
• Review of due diligence documents
• Manage the head count, recruiting and deploying resources as required, to ensure the department’s budget is balanced and the right mix of skills and strengths are being leveraged as effectively as possible
• Ability to think laterally across diverse business processes;
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team;
• Planning and conducting internal audit engagements.
• Inspect overall internal control processes to determine compliance with laws and regulations, company policies and procedures.
• Prepare written audit report provided to client and senior management that incorporates the individual audit comments and summarizes the scope, significant issues, and recommendations.
• Determine the overall audit opinion on the internal control systems for the auditee based on the audit findings.
• Review and edit written audit report addressed to client and senior management to ensure content accuracy.
• Supervising multiple audit assignments and acting as in charge auditor briefing and leading the team to meet the deadlines.
• Conducting workshops/training sessions for the audit staff as and when required.
• Maintain contact with management of the audit client and take part in opening and closing meeting.
• Supervision and direction of audit engagements and team management.
• Ensuring appropriate planning, execution, and reporting on audit assignments in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and preparing financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Testing compliance with prevailing laws and regulations and internal control procedures of various entities and reporting thereon.
• Testing of the clients’ systems of accounting and internal controls and highlighting deficiencies.
• Promoting firm’s audit philosophy (Case ware) among the clients leading to build a harmonized audit environment.