Ahmed  Hussain, Senior Consultant

Ahmed Hussain

Senior Consultant

Baker Tilly

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, ACCA
Experience
7 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 4 Months

Senior Consultant at Baker Tilly
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2023

As a senior consultant at Baker Tilly, some of my recent responsibilities included :-

• Assisting in business development by independently developing presentations and proposals for prospective clients.

• Assisted in the development of policy and procedures for finance function of a freezone authority client. (DAFZA)

Assistant Manager Internal Audit at jubilee
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2021 to June 2023

Jubilee Life (JLICL) is a leading multi-national life insurance company, serving both individual and corporate customers. As an Internal Auditor at JLICL, some of my core responsibilities included :-

• Assisted in development of annual audit plan and independently developed audit programs / test plans prior to commencement of
audit engagements.

• Leading and executing complete risk-based audit cycles independently from planning to finalization of reports

• Managing and mentoring audit team staff in engagements where required.

• Conducting an in-depth analysis of the key risk areas and control frameworks to ensure appropriate controls are in place and
evaluate operational effectiveness of internal controls.

• Recommending appropriate strategies and improvements to increase effectiveness of controls & governance process.

• Preparing and reviewing audit deliverable such as reports, presentations, and executive summaries for board audit committee

• Conducting periodic follow-up audits to ensure timely implementation of management’s initiatives in implementing audit recommendations.

Supervising Consultant at Ey
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2017 to March 2021

As a consultant at Ernst & Young (EY), I was engaged in various challenging engagements that developed my skill set specific to risk advisory and auditing. I had diverse exposure to multi-national clients in Insurance, Banking, and Manufacturing sectors.

Some of my core roles and responsibilities while at EY were :-

- Assisted managers in business development by developing presentations and proposals for prospective clients.

- Lead audits and internal control assignment teams while keeping engagement leaders updated.

- Identifying key risk areas and process improvement by understanding the client’s core objectives, risks, control frameworks,
systems, and regulatory environments

- Developed audit and risk management strategies, test plans, and risk control matrices as per engagement needs.

- Executed test plans to identify control effectiveness and conducted gap analysis.

- Preparing audit working papers, documentation, reports, and deliverables for clients’ key stakeholders

- Engaged in internal development initiatives such as training, mentoring, and coaching of junior team members.

Key Engagements / Assignments :-

(1) Internal Audits / Internal Controls Review
(2) SOX 404 / ICFR Review / Validation
(3) Regulatory Compliance

External Audit Intern at Pwc - Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2016 to October 2016

Assisted PwC's audit team in control testing and documentation of working papers of a manufacturing sector client.

Education

Master's degree, ACCA
  • at ACCA
  • January 2018

ACCA - Association of Certified Chartered Accountants

Specialties & Skills

Report Writing
Compliance
Regulatory Risk
Internal Controls
Internal Audit
MANAGEMENT
INTERNAL CONTROLS
PLANNING
PRESENTATIONS
AUDIT WORKING PAPERS
FINALIZATION
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE
INNOVATION

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Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2021