Ahmed Said Mahmoud

IT Audit Tasks
• Assessing the embedded automated internal controls in the systems and recommending mitigative controls for the observed weaknesses.
• Participating in the implementation of new information systems by providing insights about the areas of risk to insure smooth transition and accurate data migration (Consulting engagement)
• Continuous periodic review for the configuration management of critical systems to assess the efectiveness of the automated internal controls.
• Identifying control deficiencies and system ineficiencies and suggesting recommendations to ensure the adequacy and efectiveness of internal controls, operations, and applications.
• Examining and evaluating financial data, and information systems, recommending controls to ensure systems reliability and data integrity, and confidentiality. Financial And Operational tasks
• Planning financial and operational audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope, objectives, and audit programs.
• Assessing risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance with organizations policies and procedures; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and ineficiencies and operational issues.
• Assessing compliance with international standards (Such as: JCI), financial regulations, and Internal policies and Procedures.
• Providing added value to the organization by performing consulting services in various areas, such as: HR, Procurement, and healthcare administration.
• Performed several fraud investigations as a consulting service requested by senior management. Managerial and administrative tasks
• Attending Audit Committees of Board of directors Meetings.
• Establish efective rapport with auditees by communicating audit progress, findings, and recommended course of actions, and following up its implementation.
• Drafting final audit reports in both English and Arabic languages.
• Completing audit work papers and memoranda and insure accurate documentation of audit tests, evidence, and audit findings.
• Guiding and supporting auditors, and colleagues to help in eficiently reaching the required level of work quality.
• Liaising with External consultants to perform various engagements.

• Implementing the financial module of the insurance system
• Supporting and troubleshooting the finance department system users.
• Providing training sessions to the accountants, and other users, to help them utilize the system eficiently.
• Insuring good reporting capabilities of the insurance system to company stake holders (management, employees, and external auditors)
• Administrating and applying system setup for the insurance system.
• Performing operational audit for the system to ensure compliance with regulations and business rules; and to enhance automated controls to mitigate insurance risks.
• Communicating and suggesting improvements to the financial system (Oracle Application).

• Performing technical tests to uncover defections and performing operational audits for the medical system and suggest recommendations.
• Client-facing engagement responsibilities. Serving as both trainer and assistant to the system users to insure proper usage of the medical system.
• Supporting, instructing the end users of the system (Physicians & medical transcriptionists)
• Insuring HIPAA compliance (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) with electronic audit trails, encryption and authentication in the system.
• Maintaining the infrastructures of the system (servers and deployments)