Senior Manager-Risk Management & Internal Audit
GEMS Education
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :20 years, 8 أشهر
Senior Manager- Risk Management & Internal Audit
GEMS Education, Dubai
GEMS Education is a Dubai based education solutions provider Group with presence in the Middle East, Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. The core business of GEMS Group is running of Schools for various international curriculum and caters to various income groups through its school segments with a student strength of over 150, 000 world-wide.
• Heading the Risk Management & Internal Audit Operations for Middle East and Asia;
• Spearheading the laying of foundation policies, processes, governance model, control procedures and risk assessment & evaluation across various Entities’ operations.
• Formalising strategies for having a robust and effective model aiding to the achievement of business & growth plans.
• Developing a Risk Evaluation & Controls Matrix on Enterprise Risk Management platform at the Entity and core Function level.
• Managing, guiding and directing the team members involved in carrying out of audit & risk management activities across various locations.
• Representing to Audit Committees. Ensuring that key risks & control aspects, financial & operational challenges, other key issues are duly addressed and resolutions agreed upon.
• Ensuring optimal utilization of automation tools, online audit facilities, online conferencing, etc.
• Reporting to Audit Committee & Board of Directors for Middle East & Asia Regions and to Global Audit Director for Global Operations.
• Managing a team of 15 professionals comprising of experienced professionals, across various Offices.
• Key achievements include the framing, development and implementation of foundation documents including Risk & Controls Matrix, Key Authority Documents, Standard Operating Procedures, Guidelines, Charters and the like
Senior Vice President, Financial Planning, Accounting & Reporting M/s SopraSteria, France- Off-shore Delivery Unit (Europe)-Delhi NCR, August 2004-September 2014
M/s SopraSteria is a France based MNC providing IT & Non-IT business solutions to its clients spread across Europe through its delivery centres in Europe and India.
In my role as Head of Finance Delivery Unit based in Delhi NCR, following were my key roles & responsibilities:
• Responsible for leading a team of 125+ members comprising of Chartered/Cost Accountants, MBAs, other Subject Matter Experts;
• Managing the end to end off-shored Accounting & Reporting function, reporting directly to the Operations Board-UK/ Executive Board-India;
• Responsible for planning & implementing transition strategies, identifying potential opportunities;
• Responsible for evaluating & strengthening of the Internal Controls & Risk Assessment measures across the Off-shore finance function as an owner and stakeholder.
• Development of management reporting model to ensure timely, accurate, precise, reliable and robust data is presented to the key stakeholders.
• Responsible for evaluating the financial feasibility, projected cash flow/fund flow to monitor the inflow of funds and ensured optimum utilization of available fund in line with corporate goals; effectively improving the working capital cycle.
>> November 1995-July 2004: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Created in late 1990s with the merger of 2 international consultancy giants viz. PriceWaterhouse and Coopers&Lybrand, PwC is a well known "Big 4" Consultancy and Assurance Services organization with presence around the globe. It is sought after for its significant advancement in providing assurance to its clients not just for the reliability and integrity of its outputs, but also for the intelligence and innovative thinking that goes into it. While PwC identifies and makes the best use of its given resources, it automatically leads to an overall development of the people working for it. In today's date, PwC has made its presence felt in all spheres of economic growth and development, from audits to business advisory, to transaction processing, government consultancies, heavy investment advisories, project evaluations to entertainment.
Deputy Manager
As a Deputy Manager with the Assurance & Business Advisory services of PwC, my key responsibilities included:
* Managing clients from an audit perspective
* Creating a relationship that is healthy but on arms length, inculcating the key practices of the firm upon the audits, audit team members and the auditees.
* Managing individual audit assignments complete from planning stage to sign off. The focus in audits was more towards evaluation of internal controls, management's approach and the reliability of the base data.
* Continous training and development of the team members
* Increasing firm's revenues through identifying newer opportunities within the existing clients and developing new client relationships.
* Carrying out Training courses for all technical employees of the Company at country level for various technical aspects like Accounting Standards, Company Law matters, Corporate Governance issues, ICAI guidelines, new audit techniques and approach, etc.
The delivery at this level invariably requires stepping into the shoes of the Partner and evaluating the outputs and its various implications before getting a sign off, liaisoning with the client's top management, Board members, making presentations, educating the client about new concepts, standards, practices, regulations and the like. However, the key responsibility is to minimize the audit risk.
Specialisation in Costing, Analysis
Specialisation in Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Law, Business Management, Costing
* B.Com (Hons.), Delhi University, 1991
