Ali Abu Mailesh CPA CMA CIA, Audit Department

Ali Abu Mailesh CPA CMA CIA

Audit Department

Umniah

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Certified Management Accountant
Experience
25 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 8 Months

Audit Department at Umniah
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since September 2010

Internal Audit Director: Umniah Mobile Company- Jordan
- Establish the department objective, develop the Strategic and annual risk-based audit plan and establish performance measures to indicate the progress to achieve the plan, and provide required modification were needed throughout the year to maintaining continuous process improvement.
- Work on project teams to execute the plan, as well as focused on financial and management advisory projects by assisting management to successfully complete its objectives, including area such as due diligence, consultancy, agreed upon procedure, system analysis. And issue and communicate the required reporting.
- Responsible for developing hypotheses, analysis framework, and providing recommendations and document all factual supporting result for the engagement.
- Communicate the result of work for different audience.
- Providing added value to the business by identifying opportunities to improve, mitigate and drive positive change in governance, risk management (including : legal & regulator, financial and organization risk), and internal controls.
- Complete performance appraisals and development plans for direct reports during the annual and interim performance evaluation process.
- Establish Quality Assurance and Improvement Program and facilitate internal and external quality assessments through needed documentation.
- Apply analytical review to the Financial and non-financial data and observe/investigate irregularities .
- Analysis of accounting transactions including revenue cycle, expense cycle, etc

Financial Accounting Manager at Vtel Holding
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2008 to September 2010

- Oversees and monitors daily operations related to the Accounting function.
- Produce the periodic Consolidated Financial Statement of the group and its subsidiaries, (yearly, quarterly and monthly).
- Using the IFRS in preparing the financial statement.
- Present the financial results to the management and executive committees.
- Produce the consolidate budget and projected forecaster for the group and its subsidiaries, evaluate the operations in the assumption.
- Liaise with other external parties for all companies including external auditor and consultants.
- Monitors tax and ensures its compliance with related tax laws and legislations.
- Participate in the due diligence for acquisition.
- Assist in company cash management process and treasury function and liaise with the banks.
- Managing and develop the direct reporting team of financial and management accounting professionals.
- Visit the operation regular in the Middleast and Africa
- Recommends adequate systems of internal control to ensure accuracy and adequacy of accounting records and documentations.

Manager at Tala Abu-Ghazhaleh International
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2007 to April 2008

To lead the internal audit function in Tala abu-Ghazeleh group of companies.

Supervisor at KPMG / Moore Stephens International represented by - Al nisf & partner
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2004 to September 2007

• We are a professional company offers a wide range of professional services included Audit, Tax and advisory. I joined the advisory team, where my role was to assist management and directors with their internal audit functions including:
- Strengthened governance, reporting, and internal controls to build stakeholder trust.
- Identification and assessment of risk and control issues that affect performance
- Improved efficiency and effectiveness of key business processes
- Informed, effective responses to existing and proposed regulatory
• Major client in my portfolio was MTC Group (now is Zain) located in Kuwait, it is a leader company in the telecommunication industry, it owned and operates mobile networks in several countries in the Middles East (Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Bahrain and Iraq) and Africa.
• I was there in the Internal Audit Department as full outsourced Internal Auditor. Our internal audit team was responsible to provide Zain with the advisory and consultant services that cover all Zain operations in all countries where it operates.
• During my working with Zain I have assessed and execute most of the telecom critical processes such as Revenue Assurance, Credit Control, Sales, VAS, Finance, Customer care, and others.

Credit analyst, auditor at Arab Bank Group/ International Islamic Arab Bank
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 1999 to September 2004

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Sr at Islamic International Arab Bank
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 1999 to September 2004
Auditor at TAGI
  • Oman - Muscat
  • October 1998 to September 1999

Grant Thornton as Associate with Tala AbuGhazaleh Org, Muscat, Oman
Auditor,
- Grant Thornton was an associate with Talal AbuGhazaleh International (TAGI)
- Roles include assist in planning and scope of the external audits engagements for the clients. This included the study of the nature of activities that are taking place within the clients' premises, legal requirements by laws, and International audit standards. Executing external auditing for the company clients based on the on International Accounting Standards, and International auditing standard.

Auditor at Grant Thornton as Associate with Tala AbuGhazaleh Org
  • Oman - Muscat
  • September 1998 to September 1999

- Grant Thornton was an associate with Talal AbuGhazaleh International (TAGI)
- Roles include assist in planning and scope of the external audits engagements for the clients. This included the study of the nature of activities that are taking place within the clients' premises, legal requirements by laws, and International audit standards. Executing external auditing for the company clients based on the on International Accounting Standards, and International auditing standard.


· Determination of Scope of External Audits for the TAG Group Clients. This include the study of the nature of activities that are taking place within the clients' premises, legal requirements and by laws, and international audit standards. · Executing External Auditing for the TAG Group Clients. These activities included the preparation of Interim Audits and End-Of-Year Financial Statements and Audits. These audits were based on the Substantive Tests for clients and International Accounting Standards, and international auditing standard.· Analysis of the financial position of the TAG Group Clients, applying Comparative and Identification Financial Statement based on sound financial performance.

Education

Master's degree, Certified Management Accountant
  • at CMA Certified Management Accountant
  • May 2017
Master's degree, Master of Business Adminstration - Accounting
  • at University of Jordan
  • September 2004
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Yarmouk University
  • September 1997
High school or equivalent, Scientific Stream
  • at Sarraj School
  • July 1994

Specialties & Skills

Internal Audit
Budgeting
Finance
Business Planning
Financials
Computer Microsoft Office (Ms word, Excel, Visio), Analytical skills, Oracle financial & ERP system
Financial Accounting
Consolidated financial statements
Management
Risk Management
Financial Modeling
leadership and decision making

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

The Institute of Internal Auditors - USA
  • CIA Certified Internal Auditor
  • November 2005
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • CFE / Certified Fraud Examiner
  • December 2007
Institute of Management Accountant
  • Active , preparing for the second of the CMA certificate expected completion Sep 2016
  • January 2015
AICPA
  • Member
  • March 2020

Training and Certifications

Certified Management Accountant (Certificate)
Certified Public Accountant (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
Certified Fraud Examiner (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2007
Certified Internal Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2005