Ali Fakih, Assistant manager

Ali Fakih

Assistant manager

Ernst and Young

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
Experience
11 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 8 Months

Assistant manager at Ernst and Young
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2017

Senior 1 to Assistant Manager
• Overseeing a portfolio of clients in the construction, hospitality and consumer products industry
• Leading a team of three at the year-end audit of an Investment Group that has over SR1 billion in assets under management
• Preparing group reporting instructions and ensuring timely audit deliverables for group reporting across 4 countries
• Supervised a team of three to conduct interim reviews of a Listed Company in accordance with IAS 34
• Served as a liaison between partners and finance team for successfully securing 3 proposals
• Audited multinational clients in the consumer goods, aviation and construction industry in their inaugural transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Performed agreed upon procedures for issuance of limited review report under International Standards on Auditing (ISA)
• Implemented early adoption of data analytics tools and robotics at various clients to reduce average audit duration by 11 percent

Executive at S.R.Batliboi & Associates
  • India
  • March 2015 to April 2016

• Audited financial statements for a telecom company, a naval defense company with $200M in revenue, and a technological solutions provider with operations in over 80 countries
• Led a team of three at Vodafone Group Companies to audit the complex transfer pricing agreements amongst the entities
• Performed substantive and analytical procedures on revenue, receivables and fixed assets of over $11 million
• Conducted research and analysis to unlock more detailed insights for senior management by examining data on trends across utilization, fee structure and allocation

intern at DPH & Co
  • India - Mumbai
  • February 2011 to February 2014

• Learnt and implemented the risk-based audit methodology across clients in the retail, manufacturing and software sector
• Reduced the time spent at inventory count procedures in FY12 by utilizing prior ERP tools available to the firm
• Tested the internal controls system and process maps to understand and rectify potential weaknesses in controls systems

Education

Master's degree, Chartered Accountant
  • at ICAI
  • November 2014
Bachelor's degree, Accounts
  • at H.R. College
  • March 2012

Specialties & Skills

Finance
Accountancy
Auditing
ACCOUNTANCY
PRICING
REPORTS
SECURITIES
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
TAX PLANNING
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE
DRAFTING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

diploma in ifrs (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016

Hobbies

  • Watching football, Gymming and Swimming