Director of Internal Audit department
Al Foah LLC
Total years of experience :21 years, 0 Months
leading the Internal Audit department for more than 5 years, adding value to the end user and providing consulting services to the department as needed.
leading team of one manager and 3 senior auditors.
Leading assurance staff, managing financial services engagements with main focus on assets management:
•Managing special audit assignments provided to sovereign wealth funds in the region,
•Leading assurance staff within the firm to ensure maximum utilization of the staff,
•Managing and leading special audit assignments mainly disputed agreements,
•Playing a key role in marketing assurance services, this has been achieved by proposal presentation, and IFRS training.
Planning, supervision, management and execution of audit engagements for investment companies, mutual funds (open ended and closed end funds) and hedge funds.
•Interacted with client senior management, supervised staff on daily basis, developed, and executed work-plans for financial statement audits.
•Prospectus/offering documents review in accordance with OSC regulations (closed end funds and conversion from closed end funds to mutual funds)
•Participated in firm’s sponsored activities (training courses, client presentation including audit committee presentation)
•Managed, coached and evaluated the performance of the audit teams.
•Reviewed financial statements and notes disclosures in accordance with IFRS, US GAAP or Canadian GAAP.
•Assessed clients’ internal control deficiencies and recommended efficient process of business transactions.
•Review the budgeting process and recommend improvement
•Identified, researched and responded to significant accounting issues.
•Delivered training courses (fund accounting, audit techniques, inventory counts and derivatives courses).
•Building strong relationship with client contact
Planning, supervision, management and execution of audit for banks, real estate, telecommunication and contracting clients.
•Planed and performed audit and prepared financial statements and notes disclosures in accordance with IFRS.
•Performed process mapping; evaluated internal controls design and tested effectiveness of design for various industry clients.
•Ensured that all team members especially the audit partner is informed about significant audit and accounting issues on a timely basis.
•Ensured that engagements are executed in accordance with the firm’s methodology, professional standards and regulatory requirement, on a timely basis, and within budget.
•Reviewed work of team members on a timely basis. And ensured that sufficient audit evidence is gathered and properly documented to support the audit opinion.
•Ensured all client deliverables are prepared on a timely basis to a high technical standard and presentational quality (including draft financial statements, management letters, and other client communications).
• Assisted with overall management of engagement pricing and budgeting.
courses: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)