Senior Internal Auditor - North Africa Region
Nestlé
Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months
• Plan, organize and carry out the internal audit function including the preparation of an audit plan which fulfills the responsibility of the department, scheduling and assigning work and estimating resource needs.
• Led audit team to perform audit mandates over audit unites in Nestlé North Africa region.
• Work with management to ensure a system is in place which ensures that all major risks are identified and analyzed.
• Coordinate coverage with the external auditors and ensure that each party is not only aware of the other's work but also well briefed on areas of concern.
• Make recommendations on the systems and procedures being reviewed, report on the findings and recommendations and monitor management's response and implementation.
• Conduct any reviews or tasks requested by management, chief executive or finance director, provided such reviews and tasks do not compromise the independence or objectivity of the internal audit function.
• Identify control and process weaknesses, document main control points and provide evidential support for report recommendations.
• Prepare recommendations for all levels of management, considering materiality, pertinence and documentary evidence.
• Present to area management the results, recommendations and conclusions of audit reviews.
• Maintain respectful and effective communications and relationships with management and staff of areas under review.
• Auditing a diverse portfolio of private listed corporations involved in Oil and Gas upstream and midstream, energy, utilities and industrial products.
• Designed audit plan, prepared audit reports and F/S disclosures under ISA.
• Directed daily field work and supervised engagement status.
• Took responsibility, maintained good communication and teamwork.
• Performed day-to-day audit works, include the audit planning, control testing, substantive works, supervision of junior staff, reporting and completion.
• Responsible for developing the engagement approach which included qualitative and quantitative analysis, and evaluation of industry and business risk.
• Communicated and reported findings to audit managers, and clients’ management.
• Lead and Coach an Audit engagement team and reviewing working papers of less experienced team members in order to deliver a quality audit.
• Internal Audit Experience;
- Seconded for 6 months assignment at the Internal Control & Cost Recovery Department in BP (British Petroleum).
Main Responsibilities:
• Auditing and reviewing accounts and records maintained by the operating partner (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi ENI) for
BP that are related to the shared concessions between the partners and issuing report (partner and joint venture audit report) regarding the expenditures for the exceptions raised during the audit period.
• The audit objective was to review the expenditures charged to the joint account to verify the reasonableness, relevance,
compliance, accuracy of the expenditures and sufficiency of the supporting documentation in accordance with the joint operating agreement.
• Acting as a team member with audit teams performing Assurance & Attestation Services.
• Worked on several audit engagements for Industrial Sector companies.
• Developing a work plan or approach, to test various financial areas of the financial statements.
Trainee for 2 months at OMV Exploration and Production - Finance Department.
Trainee at Piraeus Bank - Operations Department and Customer Service Department.
Part-qualified Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with Colorado Board of Accountancy