HEAD OF INTERNAL AUDIT QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Banque Saudi Fransi
Total years of experience :12 years, 3 Months
Created innovative strategies to comply with mandatory guidance of IPPF issued by IIA and bank’s policies and procedures. Update IA’s manual / framework, charter, audit committee’s charter, and operational templates to meet stated objectives and instill a productive change. Spearhead the end-to-end management of internal/ external Quality Assessment reviews. Led the preparation and submission of multiple annual reports, including Internal Controls Review (ICR) and Compliance with BASIL Committee principals.
Key Achievements:
▪︎ Led the full life cycle management of gap analysis for IA Manual/ Framework with regulators’ requirements, such as SAMA, CMA, and IIA Standards.
▪︎ Drove functional maturity assessment in coordination with Gartner, Benchmarking Report, and IIA (AIS- AEC) as well as orchestrated an impactful action plan.
▪︎ Steered several facets of HR management for IA, such as training and development of employees to achieve performance excellence, created standardized assessments to evaluate candidates’ skills & knowledge, enhanced the IA’s employee KPIs, worked on root-cause analysis and recommended action plans to overcome highlighted negative key drivers mentioned in the annual report of IA’s customer satisfaction report.
▪︎ Updated and maintained wide range of templates, including minimum/ mandatory requirements as prescribed by the regulators and value-added requirements.
▪︎ Gained understanding of agile auditing, working from home, remote auditing, staff monitoring, and employees’ sociological effects as well as presented insights to CAE for tackling the challenges of COVI-19.
Monitored performance of IA department on regular basis, identified bottlenecks, and instituted results-driven plans to ensure stringent adherence with bank’s policies, procedures, regulators’ requirements and mandatory guidance of the IPPF issued by The IIA. Designed and implemented risk-based and systematic approach to ensure smooth execution of internal audit functions. Participated in audit committee meetings and delivered key insights to facilitate informed decision making. Maintained consistent coordination with external auditors/ consultants to address evolving issues and drive enterprise-wide innovation.
Key Achievements:
▪︎ Re-established the Quality Assurance and Reporting department within the Internal Audit Group through providing inspirational leadership in all operational and administrative aspects.
▪︎ Assessed in the creation of audit universe risk assessment in-line with approved criteria of audit manual, In addition to the preparation of the departmental annual budgeting, and manpower allocation.
▪︎ Developed robust departmental operational plan, communication protocol and standard templates, such as audit planning memorandums (APM), standard audit programs (SAP), walkthrough and process understanding.
▪︎ Executed comprehensive quality assessment for the Internal Audit Department of Al-Rajhi Malaysia (Al- Rajhi Bank Subsidiary).
▪︎ Supervised and mentored teams, assessed performance e.g. key performance indicators (KPIs), evaluated training needs, and executed impactful plans to optimize productivity and efficiency.
Executed multiple audit engagements, (such as Internal Controls, Derivatives, Compliance & AML, Treasury Operation, Loan Agency, Retail Banking, Human Resources, Administration & Security and GIB Capital), while finalizing deliverables within predefined time, scope, and budget constraints. Functioned in close collaboration with cross-functional departments to discuss audit requirements, issues, recommended corrective actions and respective target dates. Analyzed UAT scenarios, policies, procedures, manuals, process flow maps as submitted by business entities.
Key Achievement:
▪︎ Played an instrumental role in the launch of Meem Bank - GIB retail arm, as part of the Internal Audit team assigned to review all policies and procedures upon final release.
Coordinated and streamlined day-to-day functions of IA function, including conducting audit reviews on retail branches and the operations within the Retail Banking department. Drafted and distributed detailed audit reports while ensuring maximum data accuracy. Performed in-depth analysis of manuals and procedures to identify and highlight control weaknesses. Optimized performance of audit department through implementing results-driven process improvements.
Key Achievement:
▪︎ Got job-promoted twice, hence, administrated the Branches Audit System and assigned as a key contact for designing the templates (e.g. joining tables from different databases), extracting the pre-audit standard reports and perform respective analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing • Cumulative GPA 2.2 or more out of 4.