chahira barnat, Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager

chahira barnat

Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager

osn

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, CPA
Experience
17 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months

Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager at osn
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2014

OSN (Orbit Showtime Network), Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager
Dubai - United Arab Emirates

OSN is a pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa that offers international television entertainment content such as movies, sporting events and various TV series, both locally produced and international.
As Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager, I am responsible for the preparation of the holding company (PMGL) and its subsidiaries’ statutory standalone financial statements under IFRS and local GAAP.
In this role, I am working closely with the Financial Reporting and Compliance Senior Manager/Director, Finance Director, Regional Finance Manager’s, Tax and Legal Departments.

Key responsibilities :

 Prepare the Group’s entities’ statutory standalone Financial Statements under IFRS or local
GAAP in accordance with local regulatory requirements
 Support the Regional Finance Managers to close the local statutory accounts under IFRS or
local GAAP
 Coordinate the Group’s entities’ statutory audits and ensure they are completed on time
 Keep abreast of changes and ensure compliance with IFRS, local GAAP, regulatory and
statutory reporting requirements
 Assist in updating and developing the Group’s Accounting Policies Manual
 Assist in improving the internal control processes
 Provide assistance in the review of the accounting aspects of complex transactions
 Any other finance related tasks as set out by the Financial Reporting & Compliance Director/Senior Manager.

Audit Manager - Energy Utilities Multimedia Information at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2011 to January 2014

Financial and internal Audit Manager - EUMI department (Energy Utilities Multimedia Information) in Kuala Lumpur Office, Malaysia. I just moved to Dubai.
Experience in Oil and gas, Telecommunication..

Audit Supervisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • October 2006 to February 2011

Audit supervisor- Oil and gas, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Hotels, Services

Education

Diploma, CPA
  • at IAE Lyon
  • December 2010

Specialties & Skills

Oil and Gas
Internal Audit
Business Acumen
Accounting
External Audit
Financial and internal Audit
US GAAP
ISA standards

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

ISA Updates (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
November 2013
Forensic Technology (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
September 2013
challenges of management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
March 2013
Corporate reporting updates (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2013
Valid Until:
October 2013

Hobbies

  • reading, seminars