Cynthia Meghames, Manager - Audit and Assurance services

Cynthia Meghames

Manager - Audit and Assurance services

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Location
France - Meudon
Education
Diploma, Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Experience
17 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 7 Months

Manager - Audit and Assurance services at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since October 2006

- Audited financial statements of companies in Lebanon.
- Prepared full sets of financial statements in compliance with IFRS.
- Worked on group entities and consolidation of financial statements.
- Prepared reports to management with recommendations on addressing internal control weaknesses identified during the audit.
- Acquired general and specific (Accounting & Finance) knowledge of various industries including trading, retail, oil and gas, not-for-profit, financial institutions and other.
- Acted as team manager (planned, supervised and took the function of key customer contact) on audit engagements
- Acted as senior in charge of various audit engagements
- Developed an understanding of the main business processes and internal control structure of assigned clients.
- Reviewed the work of less experienced team members and provided periodic feedback.
- Completed audit assignments in compliance with ISA while also applying the PwC audit methodology.
- Coordinated and delivered trainings.

Assistant Manager - Risk assurance services at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2012 to March 2014

- Acted as a financial controller and worked on development and implementation of new policies and procedures for a leading hospital in Lebanon.
- Performed consulting services to major organizations.
- Performed internal audit risk assessment.

Education

Diploma, Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • at AICPA
  • November 2008
Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at Universite Saint Joseph
  • June 2006

Had an average of 14.5/20.

Specialties & Skills

Recommendations
Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio).

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

AICPA
  • -
  • November 2010

Training and Certifications

Go Audit 1 & 2, Team manager 1, 2 & 3, Moving Forward, and IFRS trainings (Training)
Training Institute:
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Date Attended:
October 2006

Hobbies

  • Art, painting, reading, listening to music and travelling.