Internal Audit Manager
Kreston Awni Farsakh & Co
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :24 years, 11 أشهر
• Review and supervise the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations.
• Determine internal audit scope and develop annual plans.
• Manage performance of audit assignments, reviews workpapers and audit reports; edits reports prepared by other auditors.
• Present reports that reflect audit’s results and document process.
• Perform interviews/walkthroughs.
• Collaborate with internal teams to determine root cause of issues
• Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement.
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings.
• Maintain open communication with management and audit committee.
• Review follow up audits to monitor management’s interventions.
• Engage to continuous knowledge development regarding sector’s rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards.
• Train new staff, as needed.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of the project
• Ensure that all tasks and milestones are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Monitor and track progress as per project plan
• Coordinate between all involved departments and their personnel and unique processes from one end and the Oracle Fusion ERP system implementation from the other end
• Ensure that Oracle Fusion ERP system incorporates all related processes related to HR, Accounting/Finance, Supply Chain, Projects, etc. and cover where those processes overlaps and how those different departments would communicate and interact via the new ERP system including approval cycles and authority matrices
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Supervise UAT and training sessions to the staff and other required stakeholders to make sure they are successful
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
• Delegate project tasks based on staff members’ individual strengths, skill sets and experience levels
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
• Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document project progress
• Business Development, exploring opportunities and new ventures for the company, and acquiring and maintaining business relations.
• Prepare and conduct Feasibility Studies, Business Planning, Business Valuation, Budgeting & Forecasting, Market Research, Financial Analysis, Islamic Finance, Spin-offs, Organization Re-engineering, etc. for our clients from various industries.
• Hands on and supervising of preparation and auditing of financial statements for our clients from various industries.
• Companies formation
• Developing new start-ups
• Conduct and review and supervise external and internal audit work for various clients in several industries.
• Recruit and hire potential employees for clients. Also, train and develop their staff.
• Control costs and provide support and services to clients
• Keen involvement in the development of business strategies
• Scouting for new opportunities and developing new businesses.
• Tender analysis, co-ordination and revision of all internal and external activities for the complete bid generation
• Pricing of offers in co-ordination with commercials, bid presentation and supporting MD in negotiations with customer
• Project and country specific business opportunity scanning of new upcoming products and technologies
• Analysis of tenders and prepare and carry out bids
• Generating offers, defining the structure of the offer, co-ordination of all involved departments working on the offer, controlling of bid preparation progress, finalizing of bid (layout, consistency, key sales messages, conformity to tender, etc.)
• Push Customer Satisfaction & Ensure quality of own results
• Select, interview, negotiate packages and hire new employees for different running projects in the region
• Managing the staff region wise in regards of their work, career and personal advancement. Follow up and discuss their performance with project managers and clients.
• Visit our clients in the region regularly to insure smooth operations of projects and to close any open issues. Also, to check on our employees who are working on projects for our clients.
• Manage, train and develop the staff region wise in regards of their work, career and personal advancement.
• Control expenses and provide support to financial department regarding interim and yearly sales and financial figures
• Define technical objectives and strategies for the project/account
• Describe products functionality and interfaces to the project/account and customers
• Conduct presentations of products, strategies and solutions to customers
• Push innovative solutions to project/account and customers
• Steer and control account specific technical activities
• Lead the account team in regards to WAP, Mobile Data Applications and IN services
• Performed network and host based security assessments for some clients in the Financial, Technology, Internet and Electricity industries.
• Managed and implemented a secure virtual private network that deploys digital certificates and x500 directory services
• Worked, with the following products: Entrust PKI, ICL i500 Directory, Contivity VPN switch, Check Point Firewall, and Gauntlet Firewall/VPN.
• Researched the Internet for SMEs related electronic commerce issues, products and services.
• Developed a generic conceptual framework for SMEs to follow in order to become electronic commerce enabled.
• Developed an annotated web site with useful links and information in electronic commerce for SMEs
• Developed a report to initialize packaging services in electronic commerce and offering them to DMR Atlantic's current and future clients.
• Managed and organized the Electronic Commerce Network Exhibit held at the Electronic Commerce Centre, Saint John, NB on May 15, 1998