houssem besbes

Senior Internal Auditor at Islamic Development Bank

• Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
• My current job since January 2016

Senior Auditor, Internal Audit – Team Leader at National Bank of Canada

• Canada - Quebec
• August 2009 to January 2016

 Contribute to the development of the Internal Audit Group strategy and annual plan;
 Plan, organize and execute or coordinate complex audit mandates. Establish audit objectives and test programs in compliance with the objectives set forth in the annual audit plan or ad hoc mandates;
 Present recommendations to senior management to reduce business risk, increase operational efficiency and develop policies consistent with best practices;
 Determine resourcing and the budget required for mandates under my responsibility;
 Validate observations and recommendations with audited management. Lead and/or review report writing on work performed, conclusions and areas for improvement;
 Manage, supervise and evaluate resources - both internal and external - assigned to audit projects;
 Anticipate and elaborate the implementation of new internal audit standards and methodology in order to enhance productivity, quality and efficiency in compliance with professional standards;
 Provide expertise in consulting projects and/or other special projects;
 Establish and maintain constructive relationship with partners of other business units;
 Resolve conflict resulting from audit issues, change management, and work schedules;
 Provide leadership and coaching to professional staff with a range of skill set and experiences;
 Participate in continuous improvement and annual planning committees.
 Participate in the consultant’s recruitment and develop tools for monitoring and reviewing;
 Coach and train auditors to use computer-assisted audit tools and techniques to be more efficient;
 Participate in the review of the Internal Audit Methodology to ensure IIA standards are maintained.

Senior Auditor / In-charge, Financial Audit at Grant Thornton

• Canada
• October 2006 to August 2009

 Plan, coordinate and execute audit mandates for public companies and financial institutions;
 Oversee large and complex engagements, resolve audit, tax, and accounting issues;
 Plan and coordinate the various phases of the fieldwork such as staff requirements, logistics, audit programs, and time budgets;
 Schedule, delegate, and review the work of one or more staff members, support on-the-job training, and evaluate their performance;
 Assist in the recruitment and training of junior practitioners, coach and assess the newly recruited employees. Supervise, train and mentor junior staffs on audit process;
 Proactively interacted with key client’s management to gather information, resolve problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements;
 Develop and lead timely communications -internal and external- relevant to engagement and clients;
 Develop materials for and participate in the delivery of presentations to clients and firm personnel.

Key Achievements: Being expert for computerized auditing techniques using IDEA that permitted to realise more efficient audit mandates.

Auditor, Financial Audit at Gosselin & associés inc., CPA

• Canada
• March 2005 to October 2006

 Perform compilation, review and audit engagements for NPOs;
 Provide solutions to clients on current business and financial conditions;
 Act as the lead member of an audit engagement team.

Key Achievements: Updating a template of the NPO’s audit file under the new audit standards to be conform to the CPA Canada quality requirements.

Research Assistant at ESG UQAM - École des sciences de la gestion

• Canada
• January 2003 to December 2003

Help professors in their research studies