Ilyas Nilam, Intern - Strategy Consulting

Ilyas Nilam

Intern - Strategy Consulting

MTI Consulting

Location
Sri Lanka - Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Education
Bachelor's degree, International Degree
Experience
1 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :1 years, 8 Months

Intern - Strategy Consulting at MTI Consulting
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • April 2018 to May 2018

I am currently working as an Intern at MTI Consulting for 3 months and will be promoted to Business Analyst at the end of the tenure.

Roles & Responsibilities

 Provide strategic consulting services for clients to best fit for the organization
 Conduct desk research on industries, economies and companies for preparation of proposals and presentation purposes
 Investigate on modern strategic trends to recommend for clients
 Exploit strategic opportunities in industries or companies to bring in business to the firm

Audit Associate at KPMG
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • October 2016 to April 2018

Conducted Internal Audit for a major hotel chain.
- Analyze and review control weaknesses.
- Mapping standard operating procedures.
- Verification of complying with hotel guidelines and policies.
- Applied Data Analytics to identify patterns in occupancy and room rates.
- Comparing and analyzing budget and actual for comparison purposes.

Conducted Internal Audit, Risk Assessment and Spot Checks for leading NGOs
- Evaluate for proper allocation of expenses based on the budget lines provided.
- Evaluated the risk of the current ability with regards to finance, expertise & labor to undergo
projects.
- Successfully completed Internal Audit for Accounting and Finance.

Successfully completed an Internal Audit for a major Alcohol Distillery in Sri Lanka
Inventory
- Understand existing process in order to identify control weaknesses.
- Applied Data Analytics to identify discrepancies in Supply Chain Management.
- Lead a surprising Inventory count.
- Analyzed the trend in the consumption of liquor to recognize the precise time to invent a new
product.

Human Resource
- Verification of proper computation of gratuity.
- Reviewed personal files to check for proper background verification prior to recruitment.
- Checked whether trade union demands has been met by the management.
- Checked for weaknesses in the current HR process for labor force management.

Created a Procedure Manual for a leading Hydro Power company in Sri Lanka.
- Understood the existing process and created a procedure manual for the respective operations.
- Addressed the risks of the existing processes.
- Recommended to implement more effective and efficient processes to enhance better control.

Forensic Audit
- I have been a team member for a forensic audit of fraud investigation to analyze the email communications and to identify sequence in misapplication of funds in a major company to detect fraud.

Education

Bachelor's degree, International Degree
  • at CIMA
  • November 2017

I am a CIMA passed finalist with 1.5 years of work experience in internal auditing, risk & compliance. Currently I am working as a Strategy Consultant for a leading consulting firm in Sri Lanka

Specialties & Skills

Communications
Report Writing
Analytical Skills
Teamwork
Lead Management
Consulting & Advisory
Problem Solving Skills
Analytical Skills
Time Management
Strategic & business planning skills
Report Writing
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Tamil
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