ISAM ALI, Head Of Internal Audit

ISAM ALI

Head Of Internal Audit

Kudu Company for Food and catering

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, CMA
Experience
26 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 10 Months

Head Of Internal Audit at Kudu Company for Food and catering
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since December 2011

 Identify internal control risks, business risks, and operational cost reduction opportunities.
Manage and conduct audit assurance and/ or consulting projects as an auditor in charge in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practices of Internal Auditing of the Institute of Internal Auditors within time budgets and deadlines established,
 Evaluating the adequacy of controls, recommending innovative and practical solutions to remediate unsatisfactory conditions, improve operations and reduce costs.
 Review, evaluate, and document internal control systems while ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and company policies.
 Prepare concise and well-organized working papers that accurately reflect the results of audit tests performed.
 Present findings and recommendations to the senior level management with practical recommendations to improve internal control weaknesses and inefficiencies.
 Discuss preliminary audit findings with management directly responsible for resolution and present final audit results to management ultimately responsible for the area under review.
 Prepare draft audit reports and participate in the development of the final audit report.
 Manage the tracking and follow up on action plans developed to resolve internal audit findings identified and reported

Account manager at Kudu Company for Food and catering
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2004 to November 2011

 Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures
 Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
 Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting audits, providing information to the external auditors.
 Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls
 Prepares budgets by establishing schedules, collecting, analysing, and consolidating financial data
 Preparation of financial statements; Balance sheet, Statement of Income and cash flows statement
 Prepares special reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends
 Preparing financial studies for the new and existing projects
 Financial performance evaluation reports
 Handling cash Management.

Chief Accountant
  • Saudi Arabia
  • December 2000 to January 2004

Role:
 Spearheading entire accounts, finance, budgeting and cash flow management functions in the organisation.
 Controlling ledger entries and performing reconciliation with different accounts.
 Generating:
o Weekly and monthly cash flows report.
o Monthly local and foreign shares portfolio reports.
 Formulating cash flow, profit and loss, accounts and capital expenditure budgets.
 Developing interim financial reports as an integral part of annual financial reports.
 Developing year-end financial statements and related notes and schedules.
 Undertaking preparation of annual audit file with related notes and schedules.
 Monitors the funding costs and to ensure that they are within the budgeted limits.

Senior Auditor at KPMG
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 1997 to August 2000

Role:
 Conduct different risk assessment & other audit field works procedures with the audit team.
 Providing input for preparation of annual audit plan and estimate resource needs.
 Implement the audit programs under supervision of the audit supervisor.
 Participating in special audit assignments requested by the customers

Education

Master's degree, CMA
  • at IMA
  • March 2012
Master's degree, Accounting And Management
  • at institute of management accountant
  • June 2010
Master's degree, CMA
  • at IMA
  • June 2010
Diploma, computer science
  • at Aljazeera University
  • June 1998
Bachelor's degree, business studies
  • at University Of Khartoum
  • January 1996

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Working Under Pressure
Communication Skills
BALANCE
BUDGETING
CASH FLOW
CONCISE
CONSULTING
COST CONTROL
FINANCE
FINANCIAL
AUDITING
ACCOUNTANCY

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

IMA
  • Institute of Managment accounting
  • June 2010

Training and Certifications

finance (Training)
Training Institute:
SOCPA
Audit (Training)
Training Institute:
SOCPA