Jamila Shawkari, Senior Auditor

Jamila Shawkari

Senior Auditor

Russell Bedford BSA

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
13 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 8 Months

Senior Auditor at Russell Bedford BSA
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2014

- Lead audit engagements including planning, performing fieldwork, preparing audit reports, compiling financial statements, liaising between clients’ management and firm’s management and ensuring deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines,
- Identify potential internal control deficiencies through testing the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the controls,
- Document and evaluate client’s significant manual and computerized systems and procedures, overall business operations and industries; use this knowledge in audit work and develop awareness of significant problems and opportunities in our client’s operations,
- Perform audit procedures in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards to support the Firm’s opinion on the financial statements of the client,
- Analyze and explain certain significant information acquired from the client for purposes of identifying issues and important matters,
- Prepare financial statements, reports in compliance with IFRS, tax returns, management letters, representation letters, proposals and other relevant documentations,
- Develop insight and apply theory and principles of accounting, standards and procedures of auditing to client situations,
- Perform special audit and agreed upon procedures reports.
Industries:
Manufacturing and retail
Money Exchange
Insurance
Construction & contracting
Shipment and courier
Syndicate
Real Estate and investments
Not for Profit Organizations
Representative Offices
Various other entities including offshore companies, IT services, Telecommunication, etc.

Senior Accountant at AKS for auditing and accouting
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2010 to December 2013

- Administrate intricate accounting transactions
- Control income and expenditure
- Regulate payroll reports
- Compile and present ad hoc reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements
- Analyze accounts and business plans.
- Maintain accounting controls and cycles.
- Prepare corporate tax, payroll tax, NSSF and VAT declarations.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • June 2010

Specialties & Skills

Budget Monitoring
Financial Statements
Accounting
taxation
Auditing
Reconciliation
Teamwork
Petty Cash
Accounting
Payroll
Planning
Annual Budgets
Auditing
Team Management
Preparation
Finance
Microsoft Excel
Internal Audit
Financial Accounting

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants
  • Member
  • December 2021

Training and Certifications

Anti Money Laundering Forum (Training)
Training Institute:
LACPA
Date Attended:
December 2015
CPA (Training)
Training Institute:
Morgan international
Date Attended:
December 2013
Lebases certified public accountant (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2021