Compliance Manager
Jumeirah International
Total years of experience :19 years, 10 Months
Plan and conduct compliance reviews / walkthroughs to assess adherence of hotels’ Finance and Operations teams to established policies / procedures and identify control weaknesses.
Perform assessment of new structures, processes, and their impact to systems brought about by the changes in the business environment to ensure that controls are maintained, and potential segregation issues are addressed.
Reports to SVP, Finance Operations, and hotels’ management the results of the reviews and agree on action plans to be implemented.
Evaluate new company policies and procedures before they are implemented, provide inputs to address potential gaps and possible improvements.
Review fraud incidents reported, and red flags raised by analytics reports, assess the root cause, and provide recommendations.
Facilitate sharing of best practices and standardization of Finance processes across hotels.
Proactively collaborate with Finance management and assist Internal Audit with the follow-up of outstanding management actions.
Independently verify responses to the Internal Control Checklist and review the reasonableness of the action plans suggested.
Work with Finance and hotel management in raising awareness to compliance through conducting monthly compliance meetings and various trainings in addition to the creation of tools to assist colleagues’ familiarity with policies and procedures.
Assist in the preparation of the yearly audit plan for the review and approval of the Vice President, Internal Audit.
Create and evaluate audit programs to achieve objectives set for the review.
Manage and conduct audits and ensure that timelines and objectives are achieved. Supervise auditors assigned to the audit. Identify cost savings or revenue maximization opportunities during the audit, if any.
Prepare reports at the completion of audits with the appropriate recommendations agreed with management.
Follow-up on outstanding management action plans.
Conduct further reviews as per the requests from the Audit Committee Chairman and management.
Prepare Audit Committee meeting materials on the respective audits completed.
Obtain an understanding of the hotels’ processes and established internal controls.
Manage and perform internal audits as per Hilton’s audit program.
Supervise staff in the execution of their work. Review working papers to ensure that it is as per standards.
Work with management and ensure observations are clearly communicated on a timely manner during the fieldwork.
Develop appropriate audit recommendations relevant to the observations or risks identified. Prepare audit reports.
Assist in the quarterly follow-up of the implementation of audit action plans.
Perform SOX and corporate audits as needed.
Actively participate in planning and carrying out internal audits including the preparation of an audit plan, scheduling and assigning work and estimating resource needs.
Perform data mining and analysis using ACL to identify unusual trends/patterns and to assist in the selection of samples.
Obtain an understanding of business processes and established internal controls.
Perform audit fieldwork.
Make recommendations on the systems and procedures being reviewed, report on the findings and propose value-added recommendations.
Identify possible cost saving opportunities for the company.
Monitor management's response and implementation.
Conduct reviews or tasks requested by the audit committee, chief executive or finance, provided such reviews and tasks do not compromise the independence or objectivity of the internal audit function.
Conduct external audit work clients under the CIM (Consumer and Industrial Market) industry.
Conduct external audit work for various clients.
Conduct external audit work for various clients.