كريم Halwaji, Senior consultant

كريم Halwaji

Senior consultant

Pwc - United Arab Emirates

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
التعليم
ماجستير, Sustainability
الخبرات
8 years, 6 أشهر

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :8 years, 6 أشهر

Senior consultant في Pwc - United Arab Emirates
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ ديسمبر 2018

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Senior Consultant - Sustainable Development & Economics Advisory
• Conducting current state assessments to obtain an overview of an organization’s overall
ESG ecosystem
• Carrying out research and data collection to understand the organization and define the
problem.
• Conducting benchmarks and research of leading practices related to organizations, poli-
cies, regulations, etc.
• Performing materiality assessments to identify and assess the organization’s key material
topics impact on the business and their importance to stakeholders and society
• Developing strategies and initiatives for corporate sustainability, Net Zero and ESG for
private and public entities
• Supporting in the development of frameworks and tools to manage corporate sustainabil-
ity and ESG
• Conducting full analysis and revision of GCC countries’ macroeconomic, social, and en-
vironmental indicators, with thorough review done to provide insight into the countries’
performance to date
• Developing presentation to clients and supporting in the development of business pro-
posals

Senior Associate - Core Assurance في PwC
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - أبو ظبي
  • أكتوبر 2014 إلى يوليو 2017

Senior Associate - Core Assurance (Oct 2014 - Present)
· Performed audit services to a wide range of clients across various industries - mainly oil and gas, construction, public sector, hospitality.
· Involved in the planning, execution and completion of statutory and financial audits to clients.
· Tested various financial statement line items across both the balance sheet and income statement.
· Reviewed transactions, documents, records, reports, and methods for accuracy and effectiveness.
· Conducted an analytical testing for accounts and traced the reasons of the variances for such accounts.
· Performed controls testing by working on payables, receivables and salaries walkthroughs.
· Drafted financial statements following auditing rules and standards.
· Established working relationships with company's staff, business partners and clients.
· Assisted the upper management in business development initiatives in Abu Dhabi by helping draft proposals.

Secondment in Oct and Nov 2015 and Oct 2016 till Feb 2017- Risk Assurance
· Selected by the upper management team in Core Assurance to be part of a secondment program with the risk assurance team working with a prominent Ministry in the UAE.
· Conducted risk assessment meetings with business owners.
· Developed audit programs (Risk Control Matrix) and testing procedures.
· Evaluated designed controls and carried out testing procedures to assess their implementation and operation effectiveness.
· Helped the team to draft internal audit reports.

Intern/ Volunteer in AIESEC University Of Indonesia في International Association of Students
  • إندونيسيا
  • يوليو 2013 إلى سبتمبر 2013

Volunteer in AIESEC University of Indonesia, Ecotourism Project 2013 (July & August 2013)
· Conserved Jakarta for Greener Generations.
· Preserved the current environmental condition of Jakarta by organizing competitions, cleaning the river of Ciliwung, planting mangroves, participating in the car-free day.
· Attended and contributed in seminars and workshops aimed at raising ecological awareness and finding solu-tions to the different issues that affect the environment in Jakarta.
· Taught students in public schools in Jakarta about the importance of the durable and sustainable clean energy and about recycling and re-using.
· Created and produced a video about all environment events done during this internship.

الخلفية التعليمية

ماجستير, Sustainability
  • في University of Sussex
  • سبتمبر 2018

MA in Development Studies with a focus on Sustainability & Climate Change at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) - #1 school in Development Studies in the world

بكالوريوس, Economics
  • في American university of Beirut
  • يونيو 2014
الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها, Life Science
  • يناير 2011

Lebanese Baccalaureate: Life Science: Official in 2011

الثانوية العامة أو ما يعادلها, Life Science
  • يناير 2011

French Baccalaureate: Life Science: Official in 2011 Mention Assez Bien

Specialties & Skills

اللغات

العربية
متمرّس
الانجليزية
متمرّس
الفرنسية
متمرّس

الهوايات

  • Gym, Basket ball, hand ball, table tennis