katia jabbour, Senior Manager

katia jabbour

Senior Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Higher diploma, Auditing, Finance, Regulation and Business
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2012

Since January 2012, I have been working in the regional risk management of PwC looking after both core assurance, risk assurance (including Internal Audit) and capital markets lines of service in 12 countries in the region. Responsibilities include consulting on risk management and auditing matters, contracts reviews, acceptance panels, quality control, regulatory matters, ISQC1 documentation and testing, design and implementation of risk management policies and procedures etc.

Audit Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2010 to December 2011

Audit manager responsible for managing teams and audit projects and reporting directly to partners on financial statements. Main industry is insurance, in addition to other financial services companies and brokerage companies.

Assistant manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers - Beirut
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2006 to August 2010

Team manager responsible of supervising teams auditing insurance companies and retail corporations. Responsible of leading a team of associates (supervising, coaching and reviewing their work).
Communicating with the client accounting issues and resolving them.
Reporting, reviewing, auditing and evaluation of internal controls as well as due diligence engagements.

Senior auditor at BDO Fiduciaire du Moyen Orient
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2003 to July 2006

Senior auditor on insurance, banking and other consumer and industrial engagements.
3 years experience in auditing, reviewing, internal control issues, fiscal issues and other related accounting jobs for insurance, banking (+consolidation) and consumer and industrial companies.

Education

Higher diploma, Auditing, Finance, Regulation and Business
  • at American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • December 2006

Grades: Auditing: 91% Financial: 95% Regulation: 97% Business: 86%

Bachelor's degree, Business and finance
  • at Lebanese university
  • June 2003

Project about financial and organizational analysis of an existing company (grade: Very good) I was second in my promotion. Basically i was french educated and i improved my english language by studying for the CPA courses.

Specialties & Skills

Regulatory Affairs
Quality Auditing
Compliance
Risk Management
Accounting
Very good computer knowledge
Languages: English, French and Arabic
Communication
Interpersonal skills

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants
  • Trainee
  • March 2005
AICPA
  • Member
  • October 2008

Hobbies

  • Cooking