Kinana Jaafar, Internal Audit Manager

Kinana Jaafar

Internal Audit Manager

OSN Gulf DTH LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Certified Internal Auditor CIA
Experience
15 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 8 Months

Internal Audit Manager at OSN Gulf DTH LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2015
Assistant Manager - Assurance Services at Ernst & Young
  • Syria - Damascus
  • September 2002 to November 2009

Assume managerial responsibilities over medium to large assurance & advisory engagements including industries such as Oil & Gas, telecommunication, manufacturing, and banking. My responsibilities as an assistant manager included the following:
• Preparing the plan of the audit engagement which includes understanding the business, assessing the internal controls at the entity level and identifying fraud risks, understand the IT environment and determining planning materiality;
• Identifying the significant accounts;
• Identifying and understanding the significant processes within the entity;
• Identifying the controls within each of the significant processes including the application controls, and developing appropriate tests to ensure their effectiveness;
• Developing a risk based audit programs for the identified significant accounts;
• Ensuring compliance with the International Accounting Standards IAS and discussing implementation of the new accounting standards with management;
• Preparing the financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards “IFRS”;
• Preparing the management letter which includes weaknesses in the internal control system observed during the audit;
• Attending the board of directors and audit committee meetings to discuss results of the audit;
• Supervising, training other engagement auditors and providing feed back to the higher management level;
• Monitoring the overall risk of the job;
• Ensure that work is performed in accordance with the firm’s methodology;
• Communicating with the clients’ management.

Education

Diploma, Certified Internal Auditor CIA
  • at The Institute of Internal Audit
  • February 2010
Bachelor's degree,
  • at Economices Faculty of Damascus
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Audit Management
External Audit
Internal Audit
Financial Reporting
Internal Controls
Audit Management Skills
External Audit
Internal Audit
Internal Controls
Financial Reporting
Forensic Audit
Translation of financial and operational reports (AR-En\\En-AR)

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Reading, exercising and cooking