Internal Audit Manager
OSN Gulf DTH LLC
Total years of experience :15 years, 8 Months
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.