mahmoud rawajba, Senior Internal Auditor

mahmoud rawajba

Senior Internal Auditor

Dubai Customs

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Management
Experience
9 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 11 Months

Senior Internal Auditor at Dubai Customs
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2010 to March 2012

Senior Internal Auditor- Dubai Customs, Dubai - UAE.
Sep 2010 - present
Reporting to: the Internal Audit Manager and lead an Audit field work with 3 team.

Responsibilities: • Assisting the Manager Internal Audit in developing annual audit plan based on the risk associated in the execution of Dubai Customs strategic objectives.
• Identifying areas of potential internal control exposure and departments which requires improvements in its operational efficiency during the audit and updating the Internal Audit Manager for necessary actions to be taken.
• Preparing the consolidated audit reports after executing each Audit mission and submit to ManagerInternal Audit which submit to the Top Management / Board to decide upon the further actions on major issues identified.
• Projecting the financial implications and the potential risks and recommending the mitigations for the major issues identified during the audits conducted by Audit team
• Developing and maintaining an Audit: methodology, procedure, plan, reports, working papers, chick lest, awareness programs, and all templates &forms in line with the International standards & ISO in order to promote Dubai Customs quality services.



• Reporting for big financial weaknesses regarding Refund & clearing with GCC countries and that pushed to conduct recovery procedure which savedmore than five billions AED up to present.
• Reporting around one thousand observationsregarding all departments/sections/divisionsand recommending the mitigations which leads to conducting controlling procedure andhelps for achievement of strategicgoals.
• Recommended for right link & matching between operation systems and oracle (finance system)

Senior Internal Auditor at Grand Stores
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2008 to August 2010

Senior Internal Auditor- Grand Stores L.L.C, Dubai-UAE.

Jul 2008 -Aug 2010
This company (L.L.C, ) is active in General Trading.

Reporting to: the Internal Audit Manager and conducting (leader) an Audit field work with 2 teams


Responsibilities: • Developing annual internal audit plan for the company
• Identifying areas of potential internal control departments which requires improvements.
• Achieve all field work up to Audit report and follow-up
• Develop and maintain approaches to re-utilize the Audit and Risk processes and findings
• Conduct an Audit: methodology, procedure, plan, reports, working papers, chick lest, awareness programs, and all templates &forms in line with the International standards.


• Build with Internal Audit Manager an Internal Audit Department (A to Z)
• Recommended Internal Control Procedure& Governance which was reflect by achieving strategic goals

External Auditor at Galboush Establishment
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • August 2006 to June 2008

External Auditor -Galboush Establishment for Accounting & Auditing, Ramallah, Palestine

Aug 2006 - Jun 2008
This company is active in: Accounting, Auditing, Book keeping, Tax Services & Consultant

Reporting to: the Tax Department Manager.

Responsibilities: • Performing audit tasks and preparing audit file documentation as per the company Audit Methodology
• Assuring that financial statements are prepared in conformity with IFRS or GAAP
• Identifying risks and apply mitigating controls
• Perform analytical procedures and substantive testing.

(ACPA) Arabic Certified Professional Accountant at The Arab Society of Certified Accountants
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2007 to December 2007

• (ACPA) Arabic Certified Professional Accountant. issued by The Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA) . Conferred by University Of Cambridge, Jordan .2007

General Accountant at Ministry of EducationNablus
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • January 2000 to March 2003

General Accountant in Ministry of EducationNablus, Palestine.

JulAaazad 2000 - Mar 2003
Responsibilities: • Prepare accounting journal entry
• Prepare receipt vouchers from customer
• Prepare bank reconciliations
• Post data to system

Business Administration & Accounting from Al-Quds Open University, Palestine at Bachelor's Of
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • January 1998 to December 1998

• Bachelor's Of Business Administration & Accounting from Al-Quds Open University, Palestine.1998
❖ PREPARING COURSES:

• Preparing for (CIA) Certified Internal Auditor. (2012) remaining tow exams.
• Preparing for (ACMA) Arab Certified Management Accountant. (2012) remaining one part.
• Preparing for (MBA) Master ofBusiness Administration at Van Holland University. (2013)

Education

Diploma, Management
  • at Institute Of Internal Auditors
  • January 2012

• (IIA Member) Institute Of Internal Auditors. USA • (IMA Member) Institute Of Management Accountant, USA. • (ASQ Member) American Society of Quality .USA • (ASCA Member) Arab Society Certified Accountant. Jordan. • Participating in several Conferences&Seminars on Audit, Internal Control, Risks& Crises, Governance, HR, Economic, and others

High school or equivalent, audit
  • at al quds un.
  • August 2010

• Courses in: Risk & Crises, Anti-Money Laundering, Corporate Governance, Strategic Planning, Organizations Development, HR, and InternalControl .At (DISC) Development Institute for Science and Computer, Dubai - UAE. • Courses in: Fiscal Policy, Financial Analysis, Process Costing& Overhead, and Marketing. at Arabic Computer Center, Palestine • Course in Auditing &Bookkeeping at Eshnaiwer Establishing for Auditing & Bookkeeping, Palestine.

High school or equivalent, Government
  • at Palestinian National Center
  • May 2004

• Course in Taxing Services at Palestinian National Center for Taxing Studying, Palestine. • Course in Internal Audit ( Initial Level & Advanced Level) -at GETRAK Training Center - Sharjah - UAE • Course in Role of Internal Control Effective & Efficiency on the Government of Dubai - Ruler Court Finance Department - Dubai - UAE. • Course in Auditing L/C's and bill of lading (Dubai Customs) Dubai. • Course in English Language, at House of Palestinian Friendship.

Specialties & Skills

Auditing
Finance Operations
HR Strategy
Risk Management
Change Management
ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING
BANK RECONCILIATIONS
FIELD WORK
INTERNAL AUDIT
JOURNAL
RECONCILIATIONS
TRADING
VOUCHERS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

(IIA Member) Institute Of Internal Auditors. USA
  • Member
(IMA Member) Institute Of Management Accountant, USA
  • Member
(ASQ Member) American Society of Quality .USA
  • Member
(ASCA Member) Arab Society Certified Accountant. Jordan
  • Member

Training and Certifications

audit (Training)
Training Institute:
internal audit
Date Attended:
March 2009