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Marbet Sarte, Senior Internal Auditor

Marbet Sarte

Senior Internal Auditor·Majid Al Futtaim Ventures

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 2 months

Senior Internal Auditor

September 2014 - August 2020

Majid Al Futtaim Ventures

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

September 2014 - August 2020

Key Qualifications and Responsibilities:
• Lead, planned and performed compliance and operational audits for different operating companies and business units across Middle East region (includes head office functions and stores)
• Prepared draft and final reports including root causes, recommendations, key risks and controls, and discussed / agreed with the Management
• Authored and updated audit programs for every engagement
• Conducted surprise visits and control self-assessments for stores
• Performed implementation review / follow-up audits to ensure implementation of agreed recommendations
• Involved in investigations related to fraud
• Participated in inventory counts for new business acquisitions

Key Achievements:
• Recommended changes in controls of Beam that resulted in AED 4.2B savings (recommendations adopted by Management)
• Exposed possible third-party fraud during the review of Business Development and Delivery function in 2016
• Pioneered in incorporating data analysis in audit projects resulting to valuable root causes and recommendations starting 2017
• Designed control self-assessment questionnaires for head office functions in 2020
• Earned ‘High Contributor’ performance ratings on an annual basis

Company industry:
Amusement & Recreation Facility
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Commercial Estimator

April 2012 - June 2014

Finasi LLC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2012 - June 2014

Key Qualifications and Responsibilities:
• Prepared quotations and estimated Profit and Loss statements for retail and large-scale projects
• Recorded sales and purchases in Navision system for all confirmed quotations
• Liaised the confirmed quotations with the suppliers including final prices and actual delivery periods
• Summarized quotations data to assist Management in decision making and strategy
• Prepared petty cash expense reports on a weekly basis
• Updated stock price lists in Navision system based on the current market prices

Key Achievements:
• Solely handled the Meraas Office project from sourcing, pricing to procurement
• Negotiated the costs with the suppliers for confirmed projects leading to increased margin of 10-20%
• Set-up the sales reports using MS Excel that facilitated quotation recording and monitoring

Company industry:
Fit-Out & Joinery
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Corporate Auditor - Specialist

April 2008 - March 2012

Jollibee Foods Corporation

Philippines

April 2008 - March 2012

Key Qualifications and Responsibilities:
• Performed regulatory compliance and operational audits in various stores across the Philippines
• Performed IT general and application controls review for store IT systems (i.e. SWEDA and ANSI
• Drafted reports and discussed with Line Management
• Provided consultancy services in system design to ensure existence of adequate audit trails and controls in the implementation of new or modified IT systems (User Acceptance Testing phase)

Key Achievements:
• Recommended store process improvements that were adopted by Management which prevented tax regulatory fines
• Reported an erroneous recognition of overtime hours in the timekeeping system that prevented labor penalties in 2011

Company industry:
Catering, Food Service, & Restaurant
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Junior Associate

December 2006 - May 2007

Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.), an Ernst & Young Affiliate

Philippines

December 2006 - May 2007

Key Qualifications and Responsibilities:
• Performed IT general and application controls review for various insurance companies and banks
• Drafted reports and discussed with Line Management

Company industry:
Financial Auditing
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Junior Accountant

July 2006 - December 2006

Century Pacific Group of Companies

Philippines

July 2006 - December 2006

Key Qualifications and Responsibilities:
• Handled the billing, collection and reconciliation of Forwarder’s Fee of different service business units and third parties
• Recorded all purchase invoices and payment vouchers in Trigon system
• Prepared GL accounts analysis at month-end
• Prepared monthly bank reconciliations

Company industry:
Distribution, Supply Chain & Logistics
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

May 2005

May 2005

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy

Philippines

GPA (point): 1.78 out of 5

GPA (point): 1.78 out of 5

Cum Laude – PLM, SY 2001-2005 Dean’s Lister – PLM, SY 2001-2003 Internship at Department of Finance (DoF) SM Foundation Scholarship Inc. - 2001-2005

Skills

Internal Controls
Expert
Internal Controls
Expert
Compliance
Expert
Compliance
Expert
Internal Audit
Expert
Internal Audit
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Accounting
Expert
Accounting
Expert
MS Word
Expert
MS Word
Expert
Accounting
Intermediate
Accounting
Intermediate
MS Excel
Expert
MS Excel
Expert
Audit
Intermediate
Audit
Intermediate
Oracle
Intermediate
Oracle
Intermediate
Audit Command Language (ACL)
Intermediate
Audit Command Language (ACL)
Intermediate

Languages

English

Expert

Filipino

Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certified Public Accountant
May 2006

Hobbies and interests

Reading books