Melhem Nicolas

Selected assignments
- Saudi Electricity Company Cyber Security Awareness Training across all KSA.
- Automation of accounting operations for Kuwait MOFA with Baker Tilly Kuwait.
- Internal Audit reviews for financial and retail businesses - Lebanon and Region.
- ITIL implementation (service and configuration management) - KFH Bank, Kuwait.
- Cobit 5 IT (ISO 15000) governance framework setup - KFH and Burgan Banks, Kuwait.
- ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 20000, reviews and consulting - Semi Government, Kuwait Fund.
- Accounting Design for the operations of a reinsurance broker - Lebanon and Gulf.
- Design technical financial controls and reporting as per IFRIS - Lebanon and Gulf.
- Conducted economic studies on the effect of employments - MOI, Saudi Arabia.
- Anti-Money Laundry systems advisor - First National Bank, Lebanon.
- Advised and project managed ERP system implementation - Major Retail, UAE.
- Tadawal review based on CMA requirements - Rajhi, Saudi Fransi, Ahli Banks, Saudi.
- Review of business controls for Reinsurance Company in London.
- Design and implementation of Chart of Account for financial institutions.
- IT Audit for most Lebanese banks in Lebanon.

Managed and organized the reinsurance brokerage end-to-end business processes for direct, facultative, and treaty operations.
•Completed a full configuration of IT and business controls for the reinsurance broker application and integration requirements with ERP system.

June 2006-June 2010 - PriceWaterhouseCoopers Beirut, Lebanon
Manager in IT Management and Advisory Services
•Performed IT Management advisory and consulting services for IT Governance, IT Change management and transformation management, IT policies and procedures, IT controls and IT Strategy formulation.
•Clients included Major local banks and financial institutions in Lebanon, Saudi, and UAE, in addition to the Lebanese Stock Exchange Company.
•Conducted IT management services based on ISO, ITIL, and CobiT.
•Conducted Business controls assessment including accounting and financial reporting.
•Trained teams of internal auditors in managing the internal audit and reporting cycle.

Project manager for the implementation of KPMG global IT strategy in Beirut office and management of the IT operations, IT budgeting, network design and configuration, user administration, infrastructure design, and IT reporting.
•Implemented and managed standard KPMG Active Directory, Mail Exchange system, SMTP Controllers, Anti-Virus, network firewalls, routers, and intranet services.
•IT audit projects manager supporting the team of financial auditors in ensuring that data produced by clients systems properly maintain integrity, consistency and accuracy.
•Performed ISO 27001, BS 7799, ISO 15000 controls review for major Lebanese banks.
•Preformed financial audit for major Lebanese banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, Audi, Byblos, MEAB, Central Bank, and other local banks.