Mostafa Maarof AbdelHaleem Mahmoud, Senior Auditor

Mostafa Maarof AbdelHaleem Mahmoud

Senior Auditor

Accountability State Authority ASA

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Senior Auditor at Accountability State Authority ASA
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since December 2019

• Planed, organized and conducted performance evaluation assignments for national projects for land reclamation and cultivation as per the annual approved audit plan.
• Met with management and stakeholders to discuss findings and audit outcomes.
• implemented audit by performing necessary checks, interviews, and procedures as specified by the engagement’s work programs.
• Prepared audit report including performance weaknesses observed as well as value added points, and make recommendations.
• Provided recommendations the helped in recovering hundreds of acres of land from investors who violated the terms of the allocation.
• Eescalated of observations related to investors’ overdue debit balances to the higher authorities that took the necessary legal measures against those in late payment, which contributed to the collection of hundreds of millions of pounds or the recovery of lands and re-offering them according to the new market values.

Senior Internal Auditor at Shibh AlJazira Contracting Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2014 to January 2017

• Identified financial, operational, compliance, and reputational risks through assurance, consulting, and solutions management activity management, and internal control activities.
• Reviewed Company’s financial statements, plans and VAT tax returns, the costing system and pricing and credit policies, recommend any necessary procedures to enhance the internal control environment.
• Conducted financial and costing analysis (trends, capital expenditures analysis, variances reporting in terms of actual versus targets reports, deviation reports, etc.....
• Analyzed the organization’s revenues, liabilities, credit condition and other financial indicators for evaluating its short, medium, and long-term cash flow position.
• Evaluated whether computer systems and applications are reliable, efficient, secure and effective plus examined controls on client-connected servers and networks. Verified that systems that are being developed are suited for the organization and meet development standards.
• Ensured complete, accurate and timely audit information is reported to Management and/or Risk Committees.
• Recommended several improvements that have greatly contributed to enforcement the operations and results of the company, and the most prominent of these recommendations were as follows:
1. Necessary developments to the company's computer systems to comply with the requirements of applying VAT in KSA.
2. Electronic linking of warehouse systems for the regions at the level of the Kingdom, which led to the provision of the company's needs from its warehouses before seeking external suppliers for essential supplies, reducing stagnant stock levels by 5% and saving liquidity to the company.
3. Ending the random rental of small cars that were continuous through the project departments of the different regions of the company and to prepare a new policy to deal with the company's needs of small cars through the purchase of installments, which led to the elimination of car expenses of + 3 million riyals and the strengthening of the financial position of the company with the purchased assets.
4. Separation of the company’s special service division to form an independent company resulted in expansion of its activities and achieving high profits (profit + 8 Million SR in 2020) instead of past losses (loss of 900 Thousand in 2016).
5. Changing debit procedures that resulted in a decreased (70%) reduction in company bad-debt ratio.

Senior Auditor at Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2006 to March 2014

• Planed, organized and applied performance and financial audit assignments for public sector companies working in
• Followed-up for the management's response to the findings /recommendations, and clarification.
• Attended +40 general annual meetings for companies in the presence of the Ministers of Petroleum, Electricity and Energy and senior management at the end of fieldwork, providing clear explanations for identified issues.
• Conducts special audit assignments as directed by the ASA’s Management, Parliament, and Presidency.
• Participate in the preparation of sectorial reports for public sector companies which communicated annually to the Parliament, Presidency and other related authorities.

External Audit Supervisor at Dr. Bader Nabih Accounting, Auditing and Consulting Office
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2005 to January 2014

• Supervised the external audit process for 13 clients and issued the auditor's report containing the opinion on whether a company's financial statements comply with IFRS and are free from material misstatement.
• Prepared of income and monthly sales tax returns for +10 clients.
• Performed income, sales, salaries taxes examination for +6 companies.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Cairo University - Beni-suef Branch
  • May 2005

Very Good With Honor Degree

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
IT Audit
Prepairing Finacial Statements and Vat tax returens
External Audit
Fraud Investigations
Internal Audit
Using Computer & Microsoft office
Strong Analytical Skills, Computer Skills.
Desigen and devlopment applications using vb.net & sql server
Fair Interpersonal skills
Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS
Knowledge of COSO Risk and Internal Control framework.
Personal integrity with strong ethics and values.
Working knowledge of IIA Stanadrds and Code of ethics
Business acumen
Analytical and critical thinking
Communication skills
Data mining and analytics
General IT knowledge
Professional Skepticism on the Fraud Detection

Social Profiles

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Egyptian Society of Accountans And Auditors (ESAA)
  • 3189/March 2014
  • March 2014
The Institute of Internal Auditors IIA
  • Certified Internal Auditor CIA
  • November 2019
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
  • July 2020
ISACA
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • February 2021

Training and Certifications

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2020
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019
Training in using different languages ​​and programming tools to design and implement financial appl (Training)
Training Institute:
AGC ACADEMY
Date Attended:
September 2007
Duration:
624 hours
The inevitable course for promotion To be Assistant Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
Date Attended:
October 2008
Duration:
30 hours
Modern trends in cost accounting (Training)
Training Institute:
Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
Date Attended:
February 2014
Duration:
30 hours
The inevitable course for promotion To be Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
Date Attended:
October 2011
Duration:
30 hours
Windows & Microsoft Office Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Financial and Commercial Studies Center - Cairo University - Beni-Seuf Branch
Date Attended:
February 2003
Duration:
48 hours
In-depth training Course for new members of ASA (Training)
Training Institute:
Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Duration:
60 hours
The induction course for new members of ASA (Training)
Training Institute:
Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
Date Attended:
December 2006
Duration:
30 hours
Vat After Implementation (Training)
Training Institute:
Ima Riyadh Chapter
Date Attended:
February 2018
Duration:
2 hours
Financial Statements Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Accountability State Authority ASA (Egypt)
Date Attended:
February 2014
Duration:
30 hours
Cooperative Auditing WorkShop (Training)
Training Institute:
World Bank
Date Attended:
December 2013
Duration:
20 hours
Income Tax Law 91/2005 (Training)
Training Institute:
Egyptian Tax Authority
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
30 hours
Commercial and industrial profits tax and tax on profits of legal persons (Training)
Training Institute:
Egyptian Tax Authority
Date Attended:
November 2009
Duration:
30 hours
Genaerl English Programme (Training)
Training Institute:
British Council
Date Attended:
July 2010
Duration:
72 hours
Construction Projects' Financial Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Yamkoth Training Center
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
15 hours
International Computer Driving License ICDL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2008
Valid Until:
December 2035
Corporate Finance - A Brief Inroduction (Training)
Training Institute:
Udemy
Date Attended:
January 2017
Duration:
4 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading, Footabll, computers and programming