Mostafa Elsawy, Assistant Manager

Mostafa Elsawy

Assistant Manager

pwc

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Diploma, Accounting
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Assistant Manager at pwc
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since May 2014

o Assigning responsibilities to team members taking into consideration development needs by engaging team members in setting the expectations and measurable goals aligned to client, firm and personal success.
o Participate with the partner and the manger in developing the audit strategy and audit plan and describe the nature, timing and extent of audit procedures to be performed by engagement team members in order to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to reduce audit risk to an acceptable level.
o Planning for active and ongoing supervision and review of work done and documentation at the appropriate level throughout the audit engagement
o Taking the main day-to-day responsibility for executing the audit strategy and more detailed audit plan and controlling the nature and extent of supervision and review of the quality of fieldwork and its documentation.
o Considers whether there are any significant issues which need to be raised and brought up to the attention of the engagement manager on a timely basis throughout the course of the audit.
o Raises audit findings with management on an ongoing basis.
o Understands the client’s expectations and responds to their requests in an effort to exceed those expectations.
o Provides regular constructive feedback on performance to team members and works with them to achieve their development goals in order to foster an integrated coaching culture during the engagement.

Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2011 to April 2014

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel and assess clients' satisfaction. Proactively maintain contact with the client throughout the year. Direct fieldwork daily, informs supervisors of the engagement status, and manages staff performance. Adapt the audit approach to the changing client environment. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations.
• Develop people through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to staff. Provide performance feedback and training, and conduct performance reviews. Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment. Contribute ideas/opinions to the audit teams and listen/respond to other team members' views.
• Identifying efficiency improvements and additional billings, and identifying assurance issues and developing solution
• Preparation of financial statements as per the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Reviewing work performed by less experienced personnel.
• Generating and implementing ideas to maximise assignment profitability.

Senior Assurance at Grant Thornton
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2011 to August 2011

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel and assess clients' satisfaction. Proactively maintain contact with the client throughout the year. Direct fieldwork daily, informs supervisors of the engagement status, and manages staff performance. Adapt the audit approach to the changing client environment. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations.
• Develop people through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance to staff. Provide performance feedback and training, and conduct performance reviews. Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment. Contribute ideas/opinions to the audit teams and listen/respond to other team members' views.

Junior at Deloitte
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2008 to November 2010

• Recognize potential audit issues or unusual relationships from basic analysis of the financial statements and communicate them to the team. Clearly and accurately document the execution of specific audit procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, client's engagement history, and planned audit approach. Challenge procedures used in the past and attempt to enhance audit techniques.
• Exposed to tax consultation through the preparation of tax returns and tax inspections of major clients.

Education

Diploma, Accounting
  • at • Diploma of International Financial Reporting Standards (DipIFRs)
  • June 2015
Diploma,
  • at Certified Public Accountant
  • May 2012

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA):  Financial Accounting and Reporting : passed , score 83%  Auditing : passed , score 82%  Regulation : passed , score 81%  BEC: passed , score 76%

Bachelor's degree, accounting
  • at AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY Faculty of Commerce English Section
  • May 2008

Specialties & Skills

Soft Skills
Banking
Preparation
Transfer Pricing
Stock Trading
computer accounting diploma
Stock trading course
Marketing Course
Transfer Pricing course
Soft Skills Course

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

New Hampshire Board of Accountancy
  • CPA license holder
  • October 2013