muhamed refaay, Senior Auditor

muhamed refaay

Senior Auditor

Grant thornton

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
16 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months

Senior Auditor at Grant thornton
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since November 2019

- Abu Dhabi
* Seconded in Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority “ADAA” from Jan to July 2020.
* Lead audit engagements for number of governmental entities in Abu Dhabi such as;
* Department of Municipalities and Transportation.
* Abu Dhabi Government Media office.
* Abu Dhabi Executive office.
* Rabdan Academy.
* United Arab of Emirates university.
* Early childhood authority
* Department of Economic development.
* Lead Number of a special assignments in Grant Thornton
* Al Ain Municipality (Bookkeeping)
* Department of Education and Knowledge - Abu Dhabi (Agreed upon procedures)
* Department of Community Development - Abu Dhabi (Agreed upon procedures)

Internal Audit Manager at El Araby Group of Companies & factories
  • Egypt
  • May 2018 to September 2019

Lead and perform audits in accordance with the policy, and with reference to the international standards,
best practices and audit plan, to meet planned objectives and individual accountabilities.
* Develop audit programs on risk-based audit plans and conducting risk assessments.
Identify, allocate and perform tasks, coordinate and monitor work, control audit and assignment resources,
consolidate results, and other project duties.
* Coach staff throughout the audit with the view to ensuring conformity with applicable policy and
procedures in all phases of the audit process.
* Document evaluate and test manual and automated systems and controls to determine their existence,
adequacy, effectiveness and continuity ensuring effectiveness and efficiency of operations (including
accomplishment of management objectives), compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, policies and
procedures, reliability and integrity of information, and safeguarding of assets.
* Review of working papers in accordance with documentation standards. Reporting urgent matters to Head
of Audit.
* Develop and discuss findings, recommendations and timelines for corrective action with responsible
officer of operations audited and monitor the implementation status of agreed recommendations
* Reporting the audit results (Report) to the internal audit director.

Experience Senior Auditor at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc
  • January 2008 to May 2018

Prepare and attend kick-off meetings for new audit assignment, Allocate responsibilities as among audit
team.
* understand the client’s business processes including internal controls in order to identify risk of material
misstatement, designing audit procedures that address these risks.
* Coach the staff and provide onsite training.
* Determines the work plan is properly executed by the team, reviewed, documented and concluded in
compliance with international standards and our firm’s methodology.
* Reviewing budgets and comparing with actual performance.
* Prepare the business review memorandum providing an overview of the company performance and
financial indicators.
* Proposing adjusting and reclassification journal entries based on our audit of the company’s financial
statements.
* Submit the audit deliverables within agreed time line (Financial statement, audit file, management letter
points).
* Creating a positive learning culture, coaches, counsels and develops staff team members.
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Business industries and clients
* Telecommunication * Vodafone Telecommunication Egypt
* Manufacturing * Proctor and Gamble
* EMB Electrical Industries- bticino
* Dow Middle east
* Misr for special fertilizers
* El-Bardi Paper Mills
* Atlas Copco
* Oil & Gas * Kuwait Energy
* Sea Gas Corp
* Consumer business * Capital Drilling Egypt
* Orasqualia
* El-Dakahlia for poultry

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Helwan University
  • January 2015

Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration English Section

Specialties & Skills

Fairness
Microsoft Office
Adjusting
Balance
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PROCESS
COACHING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MEETING FACILITATION
OIL PAINTING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
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