Senior Internal Auditor
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. Chartered Accountants
Total years of experience :4 years, 1 Months
Worked as Senior Associate in Risk Advisory Department of KPMG Pakistan having 3.5 years' experience in leading, planning and managing independent and objective assurance and consulting activities designed to add value and improve the Company's operations using a systemic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance process.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• To execute and supervise Internal Audit activities in accordance with the KPMG Internal Audit Methodology, a risk based approach to Internal Audits and COSO Framework.
• Assist engagement manager in development, updating and finalization of Internal Audit charter, standards, policies, procedures and manuals of audit clients.
• Conduct audit assignments in line with the Internal Audit plan and within the budgeted time in a professional manner, adopting the best audit practices and appropriate audit techniques.
• Prepare and develop Audit Programs, audit tools and methodology in consultation with Engagement Manager for key business processes and controls to ensure adequate and comprehensive coverage of the audit objectives.
• Perform all field work in a competent and professional manner, identifying system control points and documenting controls in "Process Narrative Document" to map these control activities against the risk in "Risk and Control Matrix Document".
• Conduct research, analysis & benchmarking for the identification of control weakness or process improvement opportunities and evidencing them in Working Papers.
• Analyze and appraise evidentiary data as a basis for an informed, objective opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system and the efficiency of performance of the activities reviewed.
• Based on work performed and conclusion reached, prepare a draft report of audit finding for presentation to Business / Area Managers and obtaining management comments.
• Compile / draft "Internal Audit Reports" according to the required KPMG standards and "Executive summaries" along the "Annexures" and charts covering key risks, areas of concerns / audit finding and internal audit activities status.
• Perform Follow-up on significant findings from previous audits and prepare quarterly progress reports on planned audits and implementation of corrective actions for presentation to the Board / Audit committee.
• Conduct special assignments / Ad-hoc projects / reviews/ fraud investigation as required by the Senior Managers.
• Maintain audit work papers and sufficient evidence for the reported observations.
• Ensure appropriate Audit technology tools are used to provide the highest level of assurance in an efficient manner.
• Advise in decision making, framing of policies, cost rationalization by providing an independent analysis.
• Monitor international developments, emerging trends and best practices in internal auditing and implement them if applicable.
As an Internee at Lahore Stock Exchange, I have been rotated in Company Affairs Department, Finance Department and Clearing Department which helped me in diversifying my knowledge base. I performed following tasks while working at Lahore Stock Exchange.
• Assisted management in ensuring post listing compliance of the listed companies.
• Examined vouchers, reconciliations, and numerous analyses including P&L variance and ratios in Finance Department.
• Performed research work by applying horizontal analysis, vertical analysis and other models on the financial data of key players in cement sector.
Served as a member of Academic Support Department, my key responsibilities as an Academic Support Officer include:
• Collecting and gathering information from the faculty members for preparing Weekly course progress reports.
• Providing essential assistance to faculty members through conducting Extra-classes, preparing class tests, marking answers sheets and distributing results to the students.
• Providing academic support to students on skipped lectures, challenging topics and practice sessions as an additional facility to students offered by the college.