nabil abboud, Senior Financial Auditor

nabil abboud

Senior Financial Auditor

Mazars

Location
France
Education
Master's degree, Banking and Finance
Experience
16 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months

Senior Financial Auditor at Mazars
  • France
  • My current job since December 2009

- Conducting periodic audit on the companies’ statutory and consolidated financial statements, under both French GAAP and IFRS
- Leading and managing the team (up to 6 auditors) during the audit assignment
- Evaluating the internal controls to identify strengths and areas of improvement and performing solutions for risk management
- Organizing the audit assignment by preparing work programs, allocating tasks and managing team’s schedule
- Preparing and presenting the audit work summaries to clients - Main Companies: Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas, BPCE, Gecina, Calberson and Peugeot
- Participating to a five-month advisory mission in a bank, to prepare the control records of 7 securitization funds, with an issue of valuation of securities affected by the subprime crisis

Key skills and achievements :
- Excellent understanding of auditing techniques for both non-listed and listed companies, up to 1.1 trillion euros of total assets
- Ability to learn quickly, make an immediate impact and provide value-added service to clients
- Considered as the main contributor to the renewal of a mandate, through the organization of the mission flawlessly, staff training and monitoring of technical points

Investment Strategy Analyst at Natixis Securities
  • France
  • June 2009 to November 2009

- Technical analysis: Detecting and analysing market signals, defining market trends
- Investment committees: Preparing and participating to investment committees, drafting reports
- Preparing weekly reports: market trends (Mid Cap and Large Cap) and sectoral trade-offs

Accountant at Haber France
  • France
  • July 2008 to September 2008

- Account Manager: Billing, Payment and Recovery
- Preparing the new tariffs: Analysing profitability by product and by market

Treasury Accountant at L'Oréal
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2006 to September 2007

- Creating entries for bank account transactions
- Performing bank reconciliations and managing banking relationships
- Elaborating the Cash Flow Statement, and analysing real/forecast Cash flow movements

Budget & Cost Controller at L'Oréal
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2006 to November 2006

- Budget Follow-up, controlling of distribution costs and reporting to the Financial Department
- Ensuring L’Oreal Group monthly reports

Education

Master's degree, Banking and Finance
  • at Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I)
  • June 2009
Bachelor's degree, BA in Finance
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 2006

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Profitability
Banking
Internal Controls
Financial Analysis
Financial Reporting
Internal Controls
Accounting
Corporate Finance
Auditing
External Audit
Financial Accounting
Strategic Financial Planning
Financial Audits
Internal Audit

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
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