Assistant Manager - Internal Audit
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Total years of experience :20 years, 0 Months
Instrumental in planning and designing the audit approach and a well documented audit programme for areas to be reconsidered.
Involved in developing and reporting audit findings/weaknesses and making recommendations for correcting unsatisfactory conditions and improve operations to reduce cost.
Deftly implemented and documented audit programme tests, procedures and control evaluations of key internal control systems.
Streamlined the audit processes by synchronizing internal and international practices, and identified the areas for improvement and cost reduction.
Established the effectiveness of existing policies and procedures for promoting operational efficiency.
Ensured on time completion of audits and the process of drafting those audit reports.
Actively participated in the development of audit plan and annual risk assessment
Managing the audit team, ensuring the timely completion of assignments in an effective manner.
Conducted various internal audit functions overseas.
Instrumental in preparing the audit reports, discussion on the draft report with audit units finalising the report with management comments, presenting it to Head of Internal Audit.
Involved in preparing project feasibility reports for small and medium entrepreneurs, to secure financial assistance from banks and financial institutions.
Managed risk based internal audit assignments of various companies like National Detergent Company SAOG, Oman Fibre Optic Company SAOG, Oman Agricultural Development Company SAOG, National Finance Company SAOG in Sultanate of Oman.
Performed external audit for various SAOG, SAOC and LLC companies like Gulf Plastic Industries SAOG Computer Stationery Industry SAOG, Salalah Free Zone Authority SAOC, Towell Take Solutions, Oman Engineering Co. LLC, etc. in accordance with International Financial reporting standards (IFRS)
Performed agreed upon procedures according to International Standards on Related Services for Oman Telecommunications Company SAOG. Reviewed their WLL Service project to assure that the implementation was done in accordance with standard project management practices.
The Growth Path:
Dec’07 to May’08 - Associate
Nov’04 to Nov’07 - Articled Clerk
Apr’04 to Nov’04 - Audit Assistant
Highlights:
Audited various Partnership firms and proprietary concerns on the basis of Audit U/s 44 AB of Income Tax Act 1962.
Conducted Statutory Audit of various branches of State Bank of Travancore, Federal Bank Ltd. and North Malabar Gramin Bank.
Successfully provided consultancy services, mainly in the area of tax management for individuals and partnership businesses.
Worked as online transaction processor for ICICI Lombard Insurance Company, during their migration to the new system, for their Kottayam Branch, as an outsourcing service.
Fellow Chartered Accountant