Financial Controls Manager (SOX)
NEOM
Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months
ENOWA is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEOM, a US$500 billion smart city development in Saudi Arabia. ENOWA is powered by 100% renewable energy to distribute high-standard water to NEOM city, while exporting clean industrial resources & sustainable solutions to the world.
• Lead the implementation of NEOM Financial Control Framework (FCF) within ENOWA to achieve compliance with all relevant internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) standards, including, but not limited to, COSO internal control framework and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.
• Plan, develop, and coordinate the execution of all phases of SOX compliance (walkthroughs to identify/validate key controls, develop test procedures, coordinate execution and documentation of testing, and report results to Management).
• Coordinate updates to documentation, including process flowcharts, process narratives, risk, and controls matrices, and evaluate controls as new systems are implemented and/or processes evolve.
• Work with process / control owners on design, implementation, and maintenance of the entity-level controls.
• Evaluate and analyze data pertaining to information systems functions relative to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Lead the setup of a system for SOX self-assessments and self-attestations by the control and process owners.
• Plan and manage resource requirements at each testing phase.
• Communicate and educate within ENOWA about FCF and SOX compliance and provide advice in respect of implementing and remediating relevant key controls.
• Keep abreast of the latest SEC regulations, PCAOB pronouncements, and other SOX related updates.
JOULON is a strategic partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), a US based global investment company that manages multiple alternative assets of $479 billion, including private equity, hedge funds, tech, health care, energy, infrastructure, and real estate.
• Assist leadership team with formulation of corporate strategy for Energy asset group including finalization of 5-year forecasts by working closely with country managers, business development and sales teams to identify risk and opportunities for business lines in 8 countries including UAE, KSA, US, UK, Norway, Singapore, Guyana, and Brazil.
• Manage finance and accounting team of 15 individuals based in UAE, UK, and Brazil.
• Support CFO in preparing monthly and quarterly communications for board's audit and finance committees around issues and trends in financial operating models.
• Lead Internal audit department by ensuring overall implementation and compliance of Internal Controls Framework at group as well as regional level.
• Oversee preparation of statutory accounts for Group as well as stand-alone entities and ensuring statutory audits are completed within agreed timelines.
• Conduct analyses and reporting for corporate functions including, monthly financial analysis, re-forecasting, variance analysis, pipeline analysis, and business unit financial performance for group.
• Manage PCAOB integrated audit with ICFR opinion of Fortis Inc., one of the largest energy companies in Northern America, listed on NYSE and TSX with revenues of over $9 billion and assets of over $58 billion.
• Conduct scoping at the Financial Statement Line Item and at the significant component level for the Group companies including material accounts tested at non-significant components.
• Plan and execute test of design and operating effectiveness of SOX related direct and indirect controls including walkthroughs to identify key controls addressing the risks.
• Recommend remediation plans to clients post identification of design gaps and controls failures relating to management override of controls.
• Re-create risk control matrices and flow charts using Vision and Deloitte’s Omnia tool.
• Manage diverse team of 14 staff in local office as well as component teams from various region in Canada, USA, and India.
• Work closely with internal audit department of clients while using their work and/or assistance to test higher and lower risk balances.
• Prepare and present annual audit service plan and quarterly audit committee communications to client’s board members.
• Engage in complex and specialized accounting and auditing issues including goodwill impairment testing, business acquisition testing, ASC 606 Revenue recognition and ASU 2016-13 the current expected credit loss standard (CECL) implementation.
• Manage referral instructions from Canadian group entity with PCAOB standards to component teams in the US, Canada and the Caribbean as well as communicated referrals back from local components to group engagement teams.
• Provide recommendations on process improvements to various clients operating in mining and energy industry.
• Lead the debt offering engagements including engaging in due diligence procedures and discussions with client’s financial institutions and legal counsel.
Parker Wellbore is a US listed company headquartered in Houston, USA and provides worldwide drilling services, rental tools, manufacturing, and project management including rig design and construction, with over 40 rigs worldwide.
• Prepare financial statements for local Joint venture in Saudi Arabia under IFRS as well as for parent company in Houston under U.S. GAAP.
• Partner with general management and cost center owners to prepare 3-year budget for three product lines including personnel, rental and servicing, by conducting analytical reviews on assumptions on revenues, cost, and capital expenditure.
• Lead SOX implementation project for subsidiary of US listed company operating in Saudi Arabia and remediated control deficiencies within deadline of 6 months.
• Lead ERP implementation including MS Dynamics AX and Oracle by collaborating with external consultants, in-house IT and Internal Audit teams.
• Reduced Days sales outstanding (DSO) from 98 days to 63 days by streamlining invoice management resulting in correct and complete invoices received by customers
BSc (HONS) in Applied Accounting
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