SAMER LAHLOUB, Audit Manager

SAMER LAHLOUB

Audit Manager

sleep high

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
23 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 11 Months

Audit Manager at sleep high
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2006 to August 2016

Auditing

Supervisor Auditor at Shariyah Review Bureau
  • August 2005 to July 2006
Audit Manager at Al Bassam CPA & Consultants – RSM
  • United States
  • April 2003 to July 2005
Assistant Audit Manager at Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co
  • Saudi Arabia
  • March 1992 to September 2002

Accounting Career Outline
•Responsible for planning, managing and controlling all the accounting functions of the finance department in the company. This includes preparing periodic management reports and financial statements through supervising the five staff members of the accounting department. Cash management is an important role within my responsibilities covering the areas of cheques issuance and cash collections. In addition, I had to keep good relationships with banks, suppliers and other parties important to the company’s activities.


Audit Career Outline
•Documenting and reviewing the client’s systems and procedures to evaluate the internal controls and determine the associated risks.
•Preparing the audit program including the selection of the procedures, timing and extent to be followed.
•Applying a variety of auditing procedures and techniques to the financial transactions.
•Preparation of audit working papers evidencing the execution of the audit programs.
•Analyzing the balances and ratios of the financial statements together with justifications and notes thereon.
•Preparing and presenting the management letter to the client stating the noted weaknesses in the internal control system and other findings along with our suggested corrective actions.
•Performing review, compilation and agreed upon procedures engagements.
•Preparation of Zakat computation, filling up the Zakat format and submitting them to the Department of Zakat & Income Tax (DZIT), follow up on the Zakat position with DZIT, and replies to the Department of Zakat and Income Tax inquiries.
•Attending year-end stock counts and reporting any related observations.
•Directed operational audits for Islamic Banks, Financial Institutions, trading and many other industries to assess controls designed to mitigate financial and operational and risks and ensure compliance with established laws and regulations, and Islamic Standards and Fatwa’s and Other international Standards.

at Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co
  • January 1993 to

Audit by using C- BEAM Program - Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co.- Riyadh 1994
•Audit Training - Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co. - 1995
•Bases of Audit and Auditing Standards - Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co. - Riyadh - 1996
•Senior Auditor Training - Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co. - Jeddah - 1998
•Qualified Course for CMA Exam - Al Aswaq for Investment - Jeddah - 2001
•RSM MacGladery approach and methodology - Al Bassam CPA - Jeddah - 2003

Training •Asst. Auditor at Talal Abu Ghazaleh & Co
  • January 1992 to
Group Internal Audit at Global Marketing Company for Sleeping Systems Ltd
  • to

January 2012 - Up To Now.
Global Marketing Company for Sleeping Systems Ltd (Sleep High) - Jeddah

● Finance Manager March 2010 - December 2011 .
Qutub Technology for Contracting company - AL-khobar

● Group Internal Audit September 2006 - February 2010.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at Science College – King Saud UniversityMember of The Saudi Institute of Internal AuditorsAmerican International University
  • January 1992

courses: Successfully passed all sections of the Uniform Arab Certified Public Accountant (ACPA), 1998, Arab Countries League, the Arabic Academy of Science and Technology, Advanced Management Institution. •Member of the Arab Society of the Certified Accountants – ASCA.

Master's degree, Accountancy
  • at Science College – King Saud UniversityMember of The Saudi Institute of Internal AuditorsAmerican International University
  • January 1992

courses: Successfully passed all sections of the Uniform Arab Certified Public Accountant (ACPA), 1998, Arab Countries League, the Arabic Academy of Science and Technology, Advanced Management Institution. •Member of the Arab Society of the Certified Accountants – ASCA.

Specialties & Skills

ACCOUNTANCY
ADMINISTRATION
AUDITING
BOOKKEEPING
BUDGETING
CASH MANAGEMENT
COMPUTER SKILLS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FILE MANAGEMENT

Languages

Arabic
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