Director of Internal Audit
Bupa Arabia
Total years of experience :15 years, 1 Months
• Developed, reviewed and managed internal audit plan that covers key risky areas and meets business needs and management objectives. Prepared the annual budget, allocated financial resources, and controlled operational overheads.
• Recommended opportunities to improve the effectiveness/efficiency of all systems and processes and assured the management over the adequacy of internal control in managing key operational, regulatory, and financial risks.
• Ensured compliance with standard business practices, administered the code of conduct, and maintained adequate adherence as per corporate governance requirements to safeguard company’s assets.
• Collaborated with the executive management to determine the scope of audit, communicated resources required for successful completion of audit activity, and finalized the internal audit annual work plan with the Audit Committee.
• Executed a cooperative, aligned, and dynamic approach in managing relationships with the audit stakeholders (i.e. the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, other board committees and Bupa Global, Management, and Risk/Compliance/Legal teams, and Chief Executive Team).
Internal Audit Senior Manager - Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Company
(January 2019 to date), Jeddah, KSA
• Supervising, coaching, and leading the less experienced audit staff who are assigned on the audit engagements that are part of the annual audit plan which are monitored through setting their KPIs at the beginning of each year.
• Conducting the exit meeting with the Senior executive management to clear the audit reports prior final issuance.
• Preparation of the periodical audit committee package through Compiling all the relevant information into the presentation deck
to be delivered to the audit committee.
• Delivering awareness sessions to the business stakeholders for branding of the internal audit presence and elevating the risk and
controls culture within the organization.
The key role is to monitor how well risks are being mitigated, controls are being evaluated and internal processes are working in an effective manner. Moreover, I’m working as a business enabler and advisor to improve and enhance the internal business processes.
Here below are the key tasks performed in relation to my current role: Leading meetings with stakeholders to develop an understanding of business processes; Researching and assessing how well risk management processes are working and recording the results; Providing ad-hoc advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels, sometimes by delivering courses and training sessions; Leading teams while performing risk assessments on key business activities and using this information to guide what to cover in audits; Anticipating emerging issues through research and interviews and deciding how best to deal with them; Providing support and guidance to management on how to handle new opportunities; Agreeing recommendations with relevant stakeholders to make improvements to operations and helping to secure backing for them in meetings; Reviewing and preparing reports to highlight issues and problems and distributing the reports to the relevant stakeholders; Assessing how well the business is complying to rules and regulations and informing management whether any issues need addressing, and; Managing teams, variety of stakeholders and their expectations through regular communications.
- Handling and preparation of financial statements and its related disclosures.
- Finding a solution to areas with a significant risk to mitigate this risk.
- Coaching less experienced associates by learning, support and motivation to enhance their knowledge and experience.
- Preparation of Communications and Information Technology Commission “CITC” reports and agreed upon procedures as per client’s engagement letter.
- Discussing all audit issues with the client management and handling all communications with the client thru an internal web page “Client Connect System” which facilitate the communication and follow-up process.
- In my rule, I’m reporting directly to the engagement manager, senior manager and recently engagement director.
Job Description:
- Handling and preparation of financial statements and its related disclosures.
- Finding a solution to areas with a significant risk to mitigate this risk.
- Handling associates by learning, support, coaching and motivation to enhance their knowledge.
- Preparation of Communications and Information Technology Commission “CITC” reports and agreed upon procedures as per client’s engagement letter.
- In my rule, I’m reporting directly to the engagement manager, senior manager and recently engagement director.
In charge for the following clients:
- Etihad Etisalat Company “Mobily” and its subsidiaries.
- Kingdom Holding Company and its subsidiaries.
- Volkswagen Group Saudi Arabia.
- Referred Reporting Audit Engagement of ENVAC Saudi Arabia.
- Laureate Vocational Saudi Limited.
I have worked as associate at the following companies:
- Six of October for Development and Investment Company (SODIC).
- Qatari Diar Real-estate & Tourism Investment Company.
- NEW GIZA for Real-estate & Tourism Investment Company.
- KUEHNE + NAGEL for forwarding and shipping.
- Not-for-Profit Organization (Association of helping mothers & kids).
- October pharma for pharmaceutical industries.
- Cable network Egypt (CNE).
- Egyptian Germany company for air treatments.
- A limited ownership for Bavarian instruments (SEPEI).
- Technoscan, Technorad and Techno medicine for radiology services.
- Sphinx for Publishing Co.
- Thyssen Krupp Xervon for powering plant performance.
- Savola foods limited company.
- Delta pharma for pharmaceutical products.
Chartered Global Management Accountant.
Certified Public Accountant
Good communication and analytical skills, self-motivated and able to work independently as well as working in a team, good presentation skills, hard worker and able to work under pressure. BSC of Commerce-“English Dept.” Zagazig University, Egypt and i got a Very good with honor degree. English courses at (AUC). Work Experience: 2006 : National Bank of Egypt as a Trainee. Transaction: Accounting Transactions. Language skills: - Arabic : Mother tongue. - English: Fluent written and spoken. Computer skills: Excellent Computer Skills. ICDL (INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER DRIVING LICENCE). - Windows (98, me, XP). - Microsoft Office. (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook). - Internet Applications.
