Sherif Elsayed

Compliance Assurance Manager at Egyptian Gulf Bank

• Egypt
• My current job since June 2023

• Managing compliance assurance visits/reviews and approve testing results.
• Reviewing compliance assurance results and risk rating scoring and reporting the results to Head of compliance, senior management, and Audit Committee.
• Following up the implementation of corrective actions for all findings raised by compliance, CBE, Internal Audit ….etc. Related to abidance by applicable laws and CBE regulations.
• Reporting to the Audit Committee and the board in an independent annual assessment on the status of compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Conduct testing and monitoring of key controls, along with thematic reviews in accordance with the Compliance Assurance Program.
• Evaluate the scope and testing approach of key controls to ensure they are fit for purpose and in accordance with established department standards
• Conduct fieldwork in line with the agreed program.
• Develop recommendations for corrective actions based on review findings
• Work with business owners and management, to agree on appropriate action plans, ensure that they understand the issues and their ownership of compliance
• Write reports which include presentation of results, the rationale for findings, risks posed, and action required to address the risks. These should be presented in a timely manner.
• Investigations/fraud cases analysis and handling.
• Apply strong analytical reasoning skills to risk-rate outcomes and determine the level of impact of issues identified.
• Track agreed actions through to conclusion and report on progress upon completion of reviews
• Examine policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance with laws and regulations and implement any needed changes.
• Identifying potential compliance assurance projects, Risk assessing potential projects by applying a pre defined methodology; Prioritizing potential projects by risk; Calculating available resources; and preparing an annual compliance assurance internal/eternal plan for approval.