Head of IT Audit
Al-Rajhi Bank
Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months
• Assist CIA in developing Bank Audit Universe and Annual IT Audit Plan.
• Support the CIA in developing the Audit Committee reports.
• Lead the audit review over subsidiary, overseas branches and owned companies.
• Manage IT Audit Assignment to ensure the achieving of targets set out in annual IT audit plan.
• Review and approve the audit work programs and audit planning memorandum to ensure that there is alignment among audit objective, audit scope and field work.
• Review the draft audit reports to ensure that there is alignment among audit issues, recommendations and action plans.
• Discuss the audit reports with respective line mangers and Groups Heads.
• Close monitoring and follow up with auditees regarding the implementation of action plans.
• Support the Audit Management in all reporting requirements including the Audit Committee reports.
• Lead and supervise IT audit team to ensure that their performance is in line with IAG methodology and best practice.
• Provide an on-going training, coaching and motivate IT audit team to achieve their objectives.
Currently working with Al-Rajhi Bank under Internal Audit Group, as Senior Operation Audit Manager. Roles and responsibilities include the following:
• Lead the operation audit team to review the adequacy and applications of accounting, financial and operating controls throughout the organization and also approve the audit programs and prepare the reports with recommendations on audit findings.
• Support the Audit Management in all reporting requirements including the Audit Committee reports.
• Ascertain the reliability of accounting and other operational procedures within the organization
• Provide management with recommendations to ensure maintenance of a high level of internal control & promote operational efficiency.
• Monitor the implementation of decisions taken by the management on audit recommendations.
• Train, develop and motivate the internal audit team on frequent basis, to ensure a healthy working environment and achieve their objectives
• Continuously monitor all aspects of the internal control solutions
Currently working with Al-Inma Bank under Internal Audit Department, as an IT Audit Manager. Al-Inma Bank is a newly established Bank with Capital of 15 Billion SR. I was the first staff in IT Audit team and the main reason for moving to the Bank is to gain a managerial experience. Roles and responsibilities include the following:
• Establish IT audit team.
• Develop the audit methodology and related process and procedures.
• Lead the project to develop the audit related templates and standards.
• Plan for IT audit assignments.
• Communicate with vendors to select the revenant IT audit tools.
• Interview the junior auditors to form a team.
• Manage the IT readiness assignment to ensure that the Bank’s IT environment, control, policies, processes and procedures are well managed for the commercial launch which is planned in July, 2009.
• Assignment covered:
o T24 (Globas) system.
o Oracle System.
o SARIE.
o Base 24.
Currently working with Riyad Bank under Internal Audit Department, as an IT Internal Auditor. Roles and Responsibilities including:
• Plan and Manage audit assignments
• Independently developed and conducted the audit test plans.
• Selecting the available audit tools through the internet
• Conduct a compliance Review
• Conduct a follow-up Audit assignment
• Quality assurance of IT
• Steering the meeting with the auditee to discuss audit findings
• Write draft and final audit report
• Managing the audit related documentation and evidences in accordance with quality assurance requirement of Internal Audit Department
• Support the Internal Audit system used in the department
• Audit Assignments accomplished including: Network Management Audit, Treasury Systems Audit, SARIE Audit, Visa and MasterCard Audit, ATM and POS Audit, LAN Security Audit, End User Support Audit, Data Center Audit, Retail Systems Audit and GL:M Audit.
• Assignments included the review of Routers, Switches, Firewalls, IDS, Windows 2003 servers, AIX, MS Exchange Server, and ORACLE database, .
Worked with National Commercial Bank (NCB) under Retail Department after completing NCB's Fresh Graduate (FG) program. Roles and Responsibilities including:
• Supervise the customer services representatives
• Check the required reports generated from the system to verify the branch's employee work
Joined Saudi Telecom Company (STC) through the cooperative program as a Network Engineer Trainee. Trained on:
• Network Design process
• Network Implementation process
• IP addresses management
• Evaluate the network design using evaluation tools (OPNET)
• Network monitoring process using HP-OpenView
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Engineering. Courses taken including: • Introduction to Networks • LAN and WAN management • Database management • Programming using C++ GPA: 2.49 out of 4