Advisory Consultant
Grant Thornton Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months
► Engagement Planning for the COSO implementation assignment as per “Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority’ (ADAA)
resolution no 1.
► Overall planning of audits: meeting with clients to understand their expectations and designing audit strategies after
assessing the associated audit risk.
► Assessment of audit risk associated with the clients and determination of overall audit approach: This entailed identification
and assessment of risks associated with each business process and controls to mitigate them.
► Supervising multiple Advisory teams at various clients.
► Monitoring audit progress and reviewing audit work.
► Drafting Internal Audit Reports.
► Discussing and Finalizing Internal Audit Reports with the Client Senior Management.
► Presenting Summarized Audit Results to Client Senior Management and Audit Committee.
CLIENTAL
► ARKAN Building Material
► Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
► Tasneef Emirates Classification
► Abaad Wood Industry
► Al Dhafra Workers Village
► Abu Dhabi Department of
Culture & Tourism
► Emirates College for Advance
Education
► Paris Sorbonne University Abu
Dhabi
► Masdar City
Worked as a Finance Manager and lead Finance Team of six people and review financial reports, monitoring accounts, and preparing
activity reports and financial forecasts also investigate ways to improve profitability, and analyze markets for business opportunities.
KEY RESULT AREAS
► Supervising Financial Reporting & VAT related matters.
► Performing activities such as reviewing, examining and analyzing accounting records and financial statements.
► Identify business process risks and design internal control over financial reporting.
► Planning and directing the activities of workers in branches or departments.
► Preparing reports as required by law, regulations or company policies.
► Ensuring compliance with applicable laws and procedures.
► Pivotal role in registration of VAT and establish necessary policies and make necessary adjustment in current ERP for VAT.
► Liaise with external auditors and assisting GM to manage the external audit for the whole group.
Worked as an Assistant Manager Financial and Regulatory Reporting prepare financial records and ensure the submission of
regulatory compliance and collaborate effectively with business managers to add value to the business process and identify
opportunities for improvement.
KEY RESULT AREAS
► Preparation of monthly stand-alone financial reports, including consolidated financial statements.
► Documenting and testing financial reporting processes and controls.
► Gather details from Treasury, Trade Finance, HR, Secretariat & Operations departments to complete the SBP reports.
► Prepare and timely submit (i:e ROCA, DTL, GVA etc.) reports on the stipulated deadlines given by regulators.
► Coordinated quarterly reviews of financial reporting activities (i.e., QRC and CAR (Capital Adequacy Ratio under Basel III
guidelines)
► Pivotal role in review and updating the finance Manual.
► Supervise Provident Fund Accounts and All Taxation requirements
Worked as an MIS & Budgeting Officer and responsible for preparing annual budgets, business plans, internal projections, pooling,
Transfer Pricing and MIS reports.
KEY RESULT AREAS
► Prepare Consolidated Financial Plan of the Bank with solicit segments & Departmental/Cost Revenue Centre (CRC) Budget.
► Prepare Budget preparation process and templates and provide guidelines to departments to populate the budget template.
► Review and critically examine the accuracy and completeness of departmental budgets estimate conformance with regulation
and organizational budget objectives.
► Perform Comprehensive Variance Analysis of Actual v/s Budgets and determine root cause for each significant variance.
► Prepare loan portfolio classification and credit analysis
Worked as an Accounts Officer and responsible for preparing bank reconciliations, preparing cheques and manage accounts payable
and Petty Cash
Worked as a Tax Consultant and responsible for filing sales tax returns of various clients, conduct mock sales tax audits, Prepare
Refund Claim of Clients and correspond with Regional Tax office.
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