Highlights:18 (Eighteen) years of experience including 11 (Eleven) years in United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of External and Internal Audit function, currently working in Managerial Role with State Audit Institution (SAI) Of UAE. Former audit roles include 9 (Nine) years with KPMG - Pakistan, KPMG - Bahamas & Deloitte Dubai. Diversified industry exposure of Integrated audits (Financial, Compliance, Operational and Performance audit)

Skills:Risk Management, Audit, Compliance, bookkeeping, Tax

Goal:Experienced professional worked in Bahamas, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates willing to locate to USA and work for a reputed Audit firm.

Certification:CPA-USA Certified Fraud Examiner Certified Internal Control Auditor Professional Accounting Affiliate (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan)

Audit Manager 12/2009 - 12/2018
State Audit Institution of UAE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The State Audit Institution (SAI) is the Supreme Audit Authority in the United Arab Emirates. The SAI is an independent body and attached to the Federal National Council. Besides auditing the federal government entities SAI mandate also include fighting fraud and corruption. SAI is now chairman of INTOSAI (192 member countries) since 2016
?Part of core management team in setting up Professional Service Unit from scratch, developing & implementing risk based audit methodology which included: •Identifying stake holders, establishing communication channels and trust, advising on tactical issues thus ensuring value addition opportunities for SAI in overall governance of the Country. •Developing, maintaining and updating an Audit Charter, Audit Manual and Engagement Status (Audit Tracker) to appropriately reflect the office's responsibilities, authority and reporting relationships in line with International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF). ?Reporting directly to Executive Director-SAI and managing audit portfolio of 12 Government agencies in a year with team of 20 Emirati talents. ?Performing business analytics to gain more insight of the business, trend analysis and ensuring risk register reflects business risks and Fraud risk indicators to be incorporated in annual audit plan and identifying related resource requirements. ?Ensuring audits are focused on areas assessed as high risk, thus ensuring maximum payback from the assignment. Such as reviews of operations to ensure compliance with applicable policies, plans, procedures, laws, and regulations that could have an impact on operations, such as competitive bidding process. ?Evaluation of the economy and efficiency of operations, such as idle resources, overstaffing etc. ?Reviews of initiatives or programs to determine whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals and whether operations and programs are being carried out as planned. ?Reviewing and finalizing audit reports for Executive management (Audit committee) to ensure it adds value and is able to achieve buy-in and agreement on the part of the client. findings and recommendations to respective auditees, agree tentative timeline for implementation of controls and timely follow up to ensure that audit recommendations are addressed and implemented appropriately. ?Liaising with IT auditors to ensure technology risk in audit processes are adequately addressed. ?Coordinating with Other Auditors to ensure common understanding of business processes and related risks. Establishing protocols for sharing work and reliance in order to increase effectiveness of overall audit process. ?Supervised special / Adhoc projects at management's request, including investigations, ethic hotline inquiries, and conflict of interest reviews.--

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan 05/2001 - 12.2006
, , United States
Degree: Professional Degree
Major:Accouting
Professional Accounting Affiliate

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