Audit Manager, Capital Markets - CIBC Bank - Toronto, Canada
(2022-01)
- Lead and manage larger, more complex engagements/projects, at times, concurrently, and executing audit work steps.
- Assess processes and the effectiveness of controls within key processes.
- Manage personnel effectively and guide department personnel in their careers and providing learning opportunities.
- Develop relationships with senior management and other key internal contacts, including Management Committee members and their direct reports.
- Collaborate with team members in Enterprise Internal Audit to ensure a consistent approach to auditing risks and ensure there is a robust exchange of information and ideas.
- Assist with the creation of the yearly audit plan in collaboration with Internal Audit Senior Management.
- Coordinate with outside auditors, as necessary.
- Ensure audit engagement quality, including adherence to IIA and IA Department policies and procedures.
- Deal with complex, technical areas/issues, including planning, testing, and vetting with management, and regulatory issue validation.
- Understand and address interconnected risks, trends, and other pertinent issues.
- Demonstrate risk and control expertise.
- Manage portfolio of assigned audit objects including staffing, scheduling, coordination with the client and ensuring completion of the audit program.
- Draft high quality audit reports with minimal oversight.
- Contribute to the positive and team-oriented culture by maintaining cooperative relationships (assisting other project teams when necessary), facilitating the resolution of conflicts, sharing information, and accepting/providing feedback.
- Ensure compliance with IIA Standards
Audit Manager - Scotiabank - Toronto, Canada
(2021-03 - 2021-10)
- Audit project management and execution of testing over both the TPRM Transformation Program and GPS Transformation including target operating model, system implementations and supporting process enhancements.
- Assessing management's progress in addressing TPRM audit and regulatory findings.
- Building a multi-year audit program and Centre of Excellence capability (including tools and resources) of the Bank's Third-Party Management process (both Third Party Risk Management and Global Procurement Services).
- Interacting with team auditing program.
- Meeting with management to conduct walk throughs.
- Reviewing program artifacts to assess design and operating effectiveness.
- Working with other audit teams that are supporting program.
- Team dynamic - larger team does check ins and social stuff to stay engaged. Team stays as connected as possible, on this project because of pace.
- More focused of the execution piece
Financial Controller - Cellntell - Toronto, Canada
(2020-09 - 2021-01)
Creating a finance department for a Privately held company, developing financial policies and processes, create financial reports and analysis. Manage financial staff, promoting a bookkeeper or accountant and advising for the right systems for the company.
Audit Manager - Ernst & Young - Toronto, Canada
(2019-11 - 2020-08)
- Managing a portfolio of private mid-size clients with revenues up to $200Mil.
- Experience with completing full audit files, from start to finish; notice to readers, review engagements, personal and corporate tax.
- Lead audit clients with different industries including retail, manufacturing, and real estate in accordance with ASPE and IFRS.
- Coaching, managing the accounting team, and provide training for staff.
- Reviewing engagement files and tax returns.
- Reporting to the Audit Partner, managed a team of Auditors to ensure audit engagements for a portfolio of 15 clients were performed in accordance with the latest Canadian standards.
- Communicated accounting and auditing matters to Partners and advising clients on relevant subjects.
- Identified performance improvement opportunities for clients for effective control environments and better efficiency.
- Interacted with clients to ensure effective information flow to the audit teams and to address client concerns and issue resolution.
- Followed up with audit teams to develop hourly budgets and fees analysis.
Manager, Audit - KPMG - Kingston, Canada
(2018-07 - 2019-03)
- Managing a portfolio of small to mid-size clients and led audit clients in retail, manufacturing, and real estate industries in accordance with ASPE accounting standards. Revenues ranging from $20Mil to $70Mil.
- Experience with completing full audit files, from start to finish; notice to readers, review engagements, personal and corporate tax.
- Coaching, managing the accounting team, and provide training for staff.
- Reviewing engagement files and tax returns.
- Reporting to the Audit Partner, managed a team of Auditors to ensure audit engagements for a portfolio of clients were performed in accordance with the latest Canadian standards.
- Communicated accounting and auditing matters to Partners and advising clients on relevant subjects.
- Identified performance improvement opportunities for clients for effective control environments and better efficiency.
- Interacted with clients to ensure effective information flow to the audit teams and to address client concerns and issue resolution.
- Followed up with audit teams to develop hourly budgets and fees analysis.
Audit Manager, UAE / Assistant Manager/ Manager, Cairo, Egypt / Senior 2/ Senior 3, Toronto, Canada - Ernst & Young (EY) - Toronto, Canada; Cairo, Egypt; UAE
(2005-02 - 2017-09)
Led audit across various industries (power generation, mining, oil, gas, trust, banking, real estate, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail) in accordance with Canadian GAAP/GAAS standards and IFRS.
- Audited and conducted an internal control review of Ontario Power Generation (OPG) through 3 nuclear generations stations, 5 thermal generation stations, 65 hydroelectric stations.
- Using Data analytics tools (EY Eagle and AAM).
- Involved in few assignments of not-for-profit Audit (Finland Fund and USA Aide).
- Completed an audit of one of the biggest construction companies in the middle east in accordance with the international accounting standards, resulting in a budget decrease of 15% compared to prior years.
- Maintained relationships with external clients.
- Delivered quality work through rigorous review of audit teamwork papers and results.
- Managed audit relationships at all levels from Staff to Partner to ensure clear and strong alignment.
- Provide expertise in planning and executing end to end audits based on the established audit plans in alignment with applicable policies and regulatory guidelines in a timely fashion.
- Lead the planning process for assigned audits while ensuring the completion of appropriate programs and risk assessment to mitigate risks and improve effectiveness across the Audit.
- Support the audit opinion as per internal controls and professional audit standards to present the findings and recommendations to client and audit management.
- Manage follow-ups on the new findings raised from regulatory and internal divisional audits to ensure all data is up-to-date and properly documented.
- Review and identify failures in internal processes and recommend improvements to enhance operational efficiencies.
- Act with the highest levels of integrity while always observing regulatory guidelines, fulfilling your due diligence, and handling confidential information with discretion.
- Build a fair and positive work environment where team can openly report challenges and exchange ideas, knowledge and skills and maintain good working relationships with each other to achieve common goals.
Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services (FIDS) - Life Sciences - Ernst & Young (EY) - North Africa
FCPA reviews in North Africa for several pharmaceutical companies. Applied the internal program to review and capture all red flags related to payments, sales, travel, and entertainment, third party selection, sponsorship, and relationship with healthcare professional and governmental officials.
- All red flags were captured, weighted, and documented in a report.
- Constant communication with the lawyers for critical red flags to ascertain whether all relevant information has been collected and plan subsequent course of action.
- Developed recommendations for each of the findings.
Special Assignment - Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 - Ernst & Young (EY) - Cairo, Egypt
Special assignment for USA subsidiary in Cairo, Egypt. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires management to document and annually evaluate and report on internal control over financial reporting and to subject that evaluation to an audit by its external auditors.
- Assessed the design and operating effectiveness of selected internal controls related to significant accounts and relevant assertions, in the context of material misstatement risks.
- Established an understanding of transaction flow to identify points at which a misstatement could arise.
