Internal Auditor at Atlantic Group (2023-01 – Present)
As an experienced Internal Auditor, assist as a strategic interface between management and stakeholders, ensuring transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement across organizational processes. Audit leadership spans multiple domains.
- Successfully led and delivered a wide range of audits including concurrent, construction, operational, non-operational, process, financial, procurement, payroll, banking, treasury, fraud and investigation audits.
- Delivered audits across multiple sectors with a focus on identifying control gaps, improving compliances, and enhancing operational efficiency.
- Develop internal audit plans based on risk assessments and process walkthroughs, ensuring alignment with procedures and regulatory standards.
- Conduct scheduled audits to evaluate internal controls across various business units, contributing to stronger governance and risk mitigation.
- Conduct Pre and Post audit reviews of procurement, vendor payments, finance, treasury, payroll, contracts, and major business transactions to ensure policy compliance and proper approvals.
- Perform financial, operational, compliance, and IT and ERP audits to evaluate internal controls, process effectiveness, statutory compliance, and risk management.
- Evaluate ERP user access controls and segregation of duties (SOD) conflicts in ERP recommended configuration changes to enforce approval workflows and prevent unauthorized transactions.
- Audit procurement procedures including vendor master file integrity, duplicate vendor detection, and verification of new vendor onboarding documentation (trade license, VAT certificate, bank confirmation letters).
- Detect retrospective PO creation, PO splitting fraud indicators, and three way match failures recommended ERP controls to enforce PO before GRN workflow.
- Conduct vendor performance reviews and assessing compliance with approved vendor lists, procurement policy thresholds, and contract terms.
- Review project costing, Bills of Quantities (BOQ) adherence, and material usage against approved budgets, verified subcontractor payment certificates and retention schedules for accuracy and contract compliance.
- Review variation orders and change management processes, confirm all variations were approved, priced, and documented prior to execution as per contract terms.
- Assess budget to actual variance and project profitability reports, escalated cost overrun risks and cash flow concerns to management with corrective action recommendations.
- Audit inventory controls including physical count verification, material reconciliation, and wastage analysis across construction sites and stores.
- Audit payroll for monthly wage construction workers across multiple sites reconciled site attendance registers to payroll headcount and cash disbursements to verify ghost worker controls.
- Verified overtime calculations, leave settlements, end of service gratuity calculations, and early leave settlements for compliance with Oman Labour Law.
- Review of output tax on client progressive billings.
- Review of VAT input recovery on procurement invoices.
- Review of quarterly VAT returns filing documents along with all supporting documents.
- Create and distribute audit reports that clearly identify risks and control deficiencies, tailored to the needs of both management and stakeholders.
- Delivered final audit reports within designated timelines and provided periodic updates through concise executive summaries.
- Supervise a team of 2-3 auditors, assign tasks, reviewing outputs, and mentoring team members to enhance audit quality and professional growth.
- Provided structured training for new hires to familiarize them with internal audit methodologies, company processes, and reporting timelines.
- Conduct follows up audits by reviewing action taken reports and validating supporting documentation submitted by auditees.
- Confirm corrective actions were effectively implemented and sustained, reinforcing a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Conduct special audits based on management instructions and issues identified during internal audits.
- Conduct formal investigations into identified issues to determine root causes and support appropriate corrective actions.
- Identified the financial loss involved in identified issues and ensured recovery.
- Prepared audit reports and presented findings to management for appropriate action.
Auditor Internal at Sendan International Company Limited (2017-01 – 2023-12)
Projects included: Saudi Aramco, Sabic, Sadara, Safco, Sadaf, Saipem, Saudi Kayan, Ras Tanura, Abqaiq, Maaden, AR RAJI, Yanbu, JGC Gulf International Co. Ltd, Safaniyah.
- Prepared risk based internal audit plans covering both operational and non-operational project activities.
- Executed scheduled internal audits as planned and reviewed the effectiveness of internal controls.
- Performed concurrent, financial, projects, and operational audits across the group.
- Identified internal control gaps across finance, operations, procurement, estimation, business development, HR, and administration, recommending process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce risk.
- Evaluated internal controls, identified financial, operational, compliance, and strategic risks, and recommended process improvements.
- Audited associate companies, subsidiaries, and branches to standardize audit practices and monitor implementation of audit recommendations.
- Audited procurement procedures, including purchase order compliance, vendor selection, approved vendor lists, and MAS.
- Reviewed technical evaluations, commercial quotation comparisons, and contract adherence.
- Reviewed subcontractor agreements, payment certificates, and retention schedules, identified irregular billing patterns and duplicate payments through detailed reconciliation.
- Verified employee and worker salary calculations against timesheets and conducted surprise physical headcount checks.
- Validated employees leave management records, leave settlements, full and final settlements, and gratuity calculations.
- Reviewed employee disciplinary records, safety violation registers, and grievance logs for compliance with company policies.
- Validated the performance management system process, including probation period controls.
- Validated training and development activities, including annual plans and related documentation.
- Validated the end-to-end recruitment process, including policies, SRFs, budgets, and documentation.
- Validated the onboarding process for new employees, including departmental induction, ERP credentials, and other applicable requirements.
- Reviewed the employee exit process, including compliance requirements and supporting documentation.
- Developed inventory audit programs for project sites, identified gaps in consumption and documentation processes, and conducted physical stock counts with bin card verification.
- Developed fixed asset audit programs at the project level and reconciled the asset master against physical counts and asset tags.
- Reviewed compliance with HSE regulations, including health, safety, environmental requirements, and work permit controls.
- Reviewed QA/QC compliance, including quality control requirements, material rejection registers, calibration records, warranty and guarantee registers.
- Prepared comprehensive internal audit reports presented findings to management and ensured timely closure of corrective actions.
- Engaged with departmental stakeholders to discuss highlighted observations prior to drafting the final report, fostering transparency and alignment.
- Reviewed action taken reports and supporting documentation to validate adequacy and conducted follow up audits to monitor implementation progress and confirm sustained compliance.
Executive - Internal Auditor at Patil Rail Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd (2013-01 – 2017-12)
Led and executed internal audit
