SUMMARY:

• Qualified leader in the Auditing / Finance field with over 11 years of extensive international experience in Internal/External auditing, Process governance, Risk management, as well as Financial reporting in Big 4 and various industries with highly commercial approach in dealing with challenging assignments while maintaining high level of conceptual thinking in contributing to the overall of the organizational objectives.
• Highly experienced in leading Financial, Operational and SOX audits.
• Extensive knowledge of implementing measures to increase the output of the organization.
• Literate with Microsoft Office tools like Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experienced with SAP and Oracle ERP systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting concepts and standards ( Confidential ).
• Possess excellent supervisory andleadership skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Manager, Internal Audit

Confidential, Park Ridge, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Led and administered all planned audits under areas of areas of responsibility, monitored progress, reviewed work papers, while discussing draft audit reports with Hertz executive management .
• Completed internal controls reviews of select critical processes/accounts in compliance with Section 404 of the SOX act of 2002 and the Steering Committee’s Independent Testing Guidelines.
• Liaised with external auditors and the Internal Control Compliance Department and administered audit assistance whenever needed.
• Evaluated the implementation of audit issues and recommendations on audits for areas of responsibility.
• Developed internal audit staff on the job and via internal and external programs.

Manager, Regional Corporate Audit

Confidential, Hartford CT

Responsibilities:

• Upon one month from joining, contributed actively to the development of the risk based approach for scheduling audit assignments instead of being determined historically on a cyclical basis.
• Identified opportunities on different audits opportunities for avoiding various risk exposures as well as economic savings using a comprehensive methodology that exceeded $1M to date.
• Worked on a special project aimed at reviewing company payment terms with the deliverable of raising opportunities for better cash net working capital.
• Led different portfolio of audits in the areas of Finance at Shared services, Information Technology, Purchasing as well as Supply chain and operations.

Internal Audit & Business Risk Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Played a main role in executing the Regional Internal Audit strategic plan to address significant risks and to evaluate the status of implemented procedures that ensure high level of internal control exists both within the departments and, where appropriate, within the controls' framework of external parties' working on the company’s behalf e.g. advertising agencies, research agencies and other business partners.
• Planned and supervised independent risk - based business process audits within my area in North Africa as well as in Europe, Middle East and South Africa in order to ensure that the systems of control supports the of business goals whilst balancing risk and cost of control.
• Acted as the Compliance officer for North Africa between 2008 and 2009 until a permanent resource was hired.
• Led consulting assignments that improved the reputation of audit that resulted in overall positive financial impact driven from a total of $0.7M in cost savings. (e.g.: warehouse management process control & design review in Egypt and Algeria Factory pre-production planning).

Internal Audit Executive

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Engaged with Operating Business Process Owners on SOX reviews and relevant compliance.
• Planned and executed financial, operational and compliance audits. This included identifying and researching applicable operational/financial/technical issues.
• Coached and guided other staff on possible operational improvements based on observations of performance on previous audit work.

In Charge Auditor

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Executed annual financial statement audits for regional, national and multi-national corporations primarily in the
• Consumer products and manufacturing industries for both public and non-public companies and
• Evaluated and documented internal controls, developed testing strategies, and suggested methods forimproved controls for the following accounting systems: sales; accounts receivable/cash receipts; accounts
• Supervised and coached staff on several engagements to facilitate timely completion as well as monitored job economics, and promoted peer development.

Experienced Auditor

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Exposure to a variety of client portfolio in the designation of an experienced audit professional.
• Participated with senior managers in pre-audit planning for engagements.
• Exhibited superior verbal and written communications via informal and formal reports documenting the results of audit work including assessments of the adequacy of internal control design & testing.
• Guided and mentored other staff on possible operational improvements based on observations and previous audit work performed during audits
• Performed analytical reviews of audit documents and prepared working papers’ documentation supporting the firm's audit opinions.