Accountable for the development and coordination of the Company’s internal auditing activities.
 Develop and implement internal auditing policies, procedures, and program.
 Review of accounting procedures.
 Survey functions and activities in assigned areas to determine the nature of operations, and adequacy of the system of control to achieve established objectives.
 Planning and performing operational and financial audits.
 Identifying business process risks and suggesting controls to mitigate risks to an acceptable level.
 Developing testing methodologies to evaluate the adequacy of controls
 Documenting the results of the evaluations
 Supervise or conduct independent audits of key business processes like sales, operational expenses, Accounts Receivable.
 Investigate and determine causes of irregularities, and errors.
 Advise top management and Board of Directors on audit, and internal control matters.
 Presentation of Internal Audit Report.
 Ensure remediation of identified control gaps and presentation of remediation report to higher management.

During my tenure serving as Senior Associate at KPMG Taseer Hadi & Company, I had the opportunity of performing in an excellent corporate environment, the following professional tasks:

AUDIT & ASSURANCE
 Obtaining an understanding of client business, its nature, objectives and strategies to identify key risk areas during the process.
 Obtaining an understanding of internal controls and identifying control weaknesses, its risk implications and recommendations.
 Initial planning and scheduling of audit programs and ensuring timely completion of audits with the use of e-Audit.
 Extensive exposure of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS’s) and reviewing financial statements to ensure compliance therewith.
 Preparation of client deliverables and reports such as Management Letter (ML), identifying control weaknesses, its risk implications and recommendations.
 Experience of various accounting softwares.
 Reviewing the working paper of audit staff and further review by audit Manager and Partner.
 Development, restructuring and evaluation of internal control systems.
 Examination, analysis and review of financial statements and accounting systems, delving into systems development.

INTERNAL AUDIT & RISK ADVISORY
 Internal controls evaluation, detection of control weaknesses and suggesting appropriate improvements for the system.
 Identification of non-compliance with financial regulatory control, policies, standards, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
 Assessing how well the business is complying with laws, rules and regulations.
 Training of the staff on new accounting or internal control procedures implemented.
 Identification of design gaps, opportunities for process improvements and putting up practicable recommendations.
 Presentation of Internal Audit Reports to Higher Management.