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Tamer Elabd

Head of IT Audit at Abdul Latif Jameel

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Work Experience

  • Head of IT AuditFull Time

    Abdul Latif Jameel

    Mar 2011 - Present -14 yrs, 3 months

    Saudi Arabia , Jeddah

    • Job Details: Heading IT audit function that assesses the adequacy of controls over information system environment of ALJ Group.  Leading IT audit team and reporting to Chief Audit Executive of group internal audit.  Provide independent, objective and reasonable assurance to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee on the system of IT internal controls.  Planning and execute risk-based audit to cover the technology environment of ALJ Group based on COBIT framework spanning the applications environment, cybersecurity, IT strategic planning, IT governance, IT risk management, IT Projects, digital transformation projects, IT operations and business continuity.  Communicate the result of fair-minded and balanced assessment of all relevant facts to senior management including control weaknesses, associated risks, recommended corrective actions, line management responses and action plans.  Project management review of the largest SAP implementation and business transformation initiative in the automotive sector.  SAP ERP post-implementation review.  Follow-up to monitor and ensure that management actions have been effectively implemented.  Conduct ad-hoc audit, fraud detection, investigations and consultancy assignments requested by senior management.  Review of IT policies and procedure proposals before ratification by senior management.  Oracle e-business suite audit.  Using CAAT (Computer-Assisted Audit Technique) tools for data integrity review and data analysis.  Implement and administrate TeamMate audit management system.
  • IT Audit SupervisorFull Time

    BDO Esnad

    Aug 2008 - Jan 2011 -2 yrs, 5 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Provided BDO clients with IT Control Assurance and Risk Assessment services as part of and in support of the audit of the financial statements. The primary objective is to obtain reasonable audit assurance as to the effectiveness of controls over relevant information systems for the audit under the BDO Audit Methodology.  Lead IT Audit team.  Prepare risk assessment, audit scopes, report findings, and recommendations for improving the IT control environment of the clients.  Providing IT Consultancy services to BDO clients.  Supervise the internal IT activities in the firm including- - Creation & maintenance of internal IT policies & procedures. - Setup IT infrastructure including network, domain controllers, active directory, DB servers, firewall … etc - Implementation of BDO audit management system, timesheet system, and accounting system.
  • IT Supervisor (Acting IT Manager)Full Time

    Placo Saint-Gobain

    Mar 2003 - Jan 2008 -4 yrs, 10 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Saint Gobain is one of the world’s leading industrial multinational corporations.  Reestablished the entire IT infrastructure for the company sites in Egypt.  Re-engineered the IT operational processes and significantly improved overall IT performance, reliability and functionality to support the business to achieve the strategic objectives.  Managed IT team that responsible for IS security, IT infrastructure, business applications and IT technical support.  Created & maintained IT local policies, procedures, and disaster recovery to comply with the Global Saint-Gobian IT standards.  Improve IT environment controls to be complied with the global Saint-Gobain ICA (Internal Control Assessment) program and increase the compliance score for Saint-Gobain Egypt from 35% to 97%.  IT leader in MS Axapta ERP implementation project team.  Managed the project of integrating Saint-Gobain Egypt IT network with Saint-Gobain global IT infrastructure including internet connections, firewalls, DHCP, AD, DNS, Exchange server and Antivirus System.
  • Websites DeveloperFull Time

    SoftPro (Software House - Egypt)

    Dec 1998 - Jan 2003 -4 yrs, 1 month

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Administrate web sites hosting activities (IIS – Security – Updates).  Participate in developing many web sites. The main programming languages used for developing were: HTML-ASP-JavaScript-CSS-SQL Server.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Commerce

      Mansoura University

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1997 - 4 yr

    Skills

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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • CRISC

      ISACA·2019
    • CISM

      ISACA·2016
    • Cobit 5 (F)

      APMG International·2015
    • ITIL (F)

      Exin·2012
    • CISA

      ISACA·2008
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