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Wessam Ibrahim Elsayed

Senior Manager at PwC - KSA

6th of October, Giza, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Senior ManagerFull Time

    PwC - KSA

    Aug 2021 - Present -3 yrs, 10 months

    • Job Details:As Senior Manager provide internal audit services to a substantial portfolio of accounts across the Financial Services and Manufacturing sectors. Led a team of 6 internal Auditors and has oversight over the $600k revenue budget. Additional accountabilities include: • Manage a large, complex portfolio of audit projects and activities. • Manage a moderate to large team of Internal Auditors, Senior Internal Auditors, Internal Audit Team Leads and Internal Audit Managers. • Coordinate and administer assignments, monitor audit team progress and manage budgets and schedules. • Lead the successful development, management and end-to-end execution of Audit Plans; drive the development of the Annual Audit Plan. • Leveraging a risk-based approach, determine audit scope and identify risks and implications. • Review, finalize and deliver audit reports; communicate audit findings and develop recommendations. • Track results of prior audits identify audit themes across organizations and facilitate appropriate corrective action. • Continually strengthen and improve the governance, risk and control environment of the organization acting as a key driver of change within Internal Audit and across the organization. • Provide direct oversight of Internal Auditors, Senior Internal Auditors, Internal Audit Team Leads and Internal Audit Managers. • Establish policies and procedures to guide the audit staff and facilitate consistent, high quality outcomes and deliverables. • Share knowledge and develop staff capabilities to strengthen understanding of industry, business and regulatory issues and Internal Audit best practices. • Communicate team and organizational objectives; inspire and motivate team members to achieve results. • Serve as primary point of contact for audit business partners and stakeholders; assume overall responsibility for relationship management for specific business areas. • Work in partnership with business leaders to strengthen governance, risk and control environments by anticipating issues, providing advice and sharing Internal Audit knowledge and best practices. • Serve as Internal Audit representative for corporate wide committees and initiatives.
  • Group Head of Internal AuditFull Time

    BCI

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2021 -4 yrs, 4 months

    Saudi Arabia , Dammam

    • Job Details:Appointed as Chief Internal Auditor tasked with overseeing and managing internal audit and compliance across BCI Group. Additionally, as BOD Secretary responsible for recording all Board meeting minutes, maintaining records of Committee meetings and ensuring full adoption of corporate governance. Currently leading a team of three Auditors and have oversight of the departmental budget. Additional accountabilities include: • Updating internal audit manuals, team’s organisational chart, internal audit work schedule/checklists and the internal audit financial budget • Advising the Audit Committee on the findings of internal audit reports and investigating any matters accordingly • Finalising the company audit plan and providing reports on the results and conclusion of the audit assignments • Ensuring timely submission of all MIS, on occasion, requesting additional exceptional reports to keep the CEO/Board informed • Designing/delivering an internal auditing training programme alongside, mentoring/coaching the team and ongoing review of the work of Seniors and Consultants • Dealing with the disposal of audit rejections identified by in-house and appointed external internal auditors • Assessing/communicating relevant risks and internal controls achieved across different business units and managing security/fraud investigations • Identifying areas for improvements and promoting best practices to encourage more efficient and effective procedures and processes • Leading ad-hoc projects at the request of the Executive Leadership Team and Board • Reviewing/evaluating compliance procedures ensuring the entity is in full compliance with the Capital Market Authority “CMA” requirements
  • Senior audit managerFull Time

    PwC

    Aug 2014 - Feb 2017 -2 yrs, 5 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Spearhead huge portfolio of clients and lead the team of auditors & financial analysts in conducting internal audits, performing risk assessments, budget forecasting and cash flows supervision
  • Audit ManagerFull Time

    Ernst & Young

    May 2006 - Nov 2013 -7 yrs, 6 months

    • Job Details:• Spearhead huge portfolio of clients and lead the team of auditors & financial analysts in conducting internal audits, performing risk assessments, budget forecasting and cash flows supervision
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2002 

    Achievements

    BCI: Successfully created the entire internal audit department in BCI from scratch, to become a valuable function that not only saved the cost of external Consultants but improved compliance across the business  Boosted revenue performance and maximised profits by conducting detailed internal audits that led to significant changes and improvements across the profit centres in the business  Personally, requested to act as a Project Consultant for many projects related to the IFRS and VAT adoptions, this also delivered significant cost savings by avoiding the expense of an outsourced Consultant  Overhauled business processes utilising expertise to recommend best-in-class practice and improvements to the Warehousing, Sales and Financial reporting cycles PwC Successfully identified additional revenue opportunities across client portfolio, growing P&L from $600k to $1m and maintained recover of 45%  Grew revenue margin from 3% to 15% by tracking, controlling and optimising the

    Skills

    • Reporting
    • Communication

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • CIA

      IIA·2022
    • DipIFR

      ACCA·2019
    • CPA

      AICPA·2010
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