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Tariq Said Alawwad

Assistant Manager at PwC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Work Experience

  • Assistant ManagerFull Time

    PwC

    Sep 2015 - Present -9 yrs, 9 months

    United Arab Emirates , Dubai

    • Job Details:Worked in the Consumer and Industrial Products and Services (CIPS) department. Responsibilities include: - Preparing and reviewing of financial statements and footnote disclosures to ensure compliance with IFRS reporting requirements. - Identifying, researching and resolving technical accounting and reporting issues based on authoritative literature. - Supervising, coaching and developing team members, whilst managing audits to ensure the efficient completion within deadlines. - Evaluating that the control and governance systems are functioning as they should, to enable the organization’s objectives and goals to be met. - Reporting internal controls deficiencies identified directly to the audit committee and providing recommendations for improving the organization’s operations, in terms of efficient and effective performance. - Assess the entity’s risk through analysis of financial and non- financial information and assess the entity’s internal control environment according to the COSO framework. - Performing compliance engagement to the company’s policies and procedures, UAE company laws and regulations, UAE Labor Law and any other applicable laws and regulations. Following are selected top clients I served during my employment with PwC Dubai office: 1- L’Oreal UAE General Trading LLC, 2- Idea Standard MENA Holding, 3- KONE Middle East LLC.
  • Accounts ManagerFull Time

    Abdul Latif Jameel Group

    Oct 2014 - Sep 2015 -11 months

    Saudi Arabia , Jeddah

    • Job Details:Worked in the Group head office finance department which monitors the financial operation activities across the Group’s Companies. Responsibilities include: - Plan and perform special assignments to assist business/process owners in addressing identified concerns. - To gather all required financial data required by the direct line manager in order to support the translation of this data to full-fledge reports covering all requirements. - To undertake financial data analysis, reports, investigations, or assignments requested by the Vice-President Finance in order to counterpart with his demand. - Identify areas of concerns (unresolved audit issues, unaddressed risks, significant exceptions identified during the financial review) that need direct involvement of special projects team for timely resolution of such concerns. - Understand the controls / action plan put in place by the BU / process owners to mitigate / minimize the impact of such risks. - Detailed review of the financial statements (management accounts). - Combine the Group budget in order to present the consolidation budget to the Vice-President Finance. - Routine tracking of audit issues resolution by the business/process owners. - Follow-up with the business/process owners for resolution of key audit issues. - High level analytical review of the financial statements (audited as well as management accounts). - Preparing and reporting the internal audit findings, risks and recommendations to the Vice-President Finance or the head of internal audit according to the International Auditing Standards (IAS). - Ad-hoc assignments on business and financial analysis of subject entities.
  • Assistant ManagerFull Time

    PwC

    Sep 2008 - Sep 2014 -6 yrs

    Saudi Arabia , Jeddah

    • Job Details:Worked across multiple industries including Manufacturing, Retail, Logistic Transportation, Service, Construction & Contracting, Real Estate Development, Metal Mining and Petrochemical for Joint Stock and LLC Companies. Responsibilities include: - Attending Audit Committee, Annual General Assembly and BOD meetings to report audit findings and significant matters. - Preparation of proposals, budgets for potential clients and projects and directing subordinates in the process of electronic invoicing and collection of AR. - Involved in identifying internal controls deficiencies and reported in the Management Letter points. - Engaged in planning for understanding, validating and assessing controls for each major area and analyzing company’s performance to plan the nature, timing, and extent of tests to be performed. - Assessing the accounting principles used (SOCPA & IFRS) and significant estimates made by the company’s management. - Performing financial and business analyses including ratio analysis and evaluating decision-making process. - Preparing the Auditor’s Report, clients’ financial statements and accompanied disclosures for (English and Arabic financial statements) in compliance with IFRS/ SOCPA, as applicable. In addition to other professional reports issued from assurance department in order to ensure proper presentation and disclosure. - Supervising team members, control their time, assess their performance and review their work, and managing multiple projects simultaneously. - Coordinate between client and PwC zakat/tax team to support them with the details needed in their calculation of zakat/tax provision and withholding tax to assess the zakat return. Following are selected top clients I served during my employment with PwC Jeddah office: 1- Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Company (YANPET), a joint venture between Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and ExxonMobil Corporation. 2- Ma’aden Gold Base Metal Company (MGBMC), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MA’ADEN). 3- Savola Packaging System Limited, a subsidiary of Savola Group. 4- Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), a Saudi Joint Stock Company. 5- Knowledge Economic City Company, a Saudi Joint Stock Company. 6- Nesma Holding LLC, a general trading and contracting Group of Companies. 7- Drake & Scull Construction LLC, KSA, a contracting Company relating to the construction industry, a subsidiary of Drake & Scull International PJSC, UAE Joint Stock Company
  • Education

    • BSc in Accounting and Finance

      Yarmouk University

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2008 - 4 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Al Nasser Private School

      Jan 2003 

    Skills

    • IFRS
    • IAE
    • Financial Analysis
    • Finance Management
    • Business Analysis
    • COSO
    • Forecasting & Budget
    • ERP

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • CPA

      AICPA·2011
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