Ziad A EL KASSOUF

Chief Internal AuditorFull Time

• Job Details:o Planned and executed a risk based internal audit. o Liaised with the External Audit on major rectifications affecting the Income Statement and Statement of Financial Position. o Assisted the management in the investigation of various quoted development projects. o Contributed in the design of Business Plan aiming to raise finance. o Tightened the daily controls by forcing and supervising their related rituals. o Accomplished a job analysis and workload assessment of the accounting team by individually meeting each of them and coached them each in his/her area of concern. o Assumed the task of periodic Financial Reporting and other customized operational reports. o (In Process) Auditing the compliance and accuracy of the invoicing process in accordance with terms, tariffs and conditions of the different guarantors.

Group control & Audit managerFull Time

• Job Details:o Assessed the company-level system of controls in place and highlighted deficiency by conducting control self-assessment meetings (CSA). o Designed and implemented improved controls in coordination with Finance Managers in the different subsidiaries. o Accompanied the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics (Navision). o Rectified the costing procedure on “Datacom” for a production subsidiary (with non-inventory items in the stock module) which led to a major change in the pricing levels. o Designed statistical and non-statistical samples and performed related audits. Audited application controls (Orion) and improved the input control environment. o Designed and put in place inter-dependent multi-level Sale budget templates for an FMCG subsidiary. (Excel) o Accomplished successful data analysis using Microsoft Excel, which led in more than a situation to unveil fraudulent transactions, where related investigation led to conviction of the perpetrator (s).

Group Reporting ManagerFull Time

• Job Details:o Gathered and examined periodic financial reports from the group entities and prepared a summary report on a monthly basis and the Consolidated Financial Statements on a quarterly basis. o Organized and improved the design of the monthly and quarterly reporting templates (Excel) which helped improve the effectiveness and timeliness of the reporting team, including the accountants and Financial Managers in the group entities. o Contributed in the design of the Group Accounting policy. o Monitored and ensuring the groups’ compliance with IFRS. In this area I have correct some major flaws in the translation of the financial statements to the reporting currency as well as some flaws in necessary disclosures and reconciliation schedules. (Indexation of Property Plants & Equipments etc…) o Organized and executed a web based consolidation using Citrix (WinEur)