Faraz Imam

Internal Audit Manager- CPA

18 (Eighteen) years of experience including 11 (Eleven) years in United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an in-depth knowledge of all
aspects of External and Internal Audit function, currently working in Managerial Role with State Audit Institution (SAI) Of UAE.
Former audit roles include 9 (Nine) years with KPMG - Pakistan, KPMG - Bahamas & Deloitte Dubai. Diversified industry
exposure of Integrated audits (Financial, Compliance, Operational and Performance audit)

Last Resume Update May 4, 2019
Address Dubai, United Arab Emirates
E-mail imam.faraz@yahoo.com
Phone Number 0529250376

Experience

State Audit Institution
Audit Manager
Dec 2009 - Dec 2018

Part of core management team in setting up Professional Service Unit from scratch, developing & implementing risk based audit
methodology which included:
 Identifying stake holders, establishing communication channels and trust, advising on tactical issues thus ensuring value
addition opportunities for SAI in overall governance of the Country.
 Developing, maintaining and updating an Audit Charter, Audit Manual and Engagement Status (Audit Tracker) to
appropriately reflect the office's responsibilities, authority and reporting relationships in line with International
Professional Practices Framework (IPPF).
 Reporting directly to Executive Director-SAI and managing audit portfolio of 12 Government agencies in a year with team of 20
Emirati talents.
 Performing business analytics to gain more insight of the business, trend analysis and ensuring risk register reflects business
risks and Fraud risk indicators to be incorporated in annual audit plan and identifying related resource requirements.
 Ensuring audits are focused on areas assessed as high risk, thus ensuring maximum payback from the assignment. Such as
reviews of operations to ensure compliance with applicable policies, plans, procedures, laws, and regulations that could have an
impact on operations, such as competitive bidding process.
 Evaluation of the economy and efficiency of operations, such as idle resources, overstaffing etc.
 Reviews of initiatives or programs to determine whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals and
whether operations and programs are being carried out as planned.
 Reviewing and finalizing audit reports for Executive management (Audit committee) to ensure it adds value and is able to
achieve buy-in and agreement on the part of the client.
 Communicateaudit findings and recommendations to respective auditees, agree tentative timeline for implementation of
controls and timely follow up to ensure that audit recommendations are addressed and implemented appropriately.
 Liaising with IT auditors to ensure technology risk in audit processes are adequately addressed.
 Supervised special projects at management's request, including investigations, ethic hotline inquiries, and conflict of interest
reviews.
 Preparing and analyzing productivity reports, conducting workload reviews and performing performance appraisals for my
teams advising them based on SWOT analysis

Education

AICPA
CPA USA, CFE.
Jan 2013 - Aug 2018

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