Finance Division• Responsible for preparation for Group’s financial statement reporting, including subsidiaries and its funds as per IFRS.• Prepare monthly forecast for Profit & Loss for top management, CFO to present to CEO.• Deals with regulators for quarterly and annual clearance of the financial statement including various reports to CMA & CBK.• Manage the expectations of external and internal auditors.• In charge of various Finance Division sub streams during the ongoing integration process of KAMCO & Global.• Deal with Parent, ultimate parent company and subsidiaries’ Finance division and manage their expectation for internal reporting which are in different jurisdictions.• Finance lead for all tax matters (NLST, Zakat & KFAS etc). • Lead for the project of VAT in KAMCO Group.• Efficiently liaised with the rating agency to ensure KAMCO receive BBB rating for a fresh Bond issuance in debt capital market.• Assist direct investments in validating valuation for unquoted investments for clearance from auditor and regulators.• Initiate various process improvements within the department to improve efficiency.• Assist KAMCO to revamp the process of KPI along with the HR department at individual employee perspective.• Lead PPA report during the acquisition of GIH by KAMCO in 2018.

Duties:• Planning and performing audit procedures as per EY Global Audit Methodology. • Performing audit/review procedures as per International Standards on Auditing and ensuring that project deadlines are met. • Performing various agreed upon procedures and reviewing various returns to be submitted to the Central Bank of Kuwait such as Basel III and Liquidity Coverage Ratio for Banks.• Reviewing quarterly and annual financial statements of listed and unlisted clients in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards including consolidated statement of cash-flows. • Reviewing consolidation workings including : - Consolidation of large group entities; - Reviewing elimination entries and identifying & correcting misstatements; - Computation of non-controlling interests; - Consolidation of entities with different currencies other than the parent company’s presentational currency; - Business combination. • Discussion on audit findings with Client executives and EY executives and resolving the issues. • Maintaining an effective flow of communication with the clients and developing a healthy relationship with them. • Understanding and assessing the effectiveness of clients’ internal control procedures and documenting & resolving any issues identified. • Coordinating with other EY offices for review and clearance of multi-location engagements.• Ensuring entity’s compliance with the applicable regulatory framework including Kuwait Commercial Companies Law and Capital Markets Authority.• Welcoming and nurturing new joiners in the audit team as assigned mentors/ buddies.

In the Capacity of an officer (Finance & Accounts) I have performed the following:Preparation of MIS for monthly accounts, Monitoring & controlling all Employee Benefit fund such as Gratuity Fund & Superannuation Funds as per the Trust Deeds, Investing in Securities as per Regulatory requirement, Coordinating and monitoring of Merger activities of Two Group Companies in SAP.

Investments and Treasury OperationsIn the capacity of an Industrial Trainee the following roles were performed by myself:-Investment in Fixed Maturity Plans-Investment in Inter Corporate Deposit-Preparation of Daily MIS for Investments-Investment in Bonds-Exploring new Investment Opportunities-Filing of Annual Information Return-Reconciliation of TDS Account

Statutory & Internal Audit:-Preparation of Audit Reports, -Reviewing Accounts with Accounting Standards, Schedule VI of Companies Act and related issues,-Compliance of Statutory Dues,-Stock Reconciliation and Bank Reconciliation, -Physical Verification of Inventory, Cash and Fixed Assets,-Age Analysis of Debtors & Creditors balances,-Review of Budget and Actual data with emphasis on variances,-Compliance of previous Audit Reports.