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Dubai, Ae

United Arab Emirates

• Lead Internal Audits data analytics and digital transformation strategy, architecture, and change management initiatives, spanning continuous control monitoring across the enterprise.• Lead and influence key stakeholders to identify new capabilities and innovations across Risk management, Audit Management, and Process Control to manage risk-based audits, action monitoring, and governance, and Enterprise Risk Management using SAP S/4HANA & SAP GRC.

United Arab Emirates

As Head of Data Analytics for Group Internal Audit at the Emirates Group, I am responsible for managing the strategy and implementation of risk and controls based data analytics, digital transformation and automation that facilitate Internal Audit in deploying leading-edge analytical capability using technology to conduct audits & related services (assurance, advisory, GRC) in a faster and efficient manner - increasing productivity, reducing effort and inefficiencies.

Dubai, Uae

• Led the conceptualization & completion of data analytics, interact and discuss audit findings and influence clients in adopting data analytics to support business insights and decisions.• Identify high-risk areas requiring IS audit attention and recommending them to IS Audit Management for prioritization.• Conceptualize, design and implement Continuous Monitoring analytics across various business units for Group Internal Audit.• Plan and perform objective reviews of the organizations key business processes including system applications, projects, IT environments / platforms and IT processes in order to evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of risk management processes, recommend appropriate corrective measures and follow-up on their implementation. Area of expertise include: • ERP - business process review (AP, AR, GL, CM, and HR compensation & benefits), airport services and operations review, ancillary revenue services, cargo, catering. • Fraud & special investigations (assigned by the Audit Advisory committee) using data analytics. • IT System audits & Corporate Risk Register (CRR) creation using ISO 31000 Risk Management Standards.• Successfully conceptualized and lead the implementation of the enterprise confidential disclosure program ‘Speak Up’ and championing its adoption and governance across the Emirates Group.

United Arab Emirates

• Participate in audit strategy preparation and support in scheduling audits, resourcing staff and assigning tasks. Oversee client interaction to discuss audit findings and conclude audit reports.• Support training and development needs on audit and data analysis related technology.• Conduct audits in prioritized businesses across IT General Controls (ITGC) and processes to assess risks, adequacy of control effectiveness, recommend appropriate corrective measures and follow-up on their implementation.• Support audit directors in identifying high-risk areas requiring IT audit attention and recommend them to Audit Management for prioritization. Accordingly, conceptualize, design and implement Continuous Monitoring analytics across various business units.

United Arab Emirates

• Plan & prepare audit program for application assurance reviews. Carry out risk-based audits across key businesses to assess risks and controls, recommend appropriate corrective measures and redefine procedures, where applicable to arrest risks.• Create audit procedures tailored for specific business risks, designed to identify fraud, misappropriation, non-adherence to regulatory obligations and statutory laws.• Present audit reports to management, acquire agreement on recommendations, prepare action-plan for their implementation & follow-up.• Analyze areas for implementing the continuous monitoring framework, based on weaknesses identified through audits. In a multi-disciplinary role, combine audit analysis, programming and database management to implement solutions for continuous monitoring.• Provide functional training to internal & external clients on risk management methodology.• Process mapping of technical and business processes using COBIT control framework and Emirates Group I.T Application Security Framework.

Mumbai Area, India

Systems Analyst at Quest Research, Mumbai, India