Muhammad Farhan Email & Phone Number

I am currently working in ACWA Power's Internal Audit department. Leading the Corporate functions portfolio including #Strategy, #Sustainability (#ESG), #Communications, #Finance, #Risk, #Compliance, #Human resources. I am a full member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), Associate member of ANZIIF and Institute of Chartered Accountants in Pakistan (ICAP). I also hold regulatory certifications (RG146 Tier1 & 2 for insurance advice) and a certified data analyst too. I have held roles which provided me experience in- reporting for Board of Directors, its governance sub-committees and work groups- participation in due diligence, pre and post acquisition information compilation and reporting- leading projects and delivery, including participation in multi-year integration team- People and performance management (including managing recruitment, on-boarding and redundancies)- IT integrated risk assessment and audits including Cyber security- Financial planning, budgeting and departmental performance managementWithin Zurich group, I have worked across Risk, Audit and Compliance departments in various capacities. This includes working as Head of Internal Audit for world's second largest travel and assistance group (Cover-More group), which is a part of Zurich Insurance Group.Before joining Zurich group, I have worked in KPMG for around 10 years in Australia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan practices. During this time, the prime focus was assurance (external and internal audit). However, I also worked with business advisory department for financial advisory, risk advisory, compliance obligations setup and internal controls related assignments. I have been involved in audits of big multi-national, public and private companies including conglomerate groups. I have expertise in financal (banking, wealth management and insurance) and construction (and real estate) sectors. Overall portfolios covered over 10 years include a wide spectrum of sectors including - Banking (commercial and investment banking both), - Insurance- Brokerage,- Financial consultancy,- Wealth management,- Construction, - Oil and gas,- Real estate, - Manufacturing, and- Services sectorI was involved in statutory audits and foreign reporting, including UK and US GAAP, in accordance with statutory and corporate laws and regulations. I have also been involved in special assignments permissible for external auditors like ICFR, COSO and SOX assignments

Listed skills include Auditing, Ifrs, Financial Reporting, External Audit, and 46 others.