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Celia Hasrouny

Abu Dhabi,UAE

Summary

I am a Senior Associate within KPMG's esteemed risk advisory team in the United Arab Emirates. Throughout my tenure, I have undertaken diverse projects within the retail sector, encompassing crucial tasks such as the preparation of financial statements, implementation of financial systems, and comprehensive risk assessments.

Working closely with accounting and shared services teams, I have diligently ensured the accuracy and compliance of accounting practices, contributing to the generation of monthly financial highlights reports presented directly to the CFO. Additionally, my expertise extends to conducting meticulous risk assessments, assessing ERP systems, reviewing internal controls, engaging in audit assignments, and developing comprehensive internal audit plans for major clients, with a particular focus on government and state-owned entities in Abu Dhabi.

Overview

4
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

KPMG Lower Gulf
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Senior Associate | Risk consulting - GRCS
12.2022 - Current

Job overview

Advisory Services - Governance, Risk and Compliance - Public Sector:

• Conducting risk assessments and developing internal audit plans for major clients primarily on government and state-owned entities.

• Conducting internal audits, governance, and ERP systems assessments.

• Conducting internal control reviews and assessments.

• Conducting process mapping, benchmarking processes against international and leading practices, and developing policies and procedures for various functions (e.g., procurement, accounting (ERPs), HR).

• Identifying process gaps and process design weaknesses.

• Conducting testing design and execution.

• Assisting in the preparation of business proposals.

• Ad-hoc reports and presentations

Azadea Group
Beirut, Lebanon

Regional Financial Compliance Specialist
10.2019 - 11.2022

Job overview

• Preparation of Risk analysis matrix to assess accounting processes and provide enhancement recommendations and more efficient workflows and internal controls.

• Mapping and approving accounting processes and procedures and highlighting risk areas in as-is practices.

• Assist in the preparation of policies and procedures and monitoring new to-be processes.

• Ensure that accounting teams are compliant with international accounting standards as well as management-set frameworks

• Assist in procedural compliance to ensure the adherence of all systems and support in the achievement of various business objectives.

• Assist the Area Financial Controllers in ensuring accuracy and consistency in accounting transactions and financial data reporting processes and results in addition to escalating complex problems to them to make sure they are solved on timely manner.

• Analyze Monthly financial results in details: preparation of reports to identify variances, highlights and investigate the nature and the reasons of variances and presenting findings and results to the CFO in a monthly review.

• Review the P&L financials by entity on monthly basis to extract, define, and assist in figures while identifying mistakes and rectifying them to their line manager, Accounting, and shared services team where proper actions are to be taken.

• Prepare Ad-hoc Reporting and special projects as required.

• Coordinate with shared services to record proper expenses on time and perform necessary validation to ensure the reported figures are valid and aligned in different systems while developing and maintaining dashboards and automated reports.

• Assist in the preparation of consolidated and non-consolidated financial statement analytics and ensure their accuracy and completeness, as well as assist in the generation of monthly, quarterly, and annual internal reporting packages.

• Participate in planning and executing the monthly consolidation processes, as well as ensure all elimination entries are properly processed and take the initiative to resolve discrepancies as applicable

• Prepare a Deep Dive investigation and analysis for each country to guarantee compliant accounting and financial processes.

Special Projects – Azadea Group

• Assist in implementing a Lease accounting software in accordance with IFRS16 to automatically manage the booking and calculations of more than 800 leases across the MENA region.

• Assist in implementation of Financial Consolidation Cloud System.

Education

Saint Joseph University (USJ)
Beirut - Lebanon

Master of Business Administration from Financial Assets Management
09.2017 - 07.2019

Saint Joseph University (USJ)
Beirut - Lebanon

Bachelor of Business Administration
09.2014 - 07.2017

Skills

  • KPMG audit methodology
  • Audit test plans
  • Financial systems
  • Audit documentation
  • Financial risk assessment
  • Excel proficiency
  • Audit scope identification
  • International Financial Reporting Standards
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Audit planning

Languages

Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
French
Fluent

Timeline

Senior Associate | Risk consulting - GRCS

KPMG Lower Gulf
12.2022 - Current

Regional Financial Compliance Specialist

Azadea Group
10.2019 - 11.2022

Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Master of Business Administration from Financial Assets Management
09.2017 - 07.2019

Saint Joseph University (USJ)

Bachelor of Business Administration
09.2014 - 07.2017
Celia Hasrouny