Shanghai, China
Self-motivated, business growth & process improvement enabler. Taking practical approach towards business change, re-organization and provide 'value-added' recommendations and sharing insights with the Management team for taking improvement actions.
1. Conduct business risks assessments, audit engagement planning, audit checklists and operational processes review for the legal entities within the Group. 2. Provide expertise knowledge in terms of improving and changing the business processes 3. Act like a changing agent to identify the gaps in current processes with reference to their risks and provide practical recommendations to make the changes happened. 4. Support teams in improving audit knowledge, tools, checklists and new concepts. 5. Take a deep dive to 'order to cash' cycle, 'inventory', 'purchase to pay' processes to identify the control risks, process weaknesses as well as operational efficiency ideas/best practices.
Establish the new AP Regional IA team since 2010 and recruit, train and develop this small team with 3 team members. Prepare annual audit plan for all legal entities within AP Region with reference to the 'risk' based auditing approach. Review and report all audit findings/issues with audit teams and reporting to the senior management for further improvements/changes in process. Knowledge transfer and review the teams performance, including auditors based in AP Regional HQ China, India and Korea. Best practice sharing with operational teams: SCM & Logistics, Purchasing and Finance & Controlling in respect of the key audit findings and possible root causes. Conduct investigations or special reviews on ad hoc projects per Senior management's request, covering potential frauds, misconducts and/or misbehaviours projects. Transforming the audit teams based in the AP Regional HQ to a new AP Hub Service. Create a new competence enhancement program for assessing auditors' skills and competence level and develop plans to align and achieve the required skills and level of competence. Align with HQ corporate teams to roll out new audit software for Asian internal audit teams in India, Korea and China. Develop mid-term plan for future development/transformation of audit teams to meet the Regional CEO's new targets and expectations.
Established, recruited, trained and developed 2 audit teams based in key cities in China, Beijing & Shanghai since 2002 with total 5 auditors. Performed, reviewed and developed new audit programs and approaches for process-oriented audits in dealerships, distributorships and service centres. Coached, trained and developed new auditors coming from Big-4 firms or other local CPA firms to internal auditors with strong focus in process, controls and evaluation. Worked closely with regional COO, CFO in identifying the gaps, control weaknesses and risks behind the distribution businesses, involving joint-venture businesses. Performed ad hoc special review/fraud investigations of claims against staff, employees and management teams involving in misconducts and conflicts in interests type of projects.
Performed, reviewed and evaluated the key controls behind the operations covering plant manufacturing processes, new SAP implementations, new joint-venture business operations, trading and marketing operations, fixed assets management and the new subsidiary integration's vendors contracts review. Acted as a team leader together with audit teams coming from the States, European countries, South America and Asian countries to perform process audits in acquired/integrated businesses in Turkey.
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