Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia
As a Senior Accountant at Coinmena, I undertook a wide range of essential responsibilities that played a crucial role in ensuring the smooth functioning of a regulated crypto exchange. These tasks were varied and multifaceted, necessitating a comprehensive approach to tasks such as financial management, compliance, and strategic integration. My primary responsibilities encompassed, but were not limited to: - Overseeing comprehensive accounting operations for a regulated crypto exchange. - Ensuring timely preparation of monthly financial statements. - Filing audited financial statements with CBB. - Managing liquidity and credit lines with crypto liquidity providers. - Reporting on liquidity status to CBB. - Conducting research on intricate technical accounting nuances. - Upholding stringent quality control over financial transactions. - Preparing meticulous reconciliations for FIAT and crypto transactions. - Ensuring adherence to CBB's rigorous reporting mandates. - Contributing to the formulation of robust accounting policies. - Crafting consolidated financial statements for comprehensive insights. - Handling VAT returns and providing support in budgeting and forecasting. - Establishing effective liaison with regulatory authorities and auditors. - Leading the seamless integration of the admin panel with Dynamics 365 Business Central.
As Senior Audit Executive in the Audit & Assurance department of BDO Bahrain, I was involved in various statutory audits, limited reviews, transaction advisory and special nature engagements and certifications. Moreover, it has enriched me professionally and equipped me with the essential skill set needed to deal with a variety of situations in an innovative, effective and efficient manner. My key job responsibilities include: - Planning, Execution and Review of the audit engagement; - Preparing final deliverable, audit report, board letter, representation letter and management letter; - Ensuring compliance with requirements of technical standards such as IAS and IFRS; - Performing tests of operating effectiveness of controls, and substantive and analytical procedures to determine the reasonableness of the financial statement’s assertions; - Liaisons with the client at the planning, execution and finalization; - Evaluating financial statements for compliance with IFRS, Companies Act / Local Laws and Taxation laws (where applicable); - Reviewing internal control systems and identifying weaknesses and suggesting recommendations for their improvements; and - Implementation of IFRS 9, IFRS 15, and 16 on different industrial clients.
I was seconded to BDO Bahrain, where I worked as Senior Auditor in the Audit & Assurance department. As Senior Auditor, I was responsible for leading the audit fieldwork, managing the work with stringent deadlines, consolidation of financial statements, resolution of issues and finalization of the audit and preparation of final deliverable.
During my time with BDO Pakistan, my key job responsibilities include: - Planning, execution and completion of audit and assurance assignments. - Ensuring compliance of audit engagements with BDO audit methodology and policies and procedures. - Development of audit strategy, risk assessment documentation, summarization of programmed results and work programs understanding and evaluation of accounting and related internal control systems with multiple objectives of recommending improvement for value addition. - Review corporate matters and ensure compliance thereon in light of the Code of Corporate Governance issued by the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan. - Review of Corporate Annual Income Tax Returns under normal and presumptive regimes. - Review of Financial Procedure Manuals. - Monitoring and review of work carried out by other team members. - Reviewing audit assignments during planning, execution and completion stages and submitting final audit results to the engagement manager/partner. - Conducting initial and exit audit meetings with audit clients. - Advising audit clients of internal control weaknesses identified during the course of the audit and suggestions thereon.