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I'M
ali hasany
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IT Audit Manager - Group Internal Audit,
Digital, Technology, & Cybersecurity Audit,
IT Internal Auditor, ERP & Project Advisor,
Risk Management and Compliance Professional,
Digital Trust and Data Privacy, Data Analyst,
No-Code Citizen Developer, and AI Prompt Engineer.


Profile Brief

A professionally qualified and diversified pragmatic thinker, who has strong emotional, technical, intuitive, and passionate skills built over 18 years in audit and consulting related to IT & FINANCE that can help to resolve complex issues possible through diversified, complex, and critical thinking.

ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CMA, ISO 27K LA (Active Member)
CFE, CEH, CISSP, PMP (in progress)

 

Diversified Thinker:: Tech Hands-on:: Industry Agnostic:: Agile Learner:: Intuitive Explorer :: Fin+Tech Connector::


Experience brief:
•Information Technology Audit (8 years in UAE) performed risk-based audits related to ERP (Dynamics AX/D365, Oracle EBS & Fusion, and SAP ECC & S/4 HANA) with core business applications in Energy & Utilities, E-commerce & Retail, Finance, Healthcare, and Services. Covering IT governance, infrastructure, cloud (AWS & Azure), enterprise risk management, consulting and process improvement, cybersecurity, data privacy, business continuity, and information security impact assessment (BIA & PIA), with respect to IT industry best practices (COBIT, ITIL, ITAF, GTAG, COSO, SOX, IPPF, NIST & ISO) namely [NIST 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, ISO 27001, 22301, 27701 & local regulations KSA NCA ECC+PDPL, UAE NESA IAR, PDPL, Oman AER].

•ERP Consulting and Project Management (3 years Pakistan, South Africa, Qatar & 1 year UAE) completed three end-to-end implementations of Microsoft Dynamics AX related to modules of Finance, Trade & Logistics, Supply Chain, Workflows, Enterprise Portal, Security, & Administration by applying methodologies such as Microsoft Sure Step, PMP and Prince2.

•External Auditing (5 years in Pakistan, 6 months in UAE and KSA) performed risk-based audits in multiple industries having complex accounting and business structures using extensive knowledge of internal controls compliance, corporate accounting policies, and financial reporting based on IAS/IFRS, ISA, EY GAM Audit methodology.

Proficient in 3 industry end-to-end scenarios:
•AUDIT: Risk Assessment -> Audit Planning -> Testing -> Reporting -> Follow-up
•PROJECT: Planning -> Analysis -> Design -> Configuration -> Testing-> Training -> Go-Live
•DATA ANALYTICS: Extraction -> Transformation -> Load -> Visualization

Technology and Digital Skills:

•Experienced in CAATs Tools i.e. ACL, Excel, SQL, Power Bi, Tableau, and Python
•Hands-on experience in internal audit software i.e. Teammate, Pentana
•Consultant-level experience in Microsoft ERP i.e. Dynamics D365, AX 2012 & 2009
•Advanced user of MS Office i.e. Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, & Project

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Learnability

100%

Diversified Thinking

95%

IT Auditing

90%

Digital Skills

80%

Data Analytics

75%

Project Managment

60%

Presentation and Communication

75%

Cybersecurity Compliance

70%

IT Consulting

85%

Financial Auditing

70%

ERP Functional

85%

Report Writing

75%

No Code Developing

50%

AI Prompt Engineering

55%

PROFESSIONAL

PORTFOLIO

IT AUDIT

ERP CONSULTING

FINANCIAL AUDIT

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Experience

September 2022- March 2024

UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH
 

Head of IT Audit Section - Internal Audit

Direct report to the Director of Internal Audit, responsible to manage the IT Audit Portfolio of the organization to cover, procurement of IT contracts, tendering process and compliance with government bylaws, IT governance, infrastructure, IT compliance, cloud, digital analytics, and ERP audits.

April 2024 - Current

ALROSTAMANI GROUP
 

IT Audit Manager - Group Internal Audit

Direct report to the Group Chief Audit Officer (CAO) responsible to manage the IT Audit Portfolio of the UAE local conglomerate by Utilizing the analytics software Arbutus to review functional transactions. Helping management to identify gaps and root causes in IT Architecture, Governance and Operations Supporting the Business Audit Team in Integrated Audits with help of Risk and Control Matrix and Validated Draft Findings and Recommendations. Helping team to understand and extract data from SAP ECC, SAP SF. Performed adhoc reviews related to Data Security, Privacy and Investigations as assigned by CAO.

2019-2021 August

ACWA POWER
 

Executive Manager, IT - Internal Audit

Direct report to EVP, manage IT Audit portfolio of Group including project companies, to cover Cybersecurity compliance, IT Governance, infrastructure and ERP at ACWA Power and NOMAC. Helping to initial IA Digital Analytics initiatives on ACL and Microsoft Power BI.

2014-2019

MAJID AL FUTTAIM
 

IT Audit Manager - Internal Audit

Direct report to VP Audit, responsible to manage IT Audit Portfolio of Ventures group including venture companies, to cover IT governance, infrastructure, IT compliance, Cloud, Digital analytics and ERP audits .

2013-2014

SUPREME GROUP
 

Finance Functional Consultant

Direct report to ERP Manager, responsible to handle finance and security implementation in Microsoft Dynamics ERP.

2013-2013

SYSTEMS LIMITED
 

Lead Functional Consultant

Direct report to Project Lead, responsible to handle and train new employees for Finance, Supply chain and security modules in Microsoft Dynamics ERP. Involve in End to end implementation and support.

2005-2010

ERNST & YOUNG
 

Senior Auditor

Performed statutory, and financial audits in various positions, for clients including listed companies, consultancy assignments, ad-hoc assignments, and compliance reviews. 

2010-2012

MAZIK GLOBAL
 

Functional Consultant

Direct report to Project Lead , responsbile to handle and train new employees for Finance, Supply chain and security modules in Microsoft Dynamics ERP. Involve in End to end implementation and support.

EXPERIENCE
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