Abdulaziz Abu Ghararah
Jeddah
Summary
Results-oriented Team Leader with a strong background in financial reporting, client service, team management, and process improvement. Proven success in managing multiple projects, analyzing financial data, identifying variances, and preparing accurate reports for decision-makers. Skilled in ensuring compliance with accounting standards and delivering insights to drive strategic decisions, while consistently meeting tight deadlines.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assurance Senior Manager
Deloitte
9 2023 - Current
- Took advantage of gaps in the market and reached out to potential new clients.
- Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management.
- Completed profitable projects in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- Monitor the engagement team's progress against the project plan and alter it when needed.
- Made follow-ups on allocated action plan to meet completion milestones.
- Report significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in financial procedures.
- Identify control deficiencies in financial reporting control.
- Prepare Finance Procedures Manuals.
- Oversaw documentation and reporting of expenses, sales, and other transactions.
- Manage Audit Readiness project and prepare quarterly and annual financial statements for our clients.
- Act on behalf of the client and resolve audit queries.
- Analyze financial performance to implement key. Improvement strategies.
- Prioritized busy workload to manage needs of clients simultaneously.
- Kept track of current and potential clients' needs to recommend new applicable products and services.
Assurance Manager
Deloitte
07.2021 - 09.2023
- Produced high quality observations emphasizing meaningful issues impacting business operations.
- Monitor engagement team's progress against project plan and alter it when needed.
- Report significant deficiencies & material weaknesses on financial procedure.
- Lead IPSAS transformation projects for many governmental entities.
- Identify control deficiencies in financial reporting control.
- Prepare Finance Procedures Manuals.
- Assessed current processes to maximize opportunities for customer satisfaction.
- Presented feedback findings to staff for increased understanding of service strengths and weaknesses.
- Addressed customer issues with compassion and professionalism, ensuring swift, successful resolution.
Financial Planning & Budgeting Section Head
Saudi Air Navigation Services
03.2019 - 07.2021
- Design and implement effective budgeting policies and procedures.
- Month-end financial statements review and reporting, including variance analysis and account-level research.
- Review of accrual balances, performed general ledger review, and suggested correcting entries as needed.
- Review of daily operational performance.
- Ensure appropriate internal control environment.
- Supported annual budget planning.
- Ensure accomplishment of company's financial initiatives and KPIs.
- Involved in cost optimization project implemented by management.
- Suggest spending improvements that increase profits.
- Ensure department managers meet budget submission deadlines.
- Prepare a monthly budget dashboard for all directorates.
- Prepare monthly management report, which includes a package of financial statements and a forecast for the remaining period until the end of the year.
- Monitored and analyzed variances between planned and actual monthly expenditures, ensuring accurate reporting and identifying discrepancies early to minimize unnecessary budget adjustments.
- Collaborated with the accounting team to align financial records and support timely, and accurate reporting for decision-making.
- Update Budget template to ensure effectiveness of all budget activities.
Senior Auditor
Deloitte
01.2014 - 03.2019
- Prepared financial statements.
- Performed substantive and analytical procedures on account balances and transactions.
- Responsible for planning and execution financial audit to ensure financial statements are fairly presented and in alignment with IFRS & SOCPA.
- Tested design, implementation and operating effectiveness of internal controls.
- Identified any discrepancies within documents and statements provide by clients.
- Performed fact-based risk assessments to identify risks of material misstatement.
- Design and implement responses to material misstatement, test appropriateness of journal entries while focusing at end of reporting period, review accounting estimates for bias, and analyze significant unusual transactions.
- Prepared proposals for new prospective clients.
- Ensured compliance of clients with established policies and local laws.
- Managed junior staff and interns by delegating tasks & reviewing their work and providing meaningful feedback.
Education
Bachelor - Accounting
University of Business And Technology
Skills
Interpersonal and communication skills
Attention to detail
Microsoft Excel
Time management
Research skills
Problem-solving abilities
Team Leadership
Team Collaboration
Certification
Certificate in International Public Sector Accounting Standards - IPSAS
Timeline
Assurance Manager
Deloitte
07.2021 - 09.2023
Financial Planning & Budgeting Section Head
Saudi Air Navigation Services
03.2019 - 07.2021
Senior Auditor
Deloitte
01.2014 - 03.2019
Assurance Senior Manager
Deloitte
9 2023 - Current
Bachelor - Accounting
University of Business And Technology
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