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Bassam Chehab

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Last update: 30.08.2022

Senior Internal Control Auditor, Teller, Auditor

Company: Financial Institution
Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: Arabic (Native or Bilingual) | English (Full Professional)

Attachments

bassamchehab.pdf

Skills

Data analytics, Excel, Operations consultant, Accounting principles, Professional report drafting.

Project history

01/2008 - 04/2022
Senior Internal Control Auditor
FRANSABANK S.A.L

* Conducted Internal controls audit and assessed the soundness and adequacy of the
internal controls for the operations conducted in different departments

* Administration Department (Procurement, Accounting, Warehousing).
* Back-Office/Front Office Department (Treasury, checks clearing, Bank to Bank
transfers, Tax payments).
* Trade Finance Department (Issuance, acceptance and payment of letters of credit
and documentary collections).
* Corporate/SME Department (Proper approvals on term loans and overdrafts)
* Risk Classification (Proper classification of clients and declarations to BCC,
according to BDL circular's classifications in this respect)
* Transfers Department (Incoming and Outgoing Transfers)
* Credit Cards Department: (Merchants' relation and acceptance, Issuance, renewal
and cancellation of credit cards, accounting and chargeback, insurance claims)
* Call Center Unit (Timely execution of different customers' requests and
complaints)
* Loan Recovery Department (Proper follow up on defaulting clients)


* Developed/updated walkthroughs of different operations.




* Highlighted and Identified risks and weaknesses in the procedures applied.
* Participated in identifying weaknesses in newly implemented systems (core banking and
credit cards system).
* Communicated audit findings, weaknesses, in a report form and drafted recommendations
for handling the identified risks.
* Drafted executive summaries for the identified issues.
* Conducted exit interviews with departments managers regarding the findings.
* Conducted follow up audit on previously pending identified risks
* Conducted data analysis for large data using ACL analytics software (Audit Command
Language.
* Built scripts using data analysis software to identify name and family name hits against
different data basis.

07/2007 - 12/2007
Teller
Blom Bank S.A.L

* Dealt with clients' requests of withdrawals and deposits.
* Purchased checks for collection.
* Assisted in the opening of accounts for new clients.
* Processed different tax payments to clients (Income & Mechanic tax).

01/2007 - 06/2007
Auditor
UTC-Nexia

* Assisted in providing consulting services and recommendations.
* Entry of source documents manually and into EDM system.
* Assisted in preparing financial statements for clients.
* Assisted in assessing risk through use of Internal Control Questionnaire.
* Assisted in conducting fieldwork audits.

Certifications

CISA
ISACA
2022
CIA
Institute of Internal Auditors
2012

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Lebanon
Avialble on demand
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