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Syed Faisal Ali

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Consultant

Graduation: MBA, BBM, SAP and CISA Certified
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Full Professional) | Hindi (Native or Bilingual)

Attachments

Profile-Syed Faisal Ali.pdf

Skills

A consulting professional with 11+ years of experience with the firm like Grant Thornton and Protiviti. Heading our firm Gratho Consulting with excellent track record in leading and executing a number of ERP /SAP Audit, ERP Risk Advisory, Automation of Internal Auditing, SAP Assurance and Implementation projects as an ERP Specialist across the industry verticals. Led the execution and delivery of engagements in ERP and Assurance, Advisory and Consulting domain in past 12+ years. The engagements include External Audit, ERP /SAP Audits, COBIT 2019, IT Audit, Segregation of Duties (SoD) Reviews and Remediation, Automation of Internal Audit Process, Digital Enablement Advisory, Developed Internal Controls, Change Management, Configuration Management, SOX, Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ERP Risk Assessments for various industry verticals.Assessed the process and systems flows for automation opportunities leveraging SAP functionality and other automation tools through identification of process improvement opportunities within finance and or other related departments and translate findings into actionable items.

Project history

06/2020 - Present
SAP Specialist

I was involved in the identification of business and configuration level risks that were not addressed during implementation and suggest mitigation strategies for the same. Reviewed segregation of duties and access controls to establishing the integrity of the controls for the system. Also, ensures mapping of the interaction between the legacy systems and SAP to reduce risks relevant to data integrity with controls.

06/2012 - Present
IT Auditor

Conducted IT infra and application controls testing including configuration controls, data access, segregation of duties control, interface controls, data integrity controls. Provided report to Management with review of access management to all transactions and data that impact General Ledgers and the Financial Statements.Conducted IT infra and application controls testing including configuration controls, data access, segregation of duties control, interface controls, data integrity controls. Provided report to Management with review of access management to all transactions and data that impact General Ledgers and the Financial Statements.

06/2012 - Present
ERP Specialist

Carried out Risk Management review which identifies and analyzes the wide range of risks from business processes and SAP,  that might adversely affect the organization's business objectives

06/2012 - Present
Analytic Consultant

Had Implemented Continuous Auditing & Data Analytics (CADA) tool with the development of SAP logics /queries to automate the Internal Auditing processes of Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia. These queries extracted accurate and necessary information of Master and Transactional data on monthly and yearly basis to find business financials risks in the form of Dashboard.

06/2012 - Present
Segregation of Duties

Implementation of Authority Matrix in SAP: He developed Authority Matrix relevant to the existing job descriptions, found gaps, conflicts and developed operational authority matrixes. Further implemented the same in  core business system i.e. SAP SOD

06/2012 - Present
SAP Consultant

SAP Health Check: Involved as a Subject Matter Expert. He managed the project and delivered process control testing and offered recommendations with End User System Trainings service.

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: India
Travel on need basis if required
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