Fareeba Amiri

Experience

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  British Council

  Mar 1990 - Mar 1991

  Receptionist

  Provided assistance and information to arabic-speaking students inquiring about English classes leading to FCE (the First Certificate of English) and CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) and all other services (Library, Overseas Scolarships) offered by the British Council.This was a part time afternoon job while I studied in the mornings attending classes for the Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification.

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  Price Waterhouse Coopers- PwC

  Mar 1991 - Sept 1993

  Secretary

  As I was studying for the AAT qualification, applied with the intention of joining the audit team. During the interview, I was asked if I could join as a secretary and as it was my intention to join an audit firm, accepted the offer whilst pursing my accountancy studies. Hence, I joined Price Waterhouse in 1991 as secretary, whilst pursuing part-time AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians UK) evening classes.

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  PwC

  Sept 1993 - Sept 1997

  Audit Assistant

  Promoted in 1993 to Audit Assistant and was assigned banking audit engagements (conventional offshore banking and Islamic banking) and became well-versed with the different banking products and instruments: Call Deposits, Syndicate Loans, Takings and Placements, FX deals for hedging, Morabaha, Modaraba, Qard Hassan, Letters of Credit/Guarantee etc. Conducted a special assignment - a market research survey involving face-to-face individual interviews with 100 respondents from public and private sectors. Other assigned clients included audit assignments at hotels, aviation maintenance, airport services, asphalt production, car rentals, public relations and sports clubs. Show less

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  Batelco

  Jul 1997 - Feb 2009

  Internal Audit Manager

  Responsible for planning and executing assigned audits as per the approved annual audit plan. Coaching and mentoring other team auditors. Audit assignments were documented using TeamMate. Experienced in the use of ACL. Technical audits included audits of IP Core Transmission Networks, Mobile Operation and Maintenance, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, Fraud and Revenue Assurance, Y2K Compliance and Readiness.

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  Tamkeen

  Mar 2009 - now

  Head of Internal Audit

  Heading the Internal Audit Department of Tamkeen (Labour Fund), reporting to the Board Audit Committee. Responsible for Financial, Operational, Compliance and IT Security audits. Responsible for the preparation of risk based audit plan, full execution thereon, reporting and presentation of audit results and follow up (of the implementation of previous audit recommendations) to Audit Committee. Ensure follow up by management on audit observations raised by the National Audit Court, a body established by the Government to audit government ministries and authorities.Tamkeen (Labour Fund) is a semi-autonomous yet independent authority which formulates strategic and operational plans to enhance the overall prosperity of Bahrain by investing in Bahraini employability, job creation and social support, in addition to supporting startups and companies in Bahrain. Tamkeen is funded by the fees collected by the LMRA (Labour Market Regulatory Authority). Show less

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  Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF)

  Jun 2009 - Jan 2010

  Part-Time Lecturer

  Part time evening teacher for IIA Certified Internal Auditor examination.