NIRVAT KARAMEH ABOU HAMZEH, BA (HONS.), CPA, CMA

Nirvat is a Senior Audit Manager at UTC International (“UTCINTL”). Her areas of expertise include financial and management accounting, external and internal audit, taxation, and management consultancy, in both the public and private sectors.

Nirvat is widely recognized for her technical expertise and innovative skills and has worked in a range of top ranking fulltime employment positions in audit firms, financial institutions, big corporates, and high net worth entities.

Nirvat’s work experience covered the following principal activities:

• Providing comprehensive and practical programs for statutory audit activities;
• Determining areas of audit risk and appraising their significance in relation to operational factors of cost, time schedules, and service product quality;
• Developing audit training manuals and other training aids and conducting training with particular reference to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS/IAS) and International Standards on Auditing (ISA) & Quality Assurance Standards including requirements under Basel Accord II for commercial banks;
• Providing formal plans for recruiting, selecting, training, evaluating, and supervising of audit staff;
• developing and conducting training programs for internal auditors;
• Developing internal audit manuals;
• Classifying audit projects on basis of degree of risk and significance and as to frequency of internal audit coverage;
• Reviewing work papers and editing audit reports with the respective auditor[s] in charge for the assigned audit engagement, discussing the outstanding points with appropriate divisional management before finalization of audit report and submission to Client;
• Presenting oral briefings to Clients’ management;
• Supervising outsourced internal auditing work which include performing review of internal audit methodology and plans, regulatory procedures compliance reviews, financial operations audit, and accounts management;
• Reviewing the client entity’s functional activities and evaluating the effectiveness of the internal control procedures;
• Conducting fraud investigation assignments as per generally accepted standards of auditing;
• Establishing liaison with donor agencies and coordinating the audit engagement tasks to ensure compliance with the governing covenants;
• Supervising the implementation and commissioning for beneficial use of computerized management information systems.

• AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  [a] Statutory audit; [b] Tax audit; [c] Tax Consultancy;[d] Information Systems audit; [e] Management audit; [f] Forensic audit; [g] Internal audit; [h] Fund/Trust audit; [i] Financial and Business advisory; [j] Accounts management, [k] Arbitrary audit, [l] Special assignments.

• INDUSTRY SPECIALIZATIONS:

  [a] Banks, [b] Financial Institutions & Insurance; [c] Manufacturing; [d] Retail and Trading; [e] Textiles & Clothing; [f] Property Development & Real Estate; [g] Building and Construction; [h] Hospitals, Hotels, Schools, Travel & Leisure Sectors; [i] International Donor Agencies; [j] Public Institutions; [k] Holding investment and brokerage; [l] Family-owned Businesses.

• QUALIFICATIONS

  
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Business Administration [B.A. Hons.] from Beirut Arab University, Lebanon;
  • Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants [AICPA] with a Practice License from the State Board of California, USA;
  • Certified Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants [ICMA], Australia.
  • Member of the Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants [LACPA], Beirut.

• LANGUAGE FLUENCY

  Nirvat speaks fluently Arabic [native], English, and French.

• CONTACT DETAILS

  Position in UTCINTL Team: Manager/Consultant
  Email: nabuhamzeh@utcintl.com