MUHAMMAD SAQIB ALI
Home Address: R-388, Sector 7D3, Gulshan-e-Farooq, North Karachi, Karachi, 75850, Pakistan
Contact No.: +923458904581 ▪ Email Address/Skype ID: [email protected]
Objectives
Information Technology and Telecom individual, having experience in IT Management/Risk Consultancy, IT
Audit and Information Technology services; seeking growing opportunity in challenging organization.
Professional Experience
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co.
Assistant Manager – IT Advisory Feb 2014 – Till Date
• Work as a Team Lead in IT Advisory department and participated in various IT Advisory, external and
internal audit engagements and is responsible for execution, review, and reporting phase for different
engagement of KPMG IT Audit/Advisory services;
• Performing / assisting with business/IT risk assessments and audit planning strategies;
• Developing and reviewing IT Audit programs and procedures;
• Work independently or as part of audit teams and ensure work was completed on time;
• Planning budget and chargeable hours as per the scope defined for the IT Audit per engagement;
• Maintain, track and communicate project status to stakeholders;
• Performed engagement of IT Risk and Governance Assessment, Development of Policy and Procedures
and Post Implementation Reviews;
• Have good knowledge of ITIL, CoBIT and ISO Standards that help in contributing in better analysis of the
given control environment;
• Performed Analysis and documentation for business process objectives to identify required information
systems controls and performed testing of information systems controls to verify effectiveness and
efficiency.
International Exposure:
• KPMG Al Fozan & Partners (Saudi Arabia) – 5 Months
• KPMG Lower Gulf (United Arab Emirates) – 8 Months
• KPMG Afghanistan Limited (Afghanistan) – 7 Months
Industries Exposure:
Banking | Non-Banking Financial Institutions | Insurance | Telecommunication | Pharmaceuticals | FMCG-MNC | Oil &
Gas | Government Institutions | Media & Entertainment | Shipping
Major Projects:
• Consulting Services for Information Technology Governance & Risk Assessment – Telco Sector
• Information Technology Governance Review and Implementation – Banking Sector
• Application Rationalization Services –Asset Management Company
• Development of Policies and Procedures – Oil and Gas Sector
• Cyber Security Review (Design Level) – Banking Sector
• Co-Sourcing of Information Technology Internal Audit – Banking Sector
• Review of Transaction Monitoring System – Banking Sector
• Information Technology Control and Risk Assessment – Educational Sector
• Post Implementation Review for Temenos T24 Core Banking – Banking Sector
• Audit and Security Review of STP (Straight Through Processing) Implementation – Banking Sector
• Business Requirement Analysis and Vendor selection services – House Leasing Company
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KPMG AL Fozan & Partners (KSA)
Supervisor – IT Audit ▪ September 2018 – Present
Worked as Supervisor (Secondment) for KPMG AL Fozan & Partners (KSA) and was responsible to conduct
the Information Risk Management - IRM (IT Audit) engagements on an individual basis.
Major responsibilities include:
• Planning of IT Audit engagements and coordination with financial audit Team for the scope of IT Audit
engagements;
• Work independently or as part of audit teams and ensure work was completed on time;
• Planning budget and chargeable hours as per the scope defined for the IT Audit per engagement;
• Maintain, track and communicate project status to stakeholders;
• Performed Entity Level Controls, Application Controls of Core Business Applications, and System review
for Access to Program and Data, Infrastructure and Application Change Management, Program
Development, Data Migration, General Computer Operations and IT Application Controls; and
• Document and finalized work program and draft management report for KPMG and Client management
review.
Major Clients:
• National Shipping Company of Saudi • ELM for Information Security
Arabia (Bahri) • Dar Ar Riyad Holding
• ABB Saudi Arabia • NEC Saudi Arabia
• Hunger Station • EFG Hermes KSA
• Shaker Group • Sanabel As Salam
KPMG Lower Gulf (UAE)
Secondment – IT Audit ▪ October 2016 – March 2017 & November 2017 – January 2018
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Worked as secondee for KPMG Lower Gulf and was responsible to conduct the Information Risk Management
- IRM (IT Audit) engagements on an individual basis.
Major Clients:
• Sharjah Islamic Bank • Invest Bank
• RSA Insurance Company • National General Insurance
• Al-Sagr National Insurance Company • Islamic Arab Insurance
• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance • Al-Nasr Publications (Gulf News)
• Damas Jewellers LLC • Mawarid Finance
• Unikai Foods LLC • Enova Facilities Management
KPMG Afghanistan Limited
Secondment – IT Audit ▪ December 2015 – January 2016 & March 2015 – May 2015
Worked as secondee for KPMG Afghanistan Limited and was responsible to conduct the Information Risk
Management - IRM (IS Audit) engagements on an individual basis.
Major Clients:
• French Medical Institute for Children
• Da Afghanistan Bank
• Huawei Afghanistan
• Afghanistan International Bank
• Bank Alfalah Limited Afghanistan
• Roshan Telecom Afghanistan
• First Micro Finance Bank
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Mars Panasonic
Technical Support ▪ May 2014 – January 2015
• To Plan, Install, Operate and Maintain IT, Networking and Security equipment’s.
• Worked on networking and security surveillance equipment, managed security surveillance systems
installation and maintenance over Coaxial, Ethernet and Fiber optic cables.
Professional Certification
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) – Certification # 19156009 – June 2017
• ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Lead Implementer – Qualified – June 2019
Education
• Bachelors of Science in Telecommunication Engineering
Institute Name: Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
Passing Year: 2012
• High School Certificate (Intermediate)
Institute Name: DJ Govt. Science College
Passing Year: 2008
• Secondary School Certificate (Matriculation)
Institute Name: The Educators
Passing Year: 2006
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Skills
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Strong Communication skills.
• Team Player and Leadership skills.
• Time Management.
• Highly organized.
• Adaptive to Change.
• I have excellent work experience and knowledge of Microsoft Office and I am quite adept at Microsoft Excel,
Word and Power point.
• I am fully conversant with the use of outlook express and used it as office tool during job.
References
Will be provided when asked for.
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