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Ipsos Consulting
Accounting
Independent Consultant
10/2020 - 3/2023
Operating on a contract basis with clients providing multiple services: preparing for IPO/Listing, preparation of consolidated financial statements and MD&As, Financial reporting, accounting research, technical memos preparation, consolidations, business combinations and PPA, revenue accounting, process improvement, audit, and review services.
RSM Canada
Accounting
Manager, Assurance
1/2019 - 2/2020
Assist with consultation technical accounting matters and prepare accounting memos.
•Manage and lead audit engagements. Mohamad Tabikh CPA, CA (403) 614-8411 mohamad.a.tabikh@gmail.com
•Manage and lead audit engagements. Mohamad Tabikh CPA, CA (403) 614-8411 mohamad.a.tabikh@gmail.com
Ernst & Young (EY)
Accounting
Audit Manager
9/2011 - 11/2018
Joined EY Saudi Arabia as a staff before moving to EY Calgary in 2014; promoted to manager in October 2017. During my time with EY Calgary, I worked on US assignments for 18 months.
•Effectively Managed audit engagements from planning until final review and filing, including job economics and budget. Supervised, trained and reviewed the work of 1-6 staff (senior and junior level).
•Worked with IFRS and U.S. GAAP clients and SEC registrants using PCAOB audit standards and report on internal controls (Integrated audits, SOX compliance, Internal Controls over Financial Reporting "ICFR").
•Reviewed client accounting and operating procedures and systems of internal controls, prepared detailed audit findings, and provided recommendations for improved controls and enhanced business efficiency in the form of letters to management. Identified contracts' misstatements of $2.3 Billion impact on one engagement.
•Performed technical accounting research for complex and new business transactions
•Effectively Managed audit engagements from planning until final review and filing, including job economics and budget. Supervised, trained and reviewed the work of 1-6 staff (senior and junior level).
•Worked with IFRS and U.S. GAAP clients and SEC registrants using PCAOB audit standards and report on internal controls (Integrated audits, SOX compliance, Internal Controls over Financial Reporting "ICFR").
•Reviewed client accounting and operating procedures and systems of internal controls, prepared detailed audit findings, and provided recommendations for improved controls and enhanced business efficiency in the form of letters to management. Identified contracts' misstatements of $2.3 Billion impact on one engagement.
•Performed technical accounting research for complex and new business transactions
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Accounting
Staff Auditor
11/2010 - 9/2011
Participated in assurance engagements and executed the audit work plans. Other Experience