IT Audit Expert at the State Audit Bureau of Qatar with over 17 years of experience in financial, internal, IT and Value For Money (Performance) auditing.
Specialties: Value For Money auditing, Performance Audits, IT Audits, Automated Application Controls and Internal Audit.
Osman Qazi is an IT Audit Expert with extensive experience in the public sector. He has been working at the State Audit Bureau of Qatar since July 2017, where he was initially tasked with establishing the IT audit department. Osman is responsible for performing IT risk assessment exercises to identify high-risk areas for IT audits and planning and executing audits in accordance with relevant standards such as INTOSAI, COBIT 5, AICPA, NIA framework, and ISO 27001. He identifies staffing and resourcing requirements based on the annual audit plan and directs, instructs, and coaches junior team members assigned to IT audits, ensuring the sufficiency of scope and quality of their work. Additionally, Osman evaluates the performance and capabilities of junior team members who worked under his direction during the IT audits and keeps himself updated with the latest trends in Information Technology and assesses their impact on future audits.
Prior to joining the State Audit Bureau of Qatar, Osman worked at the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (OAGO) in Canada, where he served as Audit Director and IT Audit Manager from October 2016 to June 2017 and April 2015 to September 2016, respectively. As Audit Director, Osman led the IT audit function of the office, while as Manager IT Audits, he led the IT audit function of the OAGO. In both roles, he performed IT risk assessment exercises, identified the IT support requirements for the Office's financial and value-for-money audits, and evaluated and identified an appropriate data analytics tool for use on IT audits. He also planned and executed audits in accordance with public sector standards, identified staffing and resourcing requirements based on the annual audit plan, directed, instructed, and coached junior team members assigned to the IT audits, and reviewed their work for sufficiency of scope and quality. Additionally, Osman evaluated the performance and capabilities of junior team members who worked under his direction during the IT audit and presented to the Auditor General, Assistant Auditor General, and Deputy Ministers regarding IT findings.
Osman is a skilled IT Auditor with experience in system implementations, as evidenced by his work at the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, where he reviewed processes and controls in IT-relevant areas to determine the nature of the processes and the adequacy of the system of control to achieve established objectives. He also planned and executed audits in accordance with accepted standards such as ISA, ISO, COBIT, COSO, SSAE16, and SysTrust.
