Amine Hambaba, CISA

Amine Hambaba, CISA

Experienced IT Audit, Security, Compliance and Governance Specialist

Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Industry
Information Technology and Services

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Education
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • De Anza College
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Amine Hambaba, CISA's Summary

Passion and over 5 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing technologies that adds business value to end users and management. Responsible for collaborating with IT and business clients to understand key business objectives and IT delivery capabilities to provide fully integrated solutions. Over 3 years of experience with performing information system audits with various IT infrastructures. Expertise in applying functional and technical skills in implementation of IT Controls to maximize organizational performance. Extensive and diverse experience in leadership roles.

Specialties

Risk Management, IT Governance implementation (COBIT), Project Management, Compliance Analysis (Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Model Audit Rule (MAR)), Internal Audit, IT Audit (IT Application Controls (ITAC), IT General Controls (ITGC), IT Entity Level Controls (ELC), Key Reports), Segregation of Duties (SOD) Analysis, ERP GRC Implementation (Approva, Oracle GRC, and SAP GRC), Data Warehouse and Database Audit, Business Process Design, Process Improvement, Technical Documentation, Disaster Recovery.

Amine Hambaba, CISA's Certifications

  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

    • Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
    • License 1195700

Amine Hambaba, CISA's Experience

IT Compliance Analyst

Fortinet

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FTNT; Computer & Network Security industry

September 2010 – Present (1 year 9 months)

• Ensured IT processes exceeded industry standards for compliance and operational performance.
• Responsible for the planning, implementation and maintenance of the SOX IT compliance program.
• Managed and collaborated with internal and external auditors in the company’s SOX planning, implementation and testing activities.
• Performed internal security assessments, procedural reviews, and audits in order to improve overall effectiveness of internal IT controls.
• Managed the remediation of all IT audit findings or deficiencies.
• Proposed and lead process and control improvement initiatives in partnership with IT and business process owners.
• Provided technical assistance in the development, refinement and documentation of internal controls and process improvements.
• Performed frequent reviews of security, computer operation, and change management procedures to evaluate the operating effectiveness and efficiency.
• Researched and interpret various laws, regulations, and IT best practices to form corporate policies and procedures that govern the IT organization.
• Developed documentation for Senior Management communications intended to track and improve the status of information security, isecurity vulnerabilities, risk-mitigating initiatives, policy compliance status, and regulatory compliance status.

Technology Risk Consultant

Protiviti

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry

July 2008 – September 2010 (2 years 3 months)

• Utilized the IIA’s GAIT to develop and rationalize a client’s IT General Control environment.
• Performed scoping assessments to understand the client’s IT environment and to identify in-scope SOX applications.
• Performed control gap assessments to identify gaps in controls and provided control improvement recommendations to management.
• Improved business processes supported by IT infrastructure to be more effective and efficient for various clients.
• Documented IT control process narratives and risk control matrices to support the external auditor’s understanding of the IT control environment.
• Designed and executed test procedures to assess the design and operating effectiveness of IT general, application (Oracle 11i / R12, and SAP R/3 4.6c), SDLC, end-user computing, and entity-level controls across a variety of IT infrastructures.
• Worked with IT stakeholders to validate revisions to internal IT processes and applications supporting business changes.
• Performed segregation of duties (SOD) analysis with various SoD tools (Approva BizRights and Oracle AACG).
• Assisted with an implementation, setup, and customization of the Oracle GRC tool

Co-Founder, Financial and IT Consultant

Nuun LLP

January 2006 – July 2008 (2 years 7 months)

• Company was founded to provide creative and sensible solutions for local small businesses
• Developed and coordinated business relationships with 13 different clients
• Established and organized new subsidiary which focused on online advertisement
• Extensive financial data entry and analysis for non-profit relief organization and financial institution
• Created a review website from extensive market research for an upcoming industry
• Managed database structure for E-Commerce platforms
• Designed and Maintained; web system structures for various clients
• Formulated online marketing campaigns; Average increase of 35% traffic flow to client’s site
• Management of media archive project which categorized over 10,000 photos

Contract Specialist and Purchasing Agent

NASA Ames Research Center

Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Defense & Space industry

August 2004 – January 2006 (1 year 6 months)

• Initiated and administrated small business innovation contracts
• Budgeted financial resources to insure a contract’s milestones are achieved
• Managed $7.5M worth of total contracts
• Purchasing Agent
• Managed and facilitated purchases for the Information Systems Division
• Performed market research and evaluated proposals to identify the best purchase
• Created and managed financial resources utilizing SAP
• Authored an agency wide guide for purchasing entry within SAP

Executive Vice President

De Anza Associated Student Body

Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry

March 2004 – June 2005 (1 year 4 months)

• Planned the distribution of $1.3M to support programs and events at De Anza College (DAC)
• Improved the process of submitting and organizing internal and external information within DASB
• Created first online student portal, providing online benefits for students
• Authored an introduction guide to DASB for new Senators
• Represented 1,000+ student members
• Composed campaign and organized research that made De Anza College a smoke free campus
• Communicated with student body and various organizations to strengthen the DAC community

Amine Hambaba, CISA's Languages

  • English

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)

  • French

    (Professional working proficiency)

  • Arabic

    (Elementary proficiency)

Amine Hambaba, CISA's Education

University of California, Berkeley

BA, Economics

2006 – 2008

De Anza College

2003 – 2006

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