Sharif Managerial Auditing Group is an interdisciplinary educational and consulting group comprised of faculty members and professional consultants in the areas of auditing, accounting, management, and organizational development.  Sharif University of Technology (SUT) is the top engineering, technology, and management university in Iran.  SUT faculty and students have won numerous international awards in mathematics, technology, informatics, etc.  We combine the state of the art information technology with the best management practices to bring about measurable organizational improvements.

As an educational, research and consulting group, we are committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct.  We believe that upholding such values as honesty, integrity, customer service, and professionalism has the top priority in our practice.

Our Services:

The following is a brief description of our services.   For a full description of our services please contact us at the address provided at the end of this brochure.

Information Technology Audit:

Due to the vast growth in the volume of electronic data and the increasing complexity of information systems, the IT auditing has emerged as one of the most vital areas of auditing in corporations and organizations.  We use international standards such as COSO, ITIL, and COBIT in our risked based IT auditing engagements.  Our professional auditors have international certifications such as CISA, QiCA, CIA, and CFE.  Some of our IT auditing services include:

Operational Audit:

With the increasing domestic and international competition the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of operations are of paramount importance.  Sharif Managerial Auditing Group employs best auditing practices and solutions to detect organizational waste, inefficiencies, and cost-overruns in order to enhance organizational performance while significantly reducing operating costs.   Some of the services that we offer in this area are as follows:

Continuous Audit:

With the growth of the volume of electronic transactions, data banks, data warehouses, and data marts, the need for online auditing or continuous auditing is being felt by large organizations, corporations, and government agencies more than ever before.  Continuous auditing will enable managers and auditors to instantly access large volumes of data and instantly analyze and report any exceptions and discrepancies related to critical internal controls.  The methodology that we follow for implementation of continuous auditing systems is as follows:

Ethics Audit:

The recent failures of many large international companies due to unethical corporate practices, fraud, and corruption, have proven the importance of ethics auditing.   Sharif Managerial Auditing Group uses a systematic and comprehensive approach to audit the ethical environment of organizations and their compliance management and reporting systems.  Some of the services we provide in this area are as follows:

Other Services:

Human Resources Management:  Sharif Managerial Auditing Group also has specialty in human resources management systems specifically in designing HR auditing systems, occupational analysis, developing HR strategies, job classification and compensation plans, staff performance evaluation systems.  Our professional staffs have memberships in Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and test administration certification.

Performance Improvement Methods:  In addition to auditing and organizational diagnosis, Sharif Managerial Auditing Group has interdisciplinary teams that can be dispatched to organizations to improve management and operational performances using a variety of methods and techniques such as: problem definition methods, six-step problem-identification cycle, six-step problem-solving cycle, organizational change management, performance standards (PS), data analysis techniques such as checksheets, multi-dimensional graphs, pareto diagrams, root cause analysis, etc., idea generation techniques such as 5W’s, brainstorming, cause-and-effect diagram, fore-field analysis, etc., decision-making tools such as making decisions by consensus, delphi narrowing technique, decision matrices, action execution techniques such as cycle-time analysis and reduction, executive error-rate reduction, five S’s, process simplification, performance improvement teams such as department improvement teams (DIT), process improvement teams, self-managed work teams, and advanced operational management techniques.

Our Group and Partners:

Sharif Managerial Auditing Group is directed by Ahmad Sharbatoghlie, M.S., M.C.P., and Ph.D., faculty member of the Graduate School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology.  Dr. Sharbatoghlie is a graduate of M.I.T. and Boston College and has over 25 years of international and national consulting and teaching experience working for such companies and organizations as Fidelity Investments, the World Bank, Interpractice Systems, Intex, Harvard-Pilgrim Healthcare, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health.  His books and articles have been published by reputable international organizations and journals such as IIA Research Foundation, Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Managerial Auditing Journal, Advances in Management Theory and Practice, etc.  His areas of expertise include continuous auditing, operational auditing, organizational diagnosis, performance improvement methods, and organizational ethics.

Our professional staff are experts in various disciplines and have years of educational, research, and applied experiences.   For a complete list of our professional staff please contact us at the address provided at the end of this brochure.  In addition, we presently have two sister companies who collaborate with us in our project engagements:
DayarayanAuditing & Financial Services Firm:registered under number 13018 is an independent auditing, accounting and consulting firm’s members of Iranian Association of Certified Public Accountants (IACPA) and registered firm in Tehran Stock Exchange Organization (TSEO).  Dayarayan has many national and international clients in banking and financial services, Engineering & Construction, Oil and gas & Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical Co. and other industries.  Dayarayan has published numerous books and articles in accounting, auditing and financial services.  For further information about Dayarayan Auditing & Financial Services Firm please contact:
Website: http://www.dayarayan.net
Telephone: (+9821) – 821-3400,
Fax: (+9821) – 888-91178,
Email: Info@dayarayan.com

Quality Service (QS) Middle East: QS is a Swiss global leader in conformity assessment services in the areas including assessment, issuance of management systems certificates, compliance certificates with European Union Directives, act as accredited persons for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) & Training services.   Through our global network of offices we have issued thousands of certificates to its customers across the globe under accreditation of Swiss accreditation Services (SAS), Swissmedic, CNCA.  QS provides the following certifi-cations:

ISO 9001                    Qualify Management Systems
ISO 14001                  Environmental Management Systems
OHSAS 18001            Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
ISO 13485                  Quality Management Systems for Medical Devices
ISO 22000                  Food Safety Management Systems
ISO 13980                  Quality Systems for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres
ISO 27001                  Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
ISO 28000                  Security Management Systems for Supply Chain
ISO 3834                    Quality Management Systems for Welding (EN 729)
ISO/TS 20091             QMS for Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Industries
ISO 20252                  Market, Opinion and Social Search Service Requirements
HSE-MS                     Health, Safety & Environmental Management Systems
ISO 10002                  Guideline for Customer Complaints handling
ISO 10006                  Guidelines for Quality Management Projects
ISO 10015                  Quality Management Guidelines for Training
CE MDD                    Medical Devices Compliance with European Union Directive
CE ATEX95               Devices for Potentially Explosive Atmosphere
CE LVD                     Low Voltage Devices Compliance with European Union Directive
CE CONS.                  Construction products Compliance with European Union Directive
GMP                           Good Manufacturing Practice
FDA                            Approval for medical devices from Food and Drug Administration
CLR APP.                   Clean Room Approval
QS HEALTH              QMS for Health Care Department
FMCG                         Fast Moving Consumer Goods
SERVICE CETIFICATE
PRODUCT CERTIFICATE

For further information about QS please contact:

Website: www.Quality-Service.ch
E-mail: QS.middleeast@parsonline.net
Telefax: (+9821) 8843-1909, 8844-4520

For more information about Sharif Managerial Auditing Group or for an in house discussion of your services needs please contact:

Ahmad Sharbatoghlie, Ph.D.
Director, Sharif Managerial Auditing Group
Graduate School of Management and Economics
Sharif University of Technology
Telephone: +98(21)-660-22755
Fax: +98(21)-660-22759
Mobile: 0912-203-0067