Eli Lahat, CPA

Partner, Head of the Internal Audit & Risk Management Department

ELI LAHAT (CPA, MBA), PARTNER, HEAD OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT & RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Mr. Lahat is an expert in internal auditing and risk management in financial institutions, public organizations and private organizations from the largest economy sectors.

Mr. Lahat has over 30 years of experience as a senior Internal Auditor with expertise in varied specializes including: Capital market, provident funds, pension and study funds associations and non-profit organizations.

Mr. Lahat joined RSM Shiff Hazenfratz & Co.'s Internal Audit department in in January 2016. Mr. Lahat previously served as a partner in BDO CPA firm and later established the consulting firm "Lahat audit and Risk Management".

Mr. Lahat holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem and MBA in Business Administration with specialization in funding from Tel-Aviv University.
 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Specializes in Internal audit and compliance with the law (administrative enforcement / regulatory), fraud and embezzlement, risk managements, computerized audit (IT audit), SOX etc.
• Ongoing work with directors, chairmen of the board of directors, CEOs, CFOs and accountants.
• Ongoing counseling to clients on matters of accounting, tax and economic.
• Specializes in Internal auditing public companies including creating control systems.
• Specializes in writing procedures for the biggest companies in Israel's economy.
• Expanded use of computerized audit tools (IT audit), including dedicated software to conduct IT audits in pension funds and provident funds which was developed by me and IT department.
• Conducting audits in the new and old pension funds and provident funds on behalf of Capital Markets Insurance & Savings division in Ministry of Finance.
• Establishing principles and accompanying implementation of computerized systems in large organizations.