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Noraini Bt Mohd Ariffin

Academic Qualification

  • Ph.D in Accounting for Islamic Banks - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Surrey
  • Master of Accountancy - Masters Degree, University of Dundee
  • Bachelor of Economic & Social Studies (Accounting) - Bachelor Degree, University of Wales College
  • A Level - Certificate, KPP, Institut Teknologi Mara

Noraini Bt Mohd Ariffin (Prof. Dr.)

Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Other's position:

Deputy Dean, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences


norainima@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Noraini Mohd Ariffin holds a PhD in Accounting for Islamic banks from University of Surrey, England. She also holds a Masters in Accounting (with distinction) from the University of Dundee, Scotland and BSc (Econs) Accounting from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales. She teaches several subjects such as Company Accounting, Accounting for Islamic Banks, Accounting, Auditing and Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions and Risk Management for Islamic Financial Institutions for undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
She is also a member of the Shari'ah Committee of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad and an Associate Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She has published numerous articles related to Islamic accounting and finance, mainly on risk management for Islamic banks and corporate governance of Islamic banks. She has also been participated as a speaker at national and international conferences.
 Presently Dr. Noraini is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting, IIUM.


Teaching Responsibilities


ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF ISLAMIC FIN. INST. 2020/2021 2018/2019 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS 2008/2009
ACCOUNTING FOR ISLAMIC BANKS 2021/2022 2017/2018 2015/2016 2013/2014 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007
ACCOUNTING FOR ISLAMIC INSTITUTIONS 2012/2013 2011/2012 2008/2009
ACCOUNTING OF ISLAMIC BANKS 2005/2006
ACCOUNTING, AUDITING & GOVERNANCE OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010
ADVANCED ACCOUNTING 2011/2012 2010/2011 2008/2009
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 1991/1992
COMPANY ACCOUNTING 2016/2017 2014/2015 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007
COST ACCOUNTING I 1998/1999 1997/1998
COST ACCOUNTING II 1995/1996
COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 2000/2001 1999/2000
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING & REPORTING 1 2022/2023
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING & REPORTING 3 2023/2024 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 3 2005/2006
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 6 2005/2006
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999 1997/1998 1996/1997
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING III 2005/2006 2000/2001 1995/1996
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IV 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999
FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING 2007/2008
ISLAMIC ACCOUNTING 2018/2019 2017/2018
ISLAMIC ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE 2017/2018
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 1996/1997
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING FUNDAMENTALS 2019/2020
MICROECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS 1990/1991
PRACTICAL TRAINING - ACCOUNTING 2007/2008 2006/2007
RISK MANAGEMENT OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 2015/2016 2014/2015
SHARIAH AUDITING 2022/2023
USRAH IN ACTION 1 2021/2022
USRAH IN ACTION 2 2022/2023


Supervision


Effects Of Financial Liberalisation On The Financial Stability: A Comparative Analysis Between Islamic Banks And Conventional Banks In Malaysia.
Ph.D Completed 2022 Main Supervisor
Determinants Of Internal Shariah Audit Effectiveness And Implications On Management Of Shariah Non-Compliance Risk In Malaysian Islamic Financial Institutions.
Ph.D Completed 2022 Main Supervisor
An Examination Of Perceived Disclosure Of Takaful Operators In Malaysia.
Ph.D Completed 2022 Co-supervisor
Shari'Ah Audit For Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study Between Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad And Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.
Ph.D Completed 2021 Co-supervisor
An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of The Internal Shariah Audit Function In Malaysian Islamic Financial Institutions.
Ph.D Completed 2020 Main Supervisor
Antecedents Of Managers' Pro-Environmental Intentions And Behaviour.
Ph.D Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
Professionalisation Of Shariah Audit In Malaysia.
Ph.D Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
Corporate Social Responsibility And Customer Satisfaction: The Case Of Islamic Banks In Palestine .
Ph.D Completed 2019 Main Supervisor
Credit Risk Management Practices And Their Determinants: An Investigation Of The Indonesian Islamic Banks.
Ph.D Completed 2016 Main Supervisor
Investigation Of Credit Risk-Performance Relationship In Islamic Banks In Pakistan .
Ph.D Completed 2015 Main Supervisor
Convergence Of International Accounting Standards On Financial Instruments For Islamic Banks In Malaysia And Bahrain .
Ph.D Completed 2015 Main Supervisor
Rate Of Return Risk Of Islamic Bank: Empirical Evidence In Malaysia.
Ph.D Completed 2015 Co-supervisor
The Effect Of Corporate Governance Structure On Corporate Social And Financial Performance Of Malaysian Islamic Banks.
Ph.D Completed 2014 Main Supervisor
The Impacts Of Corporate Governance And Risk Reporting On Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study Of Nigerian Bank.
Ph.D Completed 2012 Main Supervisor
Investigating The Role And Effectiveness Of Internal Shariah Audit In Assessing Financing And Advances Portfolio In Malaysian Islamic Banks.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Exploring Stakeholders' Information Needs For Sustaining Waqf.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Institutionalisation Of The Shariah Governance Practices In A Malaysian Islamic Bank.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Concept Of Materiality For Financial Statement In Islamic Banking : An Islamic Perspective.
Master Completed 2019 Main Supervisor
Zakat Computation And Disclosure By Malaysian Islamic Banks.
Master Completed 2018 Main Supervisor
Shari'Ah Disclosure Practices In Malaysian Islamic Banks.
Master Completed 2018 Main Supervisor
Exploring Practitioners' Perception Of Shariah Audit In Malaysia.
Master Completed 2016 Main Supervisor
The Extent Of Audit Report Lag And Governance Mechanisms In The Islamic Banking Institutions In Malaysia.
Master Completed 2016 Main Supervisor
Audit Quality Indicators In Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study Among Selected Muslim Majority Countries.
Master Completed 2016 Co-supervisor
The Influence Of Governance To Zakat Disbursement Efficiency: Empirical Evidence From Brunei Darussalam .
Master Completed 2015 Main Supervisor
Financial Management Practices And Performances In Zakat Institutions.
Master Completed 2015 Co-supervisor
The Relationship Credit Risk And Liquidity Risk With Cost, Revenue And Profit Efficiency Of Islamic Banks In Indonesia.
Master Completed 2014 Main Supervisor
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: A View From Financial Institutions In Malaysia.
Master Completed 2012 Co-supervisor
A Study Of The Customers' Selection Criteria And Performance Of The Islamic Bank Of Thailand (Isbt).
Master Completed 2009 Main Supervisor
Corporate Governance Mechanisms And Extent Of Disclosure: Analysis Of Main Board And Second Board Companies In Malaysia.
Master Completed 2008 Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2021 - 2023 CASE STUDIES IN SHARIAH AUDIT IN ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
2021 - 2023 Impact of Covid-19 on Financial Performance of Malaysian Islamic Banks
2019 - 2021 Accounting , Auditing and Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions (International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) Grant)
2019 - 2022 Revisiting Zakat Computation Methods and Relevant Adjustments in Malaysian Islamic Banking Institutions
2017 - 2020 Shari'ah Non-Compliance Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banks in Malaysia
2016 - 2018 Antecedents of Manager Ethical Practices and Its Effect on Organizational Performance
2016 - 2020 Consultancy on Regulatory and supervisory Framework for Islamic Finance in Tajikistan
2016 - 2018 Shariah Audit in Malaysia: Perceived Effectiveness, Determinants and Implication on Shariah Non-Compliance
2015 - 2019 Modelling the Effect of Shari?ah Governance, Risk Governance and Corporate Governance in Predicting Risk-Taking Behaviour of Malaysian Islamic Banks
2015 - 2020 A Model on Disclosure Expectation Gap in Malaysian Islamic Financial Institutions
2013 - 2017 The Role of Zakat And Waqf Insitutions in Enhancing Small and Medium Enterprises towards the Socio-Economic Development of Muslim Countries : Leveraging on Malaysia's Potentials
2013 - 2015 Management Best Practice in Zakat Institution in Malaysia
2013 - 2017 Developing an Islamic Financing Model for Abandoned Housing Projects
2012 - 2013 Corporate Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions in Malaysia
2012 - 2015 Firms Rational Financing Behaviour: Malaysia Evidence
2010 - 2013 Exploring The Need to Shift From Debt-Based to Equity-Based Financing in Islamic Banks: The Case of Malaysia and Bahrain
2009 - 2012 Assessing Key Success Factors of the Islamic Banks in Malaysia: Risk Management Perspective
2008 - 2009 The Perceptions of Islamic Bankers on Qard Hassan in Malaysian Islamic Banks
On-Going
2007 - Present Islamic Accounting and Accountability Research Unit (IAARU)


Publications


Article

2023 Malaysian takaful reporting from a maqasid shariah perspective. Journal of Islamic Philanthropy & Social Finance, 5 (1) pp. 1-9
2023 Takaful reporting on IFSB requirements in Malaysia: users and preparers perspective. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 13 (2) pp. 152-170
2021 Shariah disclosure expectation gap between shariah practitioners and Islamic banks’ customers in Malaysia. Asian Journal Of Accounting Perspectives, 4 (2) pp. 1-23
2021 Shariah disclosure practices in Malaysian Islamic banks using the shariah disclosure index. International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance (IJIEF), 4 (Special Issue) pp. 63-86
2021 The mediation role of interest rate between financial liberalisation and financial stability. Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, 13 (4) pp. 250-262
2020 Shari'ah governance in Islamic banks: practices, practitioners and praxis. Global Finance Journal, () pp. 1-39
2020 Shariah audit practices in Malaysia: moving forward. Journal of Islamic finance, 9 (2) pp. 1-14
2020 The effect of financial liberalization towards the financial stability of Islamic banks in Malaysia. Advances in Business Research International Journal, 6 (2) pp. 62-68
2020 The extent of audit report lag and governance mechanisms: Evidence from Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 11 (1) pp. 70-89
2019 Financial management practices and performance of Zakat institutions in Malaysia. IPN Journal of Research and Practice in Public Sector Accounting and Management, 9 (1) pp. 1-26
2019 Internal shariah audit effectiveness and its determinants: case of Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia. Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, 12 () pp. 8-28
2019 Materiality in Shariah audit. Islamic Finance News, () pp. 24
2019 Perception of stakeholders on abandoned housing projects in Malaysia. International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance, 2 (1) pp. 131-148
2019 The measurement of effective internal shariah audit function in Islamic financial institutions. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 27 (1) pp. 141-165
2019 The role of competition as a mediator between financial liberalization and financial stability. Advances in Business Research International Journal, 5 (2 (S)) pp. 51-58
2019 The role of competition as a mediator between financial liberalization and financial stability. Advances in Business Research International Journal, () pp. 51-58
2018 Islamic finance and the convergence towards International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): the state of research development. Journal of Accounting Research, Organization and Economics, 1 (1) pp. 85-97
2016 Factors affecting credit risk in Indonesian Islamic banks. Journal of Islamic Finance, 5 (1) pp. 12-25
2015 Corporate governance of Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia. Asian Journal of Business and Accounting, 8 (1) pp. 65-93
2015 Exploring application of equity-based financing through musharakah mutanaqisah in Islamic Banks in Malaysia: perspective from the industry players. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 23 (2) pp. 241-261
2014 Risk management practices of selected Islamic banks in Malaysia. Aceh International Journal of Social Sciences, 3 (1) pp. 26-36
2012 Liquidity risk management and financial performance in Malaysia: empirical evidence from Islamic banks. Aceh International Journal of Social Sciences, 1 (2) pp. 68-75
2012 Some issues on Murabahah practices in Iran and Malaysian Islamic banks.. African Journal of Business Management., 6 (24) pp. 7066-7073
2011 A case study on the implementation of Qardhul Hasan concept as a financing product in Islamic Banks in Malaysia. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 1 (19) pp. 83-101
2011 Malaysian Islamic bankers' perceptions of al-Qard al-Hasan. Review of Islamic Economics, 15 (2) pp. 97-111
2009 Customers' perceptions on the objectives, characteristics and selection criteria of Islamic bank in Thailand. Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 11 (2) pp. 167-189
2009 Issues of Transparency in Islamic Banks . Review of Islamic Economics, 13 (1) pp. 90-103
2009 Risks in Islamic banks: evidence from empirical research. Journal of Banking Regulation, 10 (2) pp. 153-163
Conference or Workshop Item

2016 Perception of stakeholders on abandoned housing projects: case for Malaysia. In: National Seminar On Abandoned Housing Projects: Causes Solutions,
2016 The extent of audit report lag in the Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia . In: The 8th Malaysian Finance Association Conference (MFAC) & The 7th Islamic Banking, Accounting and Finance (IBAF),
2015 The influence of governance to zakat disbursement efficiency in Brunei Darussalam. In: 6th IIUM International Accounting Conference VI (INTAC VI),
2013 Exploring the need to shift from debt-based to equity-based financing in Islamic banks: the case of Malaysia . In: International Conference on Islamic Finance Muamalat and Financial Criminology (IFMFC),
2011 A case study on the implementation of the Qardhul Hasan concept as a financing product in an Islamic bank in Malaysia. In: IIUM International Accounting Conference V (INTAC V) 2011,
2011 A Case Study on Zakat Management at Pusat Islam UTM, Skudai. In: The World Universities 1st Zakat Conference 2011 (WU1ZC 2011),
2011 Risk Management Practices and Financial performance of Islamic Banks: Malaysian Evidence . In: 8th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance,
2011 The Current practices of Murabahah in the Islamic Banks . In: IIUM International Accounting Conference V (INTAC V),
2010 The Perception of Islamic Bankers on Qardhul Hasan in Malaysian Islamic Banks . In: The 2nd International Conference on Arab-Malaysia Islamic Global Business and Entreprenurship 2010,
Book

2020 Accounting auditing and governance of Islamic financial institutions. IIIT/IIUM PRESS, ISBN:
2020 Accounting for Islamic finance. Malaysian Institute of Accountants, ISBN: 978-967-11317-9-4
2019 Accounting for Islamic banks. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), ISBN: 978-967-14480-6-9
Book Section

2011 An analysis of the credit risk practices of islamic banks operating in Pakistan. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225463, pp. 31-43
Monograph

2018 Internal shari’ah audit in Malaysia: perceived effectiveness, determinants and implication on non- shari’ah non-compliance risk. In: ,
2017 The role of zakat and waqf institutions in enhancing small and medium enterprises towards the socio-economic development of Muslim countries: leveraging on Malaysia’s potentials. In: ,
2012 Assessing key success factors of the Islamic banks in Malaysia: risk management perspective. In: s.n,