Summary

My objective is to lead a dynamic and progressive organization’s finance department tackling challenging avenues by utilizing my accounting, management and analytical skill sets and knowledge and contributing towards organizational and personal growth.

Experience

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Manager Finance
Opus Inspection (Private) Limited
Apr 2019 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan


Review the existing financial policies, identify the gaps and weaknesses to rectify them.
Prepare and formulate SOPs related to internal financial controls.
Coordinate and direct the preparation of annual budget/financial forecasts & development of KPI's.
Analyze all type of revenue/expense trends for Opus Punjab and Opus Sindh and highlight variances.
Partner with higher management to develop complex cash flow models for next 5/10 years.
Monitor the on-going business activities on a proactive basis. This includes reporting, red flagging and evaluating performance against plan and providing management visibility for upcoming critical issues.
Challenge the other department heads from a financial perspective, particularly in relation to the achievement of margins, overhead control.
Coordinate with other department heads and vendors for the implementation of ERP Software and help in resolving issues that could delay the achievement of timelines.
Overlook and coordinate with the import process for the shipments so that demurrages could be reduced.
Responsible for finding solutions to reduce costs and improve organizational goals eg bulk buying and reducing wastage

Achieved above stated tasks to reduce costs and improve organizational efficiency.

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Manager Planning
Maxim Agri (Private) Limited
Jun 2017 - Apr 2019 | Lahore, Pakistan


Coordinated and directed the preparation of the annual budget/financial forecasts & development of KPI's.
Analyzed revenue/expense trends of all business segments/associates and reported favorable/unfavorable variances against budget and proactively identified areas of improvement to reduce those variances.
Partnered with MD & CFO to develop cash flow forecasts of the group for next 10 years.
Monitored the on-going business activities on a proactive basis. This included reporting, red flagging and evaluating performance against plan and providing management visibility of upcoming critical issues.
Proactively overlooked the development of direct material, labor and overhead rates for efficient control over product costing and product pricing.
Closely work with different department heads for budget matters and their utilization.
Maintained SAP systems and applications, supported and trained users for SAP system(s) and applications usage.

Achieved above stated tasks to reduce costs and a budget compliance of 90%.

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Supervisory Senior
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co.
Aug 2016 - Jun 2017 | Islamabad, Pakistan


Prepared audit plans beforehand for timely completion of audit activities
Overlooked the whole audit process from client assessment till completion
Managed multiple teams and multiple engagements at the same time.
Provided guidance and training to Junior staff to improve the overall team skill level
Ensured compliance of audit activities as per IFRSs, ISAs and KAM and prepared audit documentation as per legal requirements.
Achieved above stated tasks by performing audit activities that were in accordance with laws, regulations
and required quality standards.

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Supervisory Senior
KPMG Lower Gulf
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Planned and lead the audit activities to increase efficiency and meet compressed timelines without compromising on quality
Interacted with Partner and Director to cover all audit risks and close the engagement.
Managed multiple teams and multiple engagements at the same time.
Managed client relationship so that activities could go smoothly.
Achieved above stated tasks by performing audit activities that were in accordance with laws, regulations and required quality standards.

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Audit Trainee
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co.
Dec 2011 - Oct 2015 | Islamabad, Pakistan


Planned and lead audit activities for completion of audit within allotted time
Provided guidance and training to Junior staff
Ensured compliance of audit activities as per IFRSs, ISAs and KAM and prepared audit documentation as per legal requirements.
Monitored of team interaction with client
Monitored coordination and skill set development within team.

Achieved above stated tasks by performing audit activities that were in accordance with laws, regulations and required quality standards.

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Supervisory Senior
KPMG Lower Gulf
Dec 2014 - Apr 2015 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Planned and lead the audit activities to increase efficiency and meet compressed timelines without compromising on quality
Interacted with Partner and Director to cover all audit risks and close the engagement.
Managed multiple teams and multiple engagements at the same time.
Managed client relationship so that activities could go smoothly.
Preparation of audit documentation as per legal requirements.

Achieved above stated tasks by performing audit activities that were in accordance with laws, regulations and required quality standards.

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Teaching Assistant
Professionals' Academy of Commerce
May 2010 - Mar 2011 | Lahore, Pakistan


Delivered lectures to full classes and provided guidance to students for them to maximize their preparation for CA papers
Planned testing schedule and prepared the question papers

Achieved above stated tasks to increase the passing ratios of students to more than 75%

Education

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
Certification, Chartered Accountant‎
Auditing, Accounting & Finance, Taxation
Incomplete
2020
Institute of Financial Accountant (AFA)
Certification, ‎
Accounting & Finance, Management Accounting
Completed
2019
Institute of Public Accountants (MIPA)
Certification, ‎
Accounting & Finance, Management Accounting
Completed
2019
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Pakistan (ACPA)
Certification, Certified Public Accountant‎
Accounting & Finance, Management Accounting
Completed
2019
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Pakistan (ICPAP)
Certification, Certificate in Public Accounting (Cert. PA)‎
Accounting & Finance, Management Accounting, Auditing
Completed
2018
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Pakistan (ICPAP)
Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting (PGDPA)‎
Auditing, Accounting & Finance, Management Accounting
Completed
2018
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
Certification, Certificate in Accounting and Finance‎
Auditing, Accounting & Finance, Management Accounting
Completed
2015
University of the Punjab
Bachelors, Bachelors in Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce‎
Accounting & Finance, Business Economics
2014

Skills

Expert Audit
Expert finance
Intermediate Taxation
Expert Accounnts Management
Expert Accounting
Expert Accounts Administration
Expert Accounts Management Sklis
Intermediate Budgeting
Intermediate Capital Budgeting
Expert Corporate Budgeting
Expert Corporate Finance
Intermediate Corporate Laws
Expert Finance Consulting
Expert Financial Accounting
Expert Financial Analysis
Intermediate Financial Modeling and
Expert Financial Service Management
Expert Financial Statement Analysis
Expert Financial Statement Analysis+
Expert Group financial reporting
Intermediate Highly Detail Oriented
Expert IFRS
Intermediate Internal Audit Command
Expert International Financial Institutions
Expert International Standards Auditing
Expert Microsoft Excel
Expert of Financial Management
Intermediate Planning and Budgeting
Intermediate Regulatory Laws
Intermediate Strategic Finance
Intermediate Taxation
Intermediate Team Management
Intermediate Transaction Operations Handling
Expert \Invoicing

Languages

Expert Urdu
Expert English