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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%