Dear Hiring Managers
I am writing this cover letter to express my interest in applying for the job in your organization, as I believe that my qualifications and professional experience of more than 8 years make me a perfect fit for the position. Moreover, I am confident that this role would be the opportunity of a lifetime for me to grow both professionally and as a person.
First and foremost, I am dedicated and results-driven individual offering a strong attention to detail and a proven track record of success in finishing all assigned projects effectively and efficiently. I am currently working as an Assistant Manager-Finance, in Khan International Brands (pvt) Limited. At Moore Shekha Mufti and Co. (member firm of Moore Global International), where I was working as a Senior Auditor in Audit and Assurance Department, I have had an opportunity of being involved in various statutory audits, fund audits, and review engagements in Pakistan. During this period, on behalf of BDO-UK and Moore Global-UK, I was also involved in audits of various International Donor Funded Projects (project audits by European Commission, GIZ, UNOPs, UN-OCHA, and UNFPA).
These experiences have provided me with an in‐depth view of the key business processes, risk management procedures, accounting and internal control systems followed in different parts of the world. Moreover, it has enriched me professionally and equipped me with the traits needed to deal in a diversified environment in an innovative, effective and efficient manner. I offer a good blend of professional experience, requisite knowledge and skills to become a vital member of your organization
On top of that, I:
·Developed high level of professional skepticism during execution of assurance/engagements including Audit assignments, review assignments, project audits and other agreed upon procedures. Further working on planning stages audit, this helped me in developing and implementing audit plans, making risk management recommendations and identifying key risk areas;
·Generated in depth knowledge of IFRS, ISAs, IAS, Companies Act 2017, Standards for SMEs, Standards for SSEs and Standards for NPOs;
·Enhanced understanding of different industry practices in finance and accounting;
·Excelled in preparations of financial statements on full scope IFRS, IFRS for SMEs and SSEs, local Companies Act 2017 and standards for NPOs;
·Extended my knowledge on government funded projects, International donor funded projects local and international NGOs, their scope of work and involvement of local and international personnel in the projects, further identifying findings and weaknesses in controls and compliance;
·Multiplied my skills in internal audit areas through enhanced skeptical view on different major cycles of entities, monitoring control processes, evaluating control environment and recommending improvements.; and
·Enhanced my skills in ERP systems (Legacy), SAP (HANA GO live), Oracle (Fourgen) and QuickBooks, and identified deficiencies in the systems during course of audit with further recommending improvements.
I am looking for a career opportunity that augment my skills, qualification and provide me with a competitive working environment coupled with the opportunity for career growth.
Sincerely
Muhammad Tanveer
Responsible to manage the cash flow and supervise over the financial transactions within and outside the company. Preparation monthly management accounts, variances against budget and actual numbers, Quarterly accounts and Annual accounts.
• Facilitate External Auditors in year-end audits. Providing required information in External Audit. • Propose an annual budget based upon organizational goals and the planned targets of production in the guidance of the manager.
• Control and protect the assets in the interest of the organization.
• Assist the finance manager to make rounds in attending on financial requests pertaining to purchase orders.
• Watch the cash flow over the financial transaction with the clients and the purchaser of the assets of the company. Ensuring fixed asset register is maintained.
• Report the fiscal profit/loss incurred on yearly or weekly basis.
• Interact with financial staff and ensure the audit spreadsheets are maintained every month/year.
• Handle the day to day job performance of the staff members and manage the payroll activities. • Provide solutions on risk management.
• Plan a strategic and long term business plans in support of the financial manager and the board of managers.
• In case of providing the reports to the financial manager; ensure to meet deadlines through the staff.
• Retail division: Ensuring all procurement is being done on budgets agreed by management, margins of Company are intact as per budget, preparation and monitoring procurement department analysis for ordering of stock, creating budgets for 3rd party operators, ensuring earnings are achieved as per the projections in budgets, ensuring all procurement is done through proper legal documentation and approvals of higher management by all vendors/ suppliers. Ensuring proper accounting treatments of promotions provided by suppliers. Ensuring proper tax and non-tax vendors transactions which helps to avoid any non-compliance. Ensuring all other income sources transactions are recorded timely and accurately.
Leading teams through planning, execution and completion stages of the audit which included supervising the team, reviewing work and updating the engagement manager, working autonomously without any delays and resolving bottlenecks to ensure timely completion of audit.
• Engagement planning based on the understanding of the clients business processes and assessment of business and audit risks, Identification of high risk areas, supervision of engagement, review and finalization, including close liaison with client’s top management.
• Understanding of entity’s process flows and analysis of design and effectiveness of internal controls implemented by the entity over different business processes, identifying control deficiencies, making recommendations to the management to align the organization’s internal control environment with the best practices and designing the execution phase of audit accordingly.
• Ensuring compliance and application of knowledge with respect to the requirements of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), IFRS for SMEs, Islamic Financial Accounting Standards (IFAS) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), local requirements of Companies Act, 2017 and directives issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
• Consultation on significant matters with various professionals such as lawyers, tax advisors, actuaries and IT experts