I have over eight years of experience in finance and general accounting, of which 4 years’ experience is in the Development sector. I have experienced working on accounts payable and receivable, revenue management, project-wise profitability and cost analysis, monthly reporting to the board of directors and CEO, cash flow forecasting and budgeting, variance analysis, payroll verification and disbursement, and compliance with tax and corporate regulators. I am proficient in ERP, QuickBooks, and Waveapp software, as well as Microsoft Office programs.
Currently, as Sr. Finance Officer in International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Punjab Pakistan where I am working on multiple projects including FCDO funded project WRAP. Before it I was working as Accounts Manager in Cold Xpress, had Australian Company experience.
Before it I worked as a Provincial Finance Officer with Oxford Policy Management, funded by FCDO in Punjab, Pakistan, I have been responsible for managing all financial operations of the Lahore office and other two district offices for over three years. With a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and compliance, I have ensured the smooth processing of payments, maintained accurate financial records, managed and reconciled bank accounts, and managed petty cash. I have also been responsible for preparing and processing payroll, forecasting monthly cash needs, withholding taxes, and coordinating pension accounts for employees. Additionally, I have been instrumental in maintaining EOBI records and ensuring timely submissions.
Prior to this, I worked as an Accounts Executive at CODEAVOUR (PRIVATE) LIMITED, where I prepared management and ad hoc reports, maintained accurate accounting records, conducted interviews, liaised with banks and other institutions, and prepared payment and receipt vouchers.
Before that, I worked as a Finance Associate at Inov8 Limited Pakistan, where I maintained the AP module in Oracle, prepared vendor reconciliation reports and other reports.
As a Finance Officer at DevBatch, I managed financial management, invoices/expense reports/payment transactions, cash flow/working capital, payroll, outstanding and ledger reconciliation, tax matters management, payment administration, cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis, and bookkeeping.
I also have experience as an Accountant at COTHM (College of Tourism and Hotel Management), where I posted vouchers, prepared daily reports of accounts.
I enjoy watching movies, traveling around the country, and seeing new places when I am not working.
· Assist in planning for financial operations, including systems for cash flow management, budgeting, consolidation of accounting information, internal controls, assist the financial reporting, financial record-keeping, and compliance of the WRAP programme to meet the FCDO regulations.
· Read and understand the clauses of the Accountable Grant Agreement, special provisions, standard conditions etc. relating to WRAP project.
· Continuously stay abreast with IWMI financial policies, procurement procedures and the FCDO rules and regulations; compile and update applicable Pakistani government policies for the FCDO programme.
· Assist the Team Leader in implementing the FCDO due diligence recommendations (finance related), where necessary
· Assist in reviewing programme budget based on the FCDO and Team Leader requirements for the project implementation in Pakistan.
· Assist in update the systems with accurate project financial data and ensure the financial data is up to date.
· Ensure that project is charged only with eligible expenses, as per the accountable grant agreement and exceptions need to be dealt with Team Leader
· Assist in liaising with IWMI HQ, Team Leader and Researchers for the project code issuance and consolidating execution site wise budget for the different components of the WRAP project.
· Take timely actions for the project budget related queries for the WRAP project.
· Liaise with various IWMI-HQ departments and gather data to support the financial aspects of the project implementation in Pakistan.
· Analyze the cost of the FCDO project in detail based on the individual staff time booking and prepare reconciliations where required.
· Ensure that all WRAP project expenses are booked to the project in the respective month and to correct WBSs.
· Scrutiny of all staff statements of expenses, drivers' overtime, field office statements and prepare the summary for charging the costs to the respective cost centers for the WRAP programme.
· Compile the documents and scan the complete set of documents for raising the PO in the SAP system.
· Assist in keeping a digital record of all the financial documents for uploading in the SAP system.
· Keeping the record of allocation of all assets purchased for the FCDO programme by liaising with HQ.
· Providing support for process improvements & actively participating in scenario testing in the TSIP system.
· Supporting the annual audits of the FCDO programme by providing documents & schedules as needed and coordinating with downstream partners, when necessary.
· Produce ad-hoc financial reports as and when required.
· Maintain Main Cashbooks and prepare accounting transactions.
· Check and process invoices, bills and documents received from suppliers, contractors and consultants for payment relating to projects or overheads.
· Process monthly salaries (office and projects), traveling bills and other related payments made to staff.
· Maintain records in soft and hard, of bills and receipts, and to provide them as and when required.
· Withholding of Income tax and tax on services / GST and then deposit it in Govt. treasury within stipulated time.
· Produce monthly / quarterly / annual cash books and bank reconciliations.
· Maintain Accurate Financial Records (Bookkeeping)
· Preparation of Various Accounting Datasets & Reports.
· Preparation of Payrolls.
· Preparation of Bank Reconciliations. Reconciliation of Accounts Payable and Receivable. Maintain Accurate Financial Records (Bookkeeping)
· Competence in financial management and use of accounting software ERP.
· Ability to handle international transactions.
· Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
· Skills: Team Collaboration · Financial Modeling · Managerial Finance · Account Reconciliation · Financial Reporting · Financial Accounting · Accounting · Microsoft Excel · Financial Planning
· Under guidance of the OPM finance team, set up, manage and maintain financial systems and files, ensuring compliance with the agreed budget, good accounting and financial management procedure and practice, local legislation/regulation and organizational and client requirements.
· Review and check all bank/cash payments are in compliance with donor requirements.
· Processing Bank transactions/journal vouchers, implement internal control procedures.
· Ensure that invoice is supported with all supporting documents for donor’s verifications.
· Support donor’s auditors in verification of quarterly invoice for approval and address any issue raised by the auditor.
· Assist Office Manager to review Purchase requests and coordinate with Program staff for cash projections required for different workshops.
· Liaise with local banks as required to set up and maintain project bank account for the SNG Provincial Office, keep record of bank correspondence and keep OPM finance manager in loop.
· Manage, monitor and supervise provincial and district offices’ finances within an agreed scheme of delegated expenditure limits in conjunction with OPM finance team.
· Processing and finalizing the monthly transactions spreadsheets for onward posting to SUN accounting system.
· Manage Provincial Office project accounts and reconcile on a monthly basis, including all cash and outstanding commitments, ensure advance tracking and adjustment within stipulated time.
· Maintain and submit various periodic reports, including budget monitoring reports to SNG Project Manager.
· Keep track of mobilization advance and cash flow of the project.
· Prepare monthly cash forecast for provincial office and coordinate with Head office finance team to arrange funds etc.
· Manage the operation of office petty cash, ensuring that adequate security procedures for cash handling are established and maintained, and oversee other staff charged with involvement in petty cash handling.
· Responsible for tracking adjustment of advances and ensure all advance are settled within stipulated time
· Ensure purchase order, quotations and required documents are maintained as per OPM Procurement policy and duly attached with purchase vouchers.
· Review all submitted invoices, ensuring they are checked against all services/goods received prior to payment and make sure payments are released after all requisite approvals.
· Ensures eligibility and correct recording of different types of expenditure according to OPM and donor rules and requirements.
· Prepare and process payroll of the relevant provincial office staff.
· Assist in the preparation of the financial aspects of local contracts and agreements as required.
· Responsible for preparation of all required documentation for regular expenditure verification (audit), ensuring that documentation is meticulously filed and maintained on an ongoing basis to support this process, and overall organization and co-ordination of the expenditure verification (audit) process from the project side.
· Responsible for payment of all regular utility bills and other pre-approved bills relating to provincial and districts office running costs.
· Pro-actively keep up to date with legislation and regulations relating to financial management, including financial matters related to employment of staff and consultants and highlights any issues that may affect project implementation or budgets.
· Responsible for cashbook, including proper record keeping of all payments, adequate documentation, correct coding of payments in all aspects, deduction of requisite taxes, ensure required authorizations are obtained, all supporting evidences are attached in the cashbook, and it’s filling and archiving.
· Responsible for providing all relevant financial information for month-end closing of SNG Islamabad Office cashbook.
· Submission of completed and verified cashbook along with bank statement, bank reconciliation, cash in hand certificate and updated FAR.
· Pay all the taxes deducted or withheld to the local tax authorities within prescribed period.
· Complete and submit government documents as required.
· Provide information and documentation to OPM Islamabad office during tax working, tax notices and audits.
· Provide consultants with tax certificates as and when required.
· Responsible for explaining tax deduction to consultants as and when required.
· Maintain employees EOBI Record and addition of new employees in record.
· Timely submission of EOBI every month
· Working on employees and employers pension contribution
· Coordinate with banks to open pension accounts of employees.
· Process employees and consultant’s communication claims
· Prepare vouchers of claims
· Make sure that claims are processed within claim limits.
· Payroll preparation and processing
· Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements -
· Preparation of management and other adhoc reports -
· Maintaining accurate accounting records. -
· Preparing reconciliations and monthly reports. -
· Liaising with banks and other institutions to make Payment and Receipt Voucher
· Documentation: Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices.
· Maintain AP Module in Oracle: Processing & maintenance of payable accounts for external vendors in Oracle
· Vendor Reconciliation Reports.
· Assist in Cash Management Module (ERP).
· Assist in filing of Documents, Invoices, Vouchers etc.
· Posting Entries in GL Module in ERP.
· Daily Bank Reconciliation.
· QuickBooks
· Financial Management
· Invoices/Expense Reports/Payment Transactions
· Cash Flow / Working Capital Management
· Payroll Management
· Outstanding and Ledger Reconciliation
· Tax matters management
· Payment Administration
· Cost benefit Analysis
· Financial Analysis
· Bookkeeping
· To regularly review and improve the financial reporting systems.
· To reconcile the bank statements
· To maintain the books and other financial records
· Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment.
· Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
· Research: Research on different government projects and find out facts
· Preparation of Ticker Report: Prepare ticker and breaking news report on hourly basis of electronic media.
· Preparation of DNR: Prepared daily news report of print media
–Communication: Completed a competitive written application and interview process to be selected from over 600 applicants for intensive 3-month Fellowship funded by Stanford University
–Skills development: Invested 150 hours in order to develop business skills (e.g., communication, leadership, problem solving, teamwork, etc.) that will help me make a deeper impact on the job
–Maintained: Responsible for record of customer’s cheques, cheque books till dispatching and proper preparation and handling of vouchers
–Team work: Worked in a team of 6 members and developed ability to work in under pressure
–Voucher management: learnt how vouchers are prepared and responsible for proper handling and maintenance of vouchers of different departments
–Clearing Procedure: learnt settlement of different clearing instruments
–Handling customers: Handled around 8 to 10 customers per day and guided them in account opening procedure