Ahmed Abdul Ghaffar, Assistant Financial Controller / Accountant

Ahmed Abdul Ghaffar

Assistant Financial Controller / Accountant

Belhasa Industrial Stones LLC (Member of Saif Belhasa Holding LLC)

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
18 years, 9 months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 9 months

Assistant Financial Controller / Accountant at Belhasa Industrial Stones LLC (Member of Saif Belhasa Holding LLC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2013

• Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business.
• Preparation of management information from source data.
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets, and forecasts
• Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis.
• Involved in Business Planning, P&L, Balance sheet & liquidity planning.
• Overseeing internal financial controls.
• Recording of monies received and paid out.
• Producing meaningful commentary and analysis of financial data.
• Preparation and reporting of income and expense forecasts to senior management.
• Developing, managing and motivating a team of finance professionals.
• Identify and develop controls and processes to ensure all risks and opportunities are highlighted.

Project Manager & Financial Controller at Al Mazrooei Security Sytems LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2011 to November 2012

• Responsible for costing, estimating and planning projects.
• Preparing Project Initiation documentation.
• Responsible for ensuring best value is obtained for the project including supplier base, use of internal and external resources.
• Maintaining and completing Project Key Performance Indicators.
• Writing detailed and summarized project progress reports.
• Identifying, costing and processing any contract variations.
• Tracking activities against the detailed project plans.
• Updating project plans to include agreed changes.
• Producing accurate financial reports.
• Monitoring actual expenditure figures against project budgets.
• Organizing and facilitating Project Steering / Operating Committees meetings.
• Providing financial, commercial and strategic support to the business.
• Preparation of management information from source data.
• Producing monthly management accounts, budgets, and forecasts.
• Presenting monthly results, budget variances and ad-hoc analysis.
• Involved in Business Planning, P&L, Balance sheet & liquidity planning.
• Overseeing internal financial controls.
• Recording of monies received and paid out.
• Producing meaningful commentary and analysis of financial data.
• Preparation and reporting of income and expense forecasts to senior management.
• Developing, managing and motivating a team of finance professionals.
• Reviewing new & existing business models and capital appropriation requests.
• Identify and develop controls and processes to ensure all risks and opportunities are highlighted

Finance Manager at Y & A Corporation
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2009 to November 2011

• Determining financial objectives.
• Designing & implementing systems, policies & procedures to facilitate internal financial control.
• Preparing Annual Budget and forecasting trends.
• Developing reports for top management summarizing the business financial position in areas of income, expenses, capital usage and cash flows, and coordinate the preparation of strategic plans, budgets and financial forecast.
• Developing and updating accounting, finance and management policies and procedures.
• Effective Cash Flow Management
• Monitoring budgets and comparing them with actual cost and revenues related to production, marketing and capital.
• Coordinating the preparation, maintenance and filing of projected P&L Account, Bills Discounting and Balance Sheet as required by bank authorities and other financial institutions.
• Coordinate the preparation of Financial Statements, Financial Reports for internal usage.
• Getting control accounts reconciled and sorting out the discrepancies
• Liaison with business related organizations such as banks

Equity Trader at AZEE Securities
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2010 to November 2011

• Managed both day-to-day and long-term strategic objectives for multiple institutional clients, including communicating research, discussing market news, and examining stock performance.
• Built strong working rapport across company departments by working directly with derivatives, convertibles, syndicate, and program trading to evaluate risk and achieve optimal order-flow execution.
• Provide expert analysis of market conditions by gathering key data, analyzing trends, creating reports, and offering comprehensive evaluations to meet clientele’s objectives.
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills. Trusted to successfully capture, maintain, and retain critical relationships with wide range of clientele.
• Adept at utilizing both qualitative and quantitative analysis methodologies to create and track performance, remediate problems, and ensure organizational goals are realized.

Sales Representative at Anglo Electronics
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2007 to May 2009

• To advise clients with regard to their marketing needs in relation to printing, direct marketing material, website, direct mail etc.
• Learn about Snap products and services and how they can be of benefit to our customers.
• To prospect new clients and grow the business.
• To present to clients and grow the business.
• To prepare quotations, proposals, presentations as required.
• To process orders in a timely, efficient manner.
• Develop new business by outgoing phone calls, networking groups, cold calling and creative local marketing.

Software Developer at IT Marketing & Software House
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • May 2006 to August 2007

-Responsible for writing and coding individual programs from specific requirements.

- Interpret written business requirements and technical specification documents.

- Perform coding to written technical specifications.

- Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified defects.

- Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates.

-Performs related duties as assigned

Internee at ABN Amro Bank (RBS)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2006 to April 2006

Worked in IT Development and Support Department.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at IQRA University
  • July 2010
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Govt. Commerce College
  • January 2006
Diploma, Software Engineering
  • at APTECH
  • July 2005
High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at SSAT College
  • March 2004

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Purchasing
Sales Growth
Financials
Microsoft Office
MS Office
Photoshop
Oracle 8i
SQL Server
Fundamental Analysis
Fund Management
Risk Management
Credit Management
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Working Capital Management
Portfolio Management
Teaching Finance Courses
Technical Analysis
Customer Relationship Management
Security Analysis
Quick Books Pro
MetaStock 11
Tally 9 ERP

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate