Total Years of Experience: 22 Years, 8 Months
January 2012
To Present
Deputy General Manager (DGM) Finance
at Greenstar Social Marketing
Location :
Pakistan - Karachi
In charge of the Reporting, Budgeting, and Financial Planning Unit.
First time in the history of Greenstar, developed Annual Budget for 2013-14 on multiple dimensions of donor, department, location, expense head, activity category and product. Developed an Advanced Financial Model in Ms Excel that efficiently captured data in the required dimensions, collated all data in a standard ‘database’ format and enabled custom made reports to be generated on multiple dimensions instantly. Subsequently, led the team and worked day and nights, including weekends, to prepare the budget and incorporate changes within the assigned deadlines. As a result, budget was circulated to the Budget Review Committee One Week before the meeting. The Budget was subsequently approved by the board without any major changes.
Completely overhauled the data entry practices in the ERP (Oracle) to turn it around from garbage-in garbage-out model to a highly efficient model whereby all financial transactions are captured on the required dimensions to enable actual vs budget report on monthly basis. Developed and implemented detailed Policy and Procedure to this effect. Setup and implemented transaction level budgetary controls in the organization.
Currently involved in various projects for improvement of overall policies and procedures within Greenstar.
First time in the history of Greenstar, developed Annual Budget for 2013-14 on multiple dimensions of donor, department, location, expense head, activity category and product. Developed an Advanced Financial Model in Ms Excel that efficiently captured data in the required dimensions, collated all data in a standard ‘database’ format and enabled custom made reports to be generated on multiple dimensions instantly. Subsequently, led the team and worked day and nights, including weekends, to prepare the budget and incorporate changes within the assigned deadlines. As a result, budget was circulated to the Budget Review Committee One Week before the meeting. The Budget was subsequently approved by the board without any major changes.
Completely overhauled the data entry practices in the ERP (Oracle) to turn it around from garbage-in garbage-out model to a highly efficient model whereby all financial transactions are captured on the required dimensions to enable actual vs budget report on monthly basis. Developed and implemented detailed Policy and Procedure to this effect. Setup and implemented transaction level budgetary controls in the organization.
Currently involved in various projects for improvement of overall policies and procedures within Greenstar.
February 2012
To December 2012
Manager Consulting,
at Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates
Location :
Pakistan - Karachi
Supervising Consulting Projects, Developing Financial Feasibilities and models, Handling outsourced finance and accounting work for clients, managing clients and meeting billing targets, Preparing EOI, Proposals and Reports, etc.
June 2010
To December 2011
Manager Finance
at DTMF Networks Sdn Bhd
Location :
Malaysia
○ Manage the full spectrum of financial and accounting activities of DTMF Networks as well as other group companies on a day-to-day basis.
○ Independently manage & lead the finance team; supervise, guide and coach them in execution of their day to day job responsibilities.
○ Manage the entire accounting, Bookkeeping & Reporting function; prepare, review and report financial results to regulatory authorities.
○ Manage Corporate, Taxation and Secretarial Matters.
○ Liase with external auditors for audit of all offshore companies and deal with all audit issues.
○ Manage company treasury function involving unit trust evaluations and investments.
○ Manage the entire Vendor Payment cycle. Ensuring vendors are paid on timely basis after exercise of sufficient internal controls as per contractual obligation and commercial needs.
○ Manage the entire Customer cycle including invoicing, payment and followups.
○ Perform budgeting and manage company funds for optimal working capital management.
○ Manage the payroll disbursement process and prepare all legal statutory reports.
○ Perform continuous process improvement by developing SOPs & checklists and streamlining existing processes to ensure 100% achievement of objectives with minimum utilization of resources.
Achievements
Single handedly taken charge of finance team, hired new members, trained them, established processes and procedures, SOPs and internet controls.
○ Independently manage & lead the finance team; supervise, guide and coach them in execution of their day to day job responsibilities.
○ Manage the entire accounting, Bookkeeping & Reporting function; prepare, review and report financial results to regulatory authorities.
○ Manage Corporate, Taxation and Secretarial Matters.
○ Liase with external auditors for audit of all offshore companies and deal with all audit issues.
○ Manage company treasury function involving unit trust evaluations and investments.
○ Manage the entire Vendor Payment cycle. Ensuring vendors are paid on timely basis after exercise of sufficient internal controls as per contractual obligation and commercial needs.
○ Manage the entire Customer cycle including invoicing, payment and followups.
○ Perform budgeting and manage company funds for optimal working capital management.
○ Manage the payroll disbursement process and prepare all legal statutory reports.
○ Perform continuous process improvement by developing SOPs & checklists and streamlining existing processes to ensure 100% achievement of objectives with minimum utilization of resources.
Achievements
Single handedly taken charge of finance team, hired new members, trained them, established processes and procedures, SOPs and internet controls.
July 2007
To May 2010
Manager Compliance, Credit and Customer Accounting
at Syngenta Pakistan Ltd.
Location :
Pakistan - Karachi
● As Manager Compliance
○ Co-ordinate, review, strengthen and ensure SOX & financial compliance.
○ Oversee the internal control activities of the company.
○ Conduct Internal Audits to provide independent assurances & add value to company operations.
○ Assist in improving business processes both from internal controls and efficiency point of view.
● As Manager Customer Credit & Accounting
○ Administer, monitor and control credit - both secured and unsecured
○ Provide Customer Financial Services like account statements, rebate settlement, customer issues, etc
○ Provide Business Support- Pricing, Budgeting, Financial Analysis.
○ Provide Treasury Support- Placement and handling of funds
○ Co-ordinate, review, strengthen and ensure SOX & financial compliance.
○ Oversee the internal control activities of the company.
○ Conduct Internal Audits to provide independent assurances & add value to company operations.
○ Assist in improving business processes both from internal controls and efficiency point of view.
● As Manager Customer Credit & Accounting
○ Administer, monitor and control credit - both secured and unsecured
○ Provide Customer Financial Services like account statements, rebate settlement, customer issues, etc
○ Provide Business Support- Pricing, Budgeting, Financial Analysis.
○ Provide Treasury Support- Placement and handling of funds
March 2005
To June 2007
Management Accountant
at Dalda Foods (Private) Limited.
Location :
Pakistan - Karachi
Head of two departments- Management Accounts and Sales Accounts. Single Handedly Set up and Developed Management Accounts department from Scratch. Completely restructured Sales Accounting Department- developed job descriptions, process flows, SOPs, controls and reporting mechanisms.
My responsibilities included Sales Accounting, Pricing, Costing and Cost Price Analysis, Forecasting/ Financial Modeling, Reporting of Financial Performance, Commercial Feasibilities, Develop MIS and procedures,
Budgeting, Profitability Analysis, Cash Flow Projections, etc.
Developed a “Sales Analysis Package” - an Excel-Based Data Base from which instant reports can be generated for various purposes like forecasting, commercial feasibilities, etc.
Developed an Excel-based “Management Reporting Package” used for multiple purposes of Reporting, Forecasting and Analysis
My responsibilities included Sales Accounting, Pricing, Costing and Cost Price Analysis, Forecasting/ Financial Modeling, Reporting of Financial Performance, Commercial Feasibilities, Develop MIS and procedures,
Budgeting, Profitability Analysis, Cash Flow Projections, etc.
Developed a “Sales Analysis Package” - an Excel-Based Data Base from which instant reports can be generated for various purposes like forecasting, commercial feasibilities, etc.
Developed an Excel-based “Management Reporting Package” used for multiple purposes of Reporting, Forecasting and Analysis
January 2003
To February 2005
Assistant Manager, Corporate Finance
at Invest Capital & Securities (Pvt.) Limited
Location :
Pakistan
Financial analysis, due diligence and company valuations, development of financial models and future projections, preparation of financial accounts, industry reports, information memorandums and presentations, assessment and analysis of local and international markets, coordination with regulatory bodies, etc.
January 2002
To December 2002
Senior Accounts Officer
at Pakistan State Oil Company Limited
Location :
Pakistan - Karachi
Inventory Management, Costing and Pricing of Fuel Products, Financial Analysis and Reporting.
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