Muhammad Abu Bakar FCCA, Chief Financial Officer

Muhammad Abu Bakar FCCA

Chief Financial Officer

New Perspective Media Group

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
Éducation
Master, Finance and Compliance
Expérience
12 years, 10 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :12 years, 10 Mois

Chief Financial Officer à New Perspective Media Group
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • Je travaille ici depuis novembre 2018

Key achievements in current role:
• Streamlined, reconciled & consolidated past 7 years financial reporting system
• Restructured Group financial reporting framework in three different territories/regions
• Restructured financial policies and implemented Group wide internal controls
• Prepared and monitored Group wide budgets
• Closely monitored and reported key numbers on
profitability to the BOD on monthly/quarterly basis
• Structured a Group wide plan to improve profitability
and successfully enhanced it by 100%
• Represented, negotiated and closed litigations on behalf
of the Group
• Enabled the Group to attract investments for future
Mergers and acquisition (M&A)
• Successfully executed the due diligence process as a
bridge between acquirer and Group’s stakeholders

Finance Manager à Security International Services LLC
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • septembre 2016 à novembre 2018

• Managed the monthly financial and management reporting timetable ensuring that the financial reporting timetable is adhered to all stakeholders.
• Prepared monthly and yearly cash flows to address the prospective results of strategic plans of the group companies
• Prepared individual and group’s annual financial & revenue budget and monitored the performance against actual results through analytical skills.
• Managed payroll of more than 700 staff on monthly basis.
• Prepared long-term feasibility reports on new investment ventures for group using discounted and free cash flow models

Finance Supervisor à Ines Macaron Sweet LLC
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • avril 2015 à septembre 2016

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Variance Analysis
• Supervision of accounts department
• Payroll Management
• Liaison with Banks and Auditors
• Receivables and Payables Management

Audit Executive à BKR International Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • août 2012 à février 2014

BKR International is world's top 10 accountancy firm. My role as an audit executive was:

• Assisted and supervised the audit of various Public, Private and Stock Exchange listed companies of Pakistan.
• Ensured the performance of Audit is in accordance with the applicable on Auditing (ISA) and respective regulations.
• Prepared Financial Statements to ensure they fully meet financial reporting requirements.
• Assisted in implementation of Oracle ERP

Financial Accountant à Arrow Head Petroleum (pvt.) Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • octobre 2009 à novembre 2011

Performed all basic accountancy functions to record and process financial information on daily basis and convert them all to something meaningful to report to the management.
• Accounts payables management
• Accounts receivables management
• Inventory management
• Preparation of monthly financial statements
• Bank and cash reconciliations
• Payroll management

Éducation

Master, Finance and Compliance
  • à Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment
  • avril 2018
Master, Corporate Reporting (IAS, IFRS), Audit (ISA), Tax, Business Analysis, Finance
  • à Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • décembre 2013

Member of THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS, UNITED KINGDOM.

Baccalauréat, Accounting, Audit and Tax
  • à University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan.
  • août 2008

Specialties & Skills

Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
Financial Forecasting
Internal Controls
ERP Oracle
Financial Accounting
QuickBooks
Receivables & Payables management
Corporate Reporting
Financial Management
Budgeting
Forecasting
MS Office
MS Excel
annual budgets
mis reporting
auditing
payroll
planning
team management
analysis
procurement

Profils Sociaux

Site Web Personnel
Site Web Personnel
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Langues

Anglais
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabe
Débutant

Adhésions

ACCA United Kingdom
  • Fellow member
  • December 2014
UAECA - Accountants and Auditors Association UAE
  • Associate Member
  • June 2016
Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments - CISI
  • MCSI
  • April 2018

Formation et Diplômes

IFRS Updates (Formation)
Institut de formation:
ACCA Pakistan
Date de la formation:
January 2014
Durée:
8 heures

Loisirs

  • Photography
    Winner Moscow International Foto Awards 2018 World’s Coolest Winter Challenge 2021 35 Awards - 2018 Published: National Geographic National Geographic Al Arabiya Nikon Middle East & Africa Dubai Media Abu Dhabi Media
  • Volunteer
    I am registered volunteer and active participant of Dubai Cares, Ministry of Community Development Abu Dhabi and Community Development Authority Dubai.