Consultant
Fragomen FZ LLC
Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months
I am currently engaged as the MENA Global Knowledge Consultant for Fragomen, UAE. My role revolves around advising clients on matters pertaining to MENA immigration law and policy, to research on prevailing immigration trends, and acting as the regional point-of-contact for Fragomen's Global Knowledge team.
I am engaged as an outsourced analyst on this project sponsored by South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) and USAID. The project has been designed to harmonize and integrate the various stock exchanges of South Asia, spur cross-listing, lower investor risk, and ultimately aid macro-economic development. I have been tasked to support the project team in planning the review of relevant reports and documents and create procedures that could help gauge project success, ensure the timeliness of deliverables, and help evaluate results against expectations.
• Worked in the Consumer Banking Department of Citibank Pakistan's Lahore branch
• Was tasked to prepare a report that compared Citibank's product range and service standards with some of the leading banks in the country
• Assisted the Citi team in catering to customer requests, resolving complaints, and selling certain investment and insurance products to customers
• Assisted Management during the demutualization and corporatization process
• Worked on several tasks pertaining to financial analyses, research, documentation, and HR
• Helped create a detailed valuation report to be presented to the Board of Directors
• Worked closely with the Corporate Finance team and a team of international students that were present to assist-in and observe the demutualization process
• Worked in the Assurance Department as part of an engagement team that was tasked to audit a diverse array of companies
• Assisted in the interim audit of AECOM, a fortune 500 company, and the analytical review of SinoGulf, a highly profitable construction & consultancy company
• Carried out several audit tests and was often tasked to assist in client meetings to gain sufficient audit evidence
• Assigned to work in the Operations and Clearing departments
• Assisted in the preparation of several important financial statements and research reports
• Prepared monthly newsletters to be distributed inside the institution
• Assigned to work in the Corporate Finance & Strategy Consulting business vertical
• Special projects undertaken and reports prepared:
o 'Coal Sector: A Global and National Perspective'
o 'Renewable Energy: A Global and National Perspective'
o 'Top 20 Business Groups of Pakistan'
The Accounting & Finance major is the flagship undergraduate program of LUMS - which is considered to be the most prestigious university of Pakistan. • Graduated with "High Merit." • LUMS Basketball Team Captain. Sports Rep and Team Leader for basketball at LUMS. • Recipient of the “Sports Color” award, “Sports Contribution” award, and the “Most Valuable Player” award. • Member of Publications at LUMS (PLUMS) with several published articles. • Have won several Marketing and Entrepreneurship competitions. Key relevant courses undertaken: • Corporate Financial Reporting • Strategic Management Acct. • Strategic Business Management • Portfolio Management • Applied Corporate Finance • Financial Risk Management • Financial Derivatives • Business Law & Applied Taxation • Financial Institutions & Markets • Auditing • Financial Information Systems • Islamic Banking
• Remained on Principal's Honor Role, and school’s ‘A-Team,’ for students with straight A's for all grading periods. • Invited by LEADAMERICA to attend 2008 Congressional Student Leadership Conference in Washington DC. • Achieved top percentile in USA for SAT (Math 97%, Critical Reading 93%, Writing 92%); and ACT (98% overall). • Achieved the highest Level 5 in FCAT in both Math and Reading. • Awarded the AP Scholar award by CollegeBoard.
