Asad Ahmed, Manager Finance & Company Secretary

Asad Ahmed

Manager Finance & Company Secretary

Connect Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Diploma, Accounts
Experience
21 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months

Manager Finance & Company Secretary at Connect Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since July 2015

• Preparing and filing Companies Annual Tax Return
• Preparing Annual Budget.
• Coordinating annual audits and liaison with External Auditors.
• Preparing comprehensive variance analysis, including quantification and determining root-cause for each significant variance & report to the management.
• Fund management including placements, development and implementation of accounting & financial policies, procedures and guidelines to evaluate internal control environment and risk identification, mitigating and preventive procedures, identifying weaknesses therein and making improvement/eradication recommendations to management
• Prepare minutes of the BOD meetings
• Review the financial position of the Company on monthly bases

Manager Finance at Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals Limited
  • Pakistan
  • May 2008 to October 2014

• Manager Finance at Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals Limited
May 08 till to date
* Preparation of Annual Financial Statements, Control all the Capital Expenditures.
* Analysis of financial statements and report to General Manager Finance.
* Manage all the funds (Receivables /Payables)
* Development and implementation of accounting & financial policies, procedures and guidelines
* Liaison with the lenders
* Liaison with CDC in issuance of Shares

Assistant Company Secretary at National Refinery Limited
  • Pakistan
  • May 2007 to April 2008

• Assistant Company Secretary at National Refinery Limited
May 07 to Apr 08
* Liaison with the company secretary / shareholders for code of governance issue
* Liaison with the Stock Exchanges and CDC
* Monitoring the Dividend Register
* Monitoring the Mortgage Register and Charges
* Arrangement of AGM / board meetings, drafting of different notices / board minutes / resolutions, obtaining approvals / confirmation of minutes & resolutions from local and foreign directors / shareholders
* Submission of statutory returns to Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, compliance of corporate laws, liaison with registrar, corporate consultants & lawyers for corporate and legal matters
* Preparation of Annual Report according to the Companies Ordinance 1984 and The Listing Regulation of The Karachi Stock Exchange (G) Limited.
* Ensure the compliance of all the rules and regulations of the Companies Ordinance 1984 and all other act or regulations, which implement on the Public Listed Companies.
* Monitor Capital Expenditure and prepare the Capital Budget

Senior Accounts Officer & Company Secretary at Phoenix Armour (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2002 to April 2007

Aug 02 to Apr 07
* Budgeting monthly expenditure and exercising financial control by allocating monthly budget
* Monitoring and Costing of Guards
* Control all the Capital Expenditure and movement of Fixed Assets
* Development and implementation of accounting & financial policies, procedures and guidelines
* Analysis of financial statements and report to General Manager Finance
* Preparation of Final Accounts
* Placement of Funds.


Taxation (Phoenix Security Service Pvt. Ltd.)
* Preparation of annual income tax returns, liaison with tax consultants and representing the company before income tax authorities for tax assessments, appeals and other tax related issues.
* Supervision of maintenance of taxation records, ensuring compliance of tax laws, regular submission of monthly and annual returns regarding withholding taxes under the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.
* Supervision of regular submission of quarterly


Secretarial (Phoenix Security Service Pvt. Ltd.)
* Arrangement of board meetings, drafting of board minutes / resolutions, obtaining approvals / confirmation of minutes & resolutions from local and foreign directors / shareholders
* Liaison with directors / shareholders for code of corporate governance issues
* Submission of statutory returns to Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, compliance of corporate laws, liaison with corporate consultants & lawyers for corporate and legal matters

Management Trainee at Pakistan Engineering Works
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2001 to October 2001

• Management Trainee at Pakistan Engineering Works.
July 01 to Oct 01

Education

Diploma, Accounts
  • at Institute of Cost & Management Accountants
  • July 2012

Degree Year Institution ICMA (Part-IV) (In Process) Institute of Cost & Management Accountants

Diploma, Accountancy
  • at Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants
  • January 2009

PIPFA 2009 Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants

Master's degree,
  • at Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences
  • January 2001

MBA 2001 Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences

Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences
  • January 2000

BBA (HONS) 2000 Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
MBA Finance
Analysis
Budgeting
Leadership
ACCOUNTING
BUDGETING
EXCHANGE
FINANCE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
LIAISON
PAYABLES
RECEIVABLES
SECURITIES

Languages

English
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