MUHAMMAD ETIMAD SYED, Senior Financial Accountant

MUHAMMAD ETIMAD SYED

Senior Financial Accountant

TA'AZ Group of Companies

Location
Iraq - Basra
Education
Diploma, Auditing / Financial Accounting / Taxation / Corporate Law / Business Law / Business Communication
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

Senior Financial Accountant at TA'AZ Group of Companies
  • Iraq - Basra
  • My current job since October 2014

Reviewing and analyzing all the inputs of the report
- Providing ad-hoc management reports
- Providing variance analysis and commentary in support of management reports
- Improving management reports on a continuous basis with the consent of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Consolidating annual budgets and cash flow planning
- Performing key balance sheet reconciliations and central journal posting (advance bookings, prepayments, and deferred incomes)
- Liaison with the finance department of all the companies under the Group
- Preparation of annual statutory accounts of the Company
- Preparation of details of WHT deducted at source by Client and submission of relevant details to GCT. Follow up with Clients and Legal Tax advisor of the Company
- Monitoring of internal controls designed and implemented by the Company
- Examination of financial and operating information
- Exercising due professional care in carrying out assignments
- Maintaining integrity and objectivity
- Timely communication of results of reviews to the concerned personnel/management.
- Preparation of Financial Statements, management reports, and other project-wise summarized information
- Performing any other task assigned by the direct Manager of Senior Management of TAAZ Group

PROGRAM OFFICER - INTERNAL AUDIT at National Rural Support Program (NRSP)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • December 2012 to September 2014

Checking compliance with companies policies and procedures. Checking compliance with donor agreements, their reporting requirements and milestones. Reporting any deviation to higher management and BOD. Checking followup of observations noted previously

AUDIT SUPERVISOR at UHY Hassan Naeem & Company, Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2012 to December 2012

Leading audit teams, liaison with audit clients and senior management of firm, monitoring status of work of audit teams, on client review of audit teams, completing audit working papers, drafting financial statements along with audit reports. Followup with clients for changes in drafted financial statements.

Corporate Associate at Naveed Zafar Husain Jaffery & Co. Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2011 to September 2012

- Incorporation of new companies under the Companies Ordinance, 1984
- Filing of statutory forms required under the Companies Ordinance, 1984
- Assistance to client regarding provisions of the Companies Ordinance, 1984
- Other corporate matters

Tax Associate at Naveed Zafar Husain Jaffery & Co. Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2011 to September 2012

- Filling of monthly/quarterly/annual statutory returns under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001
- Replying of notices from Commissioner Inland Revenue and other tax officials
- Filing and contesting of appeals before Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals) on behalf of our clients
- Appearing before Income tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Company Bench Islamabad

Senior Auditor at Naveed Zafar Husain Jaffery & Co Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2007 to March 2010

Serving the Audit firm Naveed Zafar Husain Jaffery & Co; Chartered Accountants (IGAF Polaris International) (March 2009 till to date) as a Trainee Student under registered training contract in accordance with the bye-laws of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.


Key role and responsibilities of my job were as follows:
- Execution of Internal and External Annual Audits in accordance with International Standards on Auditing.
- Preparation of accounts from incomplete records and book keeping of financial records of clients.
- Reporting on financial statements being audited.
- Designing of audit programs and working paper schedules for the recording and storage of audit evidences, drawing and recommending valid audit conclusions for the manager and partner's review.
- Designing and execution of compliance tests, substantive tests and analytical tests.
- Drafting of management letters.
- Assisting clients on selection of computerized accounting systems and redesigning of manual systems to computerized systems.

Education

Diploma, Auditing / Financial Accounting / Taxation / Corporate Law / Business Law / Business Communication
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
  • March 2010

CA Intermediate

Bachelor's degree, Financial Accounting / Economics / Banking
  • at Allama Iqbal Open University
  • January 2006

Bachelors of Arts (General Science - Commerce)

High school or equivalent, Accounting / Banking / Commerce
  • at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
  • June 2000

Intermediate in Commerce (I.Com) 1st Division,

Specialties & Skills

Auditing
Financial Accounting
Corporate Advisory
taxation
Business Communications
ACCOUNTS
BOOK KEEPING
Business Communication
Risk Management
Time Management Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Risk Management Tools and Techniques (Training)
Training Institute:
SJ Consultants, Islamabad
Date Attended:
April 2013

Hobbies

  • Watching Movies and Internet Surffing