Fakhar Syed ACCA CPA CFC CICA, Senior Management Accountant

Fakhar Syed ACCA CPA CFC CICA

Senior Management Accountant

Alijarah Holding (Public Joint Stock Company)

Location
Qatar
Education
Master's degree, Business Finance methods and techniques, Financial Analysis & Performance Management
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

Senior Management Accountant at Alijarah Holding (Public Joint Stock Company)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since November 2014

 Spearheaded Group Financial, Cost and Budget administration of 5 subsidries and Corporate Office
 Group Reporting with overall supervision of all subsidries accounts and finalization after considering the IFRS and IAS.
 Creates financial models and spreadsheets, assembles and manipulates financial and data in comparison with budgets, and develop management reports includes budgets dashboard, rolling forecasts flash reports and financial statements analysis.
 Management, analysis, interpretation and monthly reporting critical financial data variance analysis of the entire corporate Budget.
 Drafting reports for investment committee proposals and preparing presentations for new investments and investment updates in comparison with business plan.
 Managed the corporate finance, group consolidation tasks including all financial, management and statutory accounting and reporting
 Preparation and Presentation of weekly KPI Dashboards of all subsidries accounts and corporate office.
 Responsible for all or part of a company's financial status, actions and transactions.
 Maintained and administered the corporate financial accounting system (Oracle Financials)
 And researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance;

Manager Finance at Alfalah Exchange Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2011 to October 2014

Planning and development
 Incharge of delivering to Management Company’s business plan and financial budget.
 Work closely with the Head of Internal Audit contributing to the IA planning and organizational development strategies.
 Partnered with management to effectively implement audit recommendations and suggested improvements.

Financial management
 Managing company's financial accounting, banking & Treasury, monitoring and reporting systems under the guideline of International Financial Reporting Standards.
 Review, audits, reconciles, and interprets monthly and annual financial and Central bank of the UAE reports; works with accounts & finance department in setting up accounts to track operational and project investments.
 Maintain day-to-day financial control of the service within budget heads agreed by the company’s Board of Directors.
 And monitoring and interpreting cash flows and predicting future trends; analysing change and advising accordingly

Senior Associate Audit at KPMG Lower Gulf UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2010 to April 2011

Served at KPMG Lower Gulf, UAE on secondment as Senior Associate Audit with an audit exposure of Mubadala group, Al Fahim Group, Elenco Emirates Group, Mideast Data System Group and other financial and service industries.

Audit Senior at KPMG International
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 2008 to October 2010

Served KPMG Pakistan as Senior Auditor and have got opportunities of being involved in various statutory audits, reviews engagements and other special assignments. These exposures to a wide spectrum of clients with a variety of work experience have provided me an in-depth view of the key business processes, risk management procedures, accounting and internal control systems, corporate governance and regulatory compliance as well as accounting framework for a range of industries such as Manufacturing/ Trading Concerns, Oil & Gas Exploration, Service Industry, Telecommunication, Aviation Industry, Construction & Real Estate industry, Stock market related Organizations, Fast moving Consumer goods, Banking, Exchange houses and other Financial Institutions

Engagement Auditor at Sajid Shafiq & Co Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • October 2005 to December 2007

Started the career with Sajid Shafiq & Co, as a part of the statutory audit department and perform following duties

 Assisting audit teams in planning, execution, completion and finalization stages of audit of different companies.
 Perform engagement planning based on understanding of the entity and assessment of business and related audit risks
 Liaison with client's management and communication of relevant matters to persons at appropriate level of responsibility
 Preparation of Management Report for identifying the weakness in the internal controls system and processes

Education

Master's degree, Business Finance methods and techniques, Financial Analysis & Performance Management
  • at Certified Financial Consultant (CFC)
  • October 2016
Master's degree, Advance Accounting, Audit, Business Analysis & Decision making, Corporate Finance and Regulations
  • at Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • June 2016
Master's degree, Intenal Auditing & Review, Risk Analysis & Management.
  • at Certified Internal Control Auditor (CICA)
  • February 2012
Master's degree, Accounting, Audit, Finance, Corporate Law & Governance, Information system and Taxation.
  • at Associate Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA)
  • December 2008
Diploma, Accounting, Audit, Finance, Law and Taxation.
  • at Certified Accounting Technician
  • December 2006

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office
Financial Projections
Accounting
Auditing
MS Office
Financial Analysis and Business Projections
Financial & Managment Accounting & Budgeting
Budgets Dashboards, Flash reports and Rolling Forcast
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) & Auditing Standards

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Memberships

ACCA (UK)
  • Fellow Member
  • March 2011
CPA
  • Member
  • June 2016
CFC (Canada)
  • Member
  • October 2016
CICA (USA)
  • Member
  • February 2012

Training and Certifications

MS Office (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
September 2012
Duration:
14 hours
Unpdates on IFRS (Training)
Training Institute:
Ernst and Young
Date Attended:
March 2016
Duration:
6 hours
Money Laundering and Proliferation - New Payment Product Services (Training)
Training Institute:
Cedar Rose International Services Ltd
Date Attended:
June 2014
Duration:
18 hours
International standards on auditing (Training)
Training Institute:
KPMG International
Date Attended:
January 2011
Duration:
6 hours
Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) (Training)
Training Institute:
Central Bank of UAE
Date Attended:
March 2012
Anti Money Laundering (Training)
Training Institute:
Central Bank of UAE
Date Attended:
February 2012

Hobbies

  • Play Golf
    I won inter city golf championship in 2007