Inam Ilahi CPA CMA MBA, Finance Manager

Inam Ilahi CPA CMA MBA

Finance Manager

Superpipe Middle East

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, CPA
Experience
29 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 8 Months

Finance Manager at Superpipe Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2016

Key Profile:
• Leading the Finance department, reporting to the General Manager of the company.
• Managing financial planning & control, cash management, general accounting and management reporting.
• Filing of periodic VAT returns of the company to FTA.
• Facilitating the senior management in developing short & long term objectives for the Business Units.
• Involved in developing & implementing financial control, strategies, policies & procedures.
• Supervising job costing, cost allocation and othe systems including Payroll, Inventory & Fixed Assets.
• Preparing MIS reports and analyzing departmental and area operations for senior management.
• Evaluating existing policies & procedures and recommending requisite modifications.
• Conducting financial analysis of cash flow, banking relationships, debt management, etc.
• Involved in developing & implementing improvements in business financing with the Treasury dept.
• Developing and maintaining effective business relationship with vendors, clients and bankers.
• Involved in implementing and monitoring of ERP solution.
• Involved in budgeting & forecasting and reviewing monthly financial results.
• Handling risk management, cash management, debtors/creditors management, etc.
• Implementing HR policies including leaves, attendance, travel & medical insurance coverage.
• Developing internal control systems and ensuring smooth running of Accounts & Finance dept.
• Monitoring bank related issues including remittances, financing facilities, etc.
• Reviewing monthly profit & loss statements and monthly cash forecasts.
• Monitoring & supervising consolidation process for associated companies.
• Developing and maintaining business relationship with vendors, clients and bankers.
• Liaising with the external auditors and motivating the Collection team.
• Identifying training & development requirements of finance personnel and imparting requisite trainings.

Achievements:
• Developed standard policies & standard operating procedures (SOPs) for different departments.
• Effectively discussed on strategic issues, developed solutions, planned short/long term goals with CEO.
• Successfully implemented ODOO ERP in the company.

Senior Accountant at Mammut Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2011 to December 2016

Key Profile:
• Reported to the Finance Director, managed various accounting activities, monitored costs & revenues and prepared weekly & monthly financial reports.
• Controlled the Debtors’ & Creditors’ accounts, managed year end closing and verified financial transactions.
• Coordinated with external auditors and conducted internal audit.
• Maintained financial record of the company equipments.
• Leased with Banks & Financial Institutions and arranged long term funds and working capital.
• Prepared various MIS reports on profitability and variances.
• Monitored cash flow, analyzed business performance and tracked actual performance vs. budget.
• Analyzed business performance and ensured proper reconciliation of all accounts.
• Trained & evaluated accounting staff and represented finance dept. at various executive meetings.

Achievement:
• Effectively finalized annual accounts in compliance with IFRS and statutory requirements.
• Designed new set of MIS reports for the company.
• Key player role in Oracle ERP implementation in the company.

Senior Accountant at Arabuilco Contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2010 to April 2011

Key Profile:
• Reported to the CFO, managed accounts payable & accounts receivable and reconciled various accounts.
• Prepared budgets, monitored actual performance vs. budget including revenues & costs.
• Prepared critical fiscal documents, generated various complex system reports including operating / MIS reports on profitability, variance, etc.
• Maintained fixed assets records of the company including their depreciations and inventory valuation.
• Liaised with Banks and Lending Institutions and interfaced with external auditors.
• Maintained proper audit trails and verified & reconciled actions for all processes.
• Developed and maintained accounting processes in compliance with the IAS & IFRS.

Achievements:
• Finalized all problematic reconciliations between GL and ERP modules.
• Reconciled all pending bank/cash, supplier and customers balances.

Senior Accounts Officer at Descon Engineering
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • September 1994 to May 2010

Key Profile:
• Reporting to the Controller Finance, and steering varied accounting operations including book keeping and reporting.
• Responsible for preparing daily, monthly, yearly and other periodic financial statements.
• Processed payroll through WPS (Wages Protection System).
• Implemented ERP & yearend closing processes.
• Coordinated with the internal auditors to ensure smooth auditing.
• Executed special assignments & projects like fraud investigations, compliance activity, etc.
• Prepared project wise cash flow statements actual and forecasts.

Achievements:
• Instrumental in implementing SAGE PRO 200 ERP/ACCPAC 7.3 in the organization.
• Pivotal role in implementing and running WPS Payroll System as In-charge Payrolls.

Education

Master's degree, CPA
  • at Certified Public Accountants Association
  • June 2020
Master's degree, CMA
  • at Institute of cost accountants of India
  • August 2019

Dubai Chapter

Master's degree, FIPA
  • at Institute of Public Accountants
  • March 2019
Master's degree, FFA
  • at Institute of Financial Accountants
  • March 2019
Master's degree, CPA
  • at Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Pakistan
  • January 2019
Master's degree, MBA (Finance)
  • at Jaipur National University
  • December 2018

Dubai Campus

Higher diploma, ACCA (Partly Qualified)
  • at The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • August 2010

British Council - Abu Dhabi

Bachelor's degree, B.COM (Accounting, Audit, Tax & Economics)
  • at University of the Punjab, Lahore
  • September 1992

PUNJAB COLLEGE OF COMMERCE - RAWALPINDI

Specialties & Skills

MIS Reporting
taxation
Budgeting
ACCOUNTANCY
PROCESS ENGINEERING
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
AUDITING
BOOKKEEPING
BUDGETING
CASH FLOW
VALUE ADDED TAX - VAT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
COSTING
TREASURY
FINANCE
COMPLIANCE
ERP IMPLEMENTATION
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
INTERNAL CONTROLS
CORPORATE FINANCE
Marketing
Accounting
Month End
MBA Finance
Planning
MIS Reporting
Team Management
Payroll
Annual Budgets
Sales Tax
Analysis
Risk Management

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Memberships

Institute of Cost Accountants of India
  • CMA
  • August 2019
Institute of Public Accountants Australia
  • MIPA
  • March 2019
Institute of Certified Public Accountants Pakistan
  • CPA
  • March 2021

Training and Certifications

UAE CORPORATE TAX (Training)
Training Institute:
Lynchpin Training Institute - Dubai
Date Attended:
January 2024
HOW TO FILE UAE VAT RETURN (Training)
Training Institute:
LYNCHPIN TRAINING INSTITUTE - DUBAI
Date Attended:
May 2018

Hobbies

  • Reading