Jawad Sikandar, Accounting Specialist

Jawad Sikandar

Accounting Specialist

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, MBA (Finance)
Experience
20 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 4 Months

Accounting Specialist at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since October 2013

Ensuring that financial administration / accounting procedures function well in accordance with GIZ standard procedures.
Effectively coordinating with the staff of the finance team or the Commercial Affairs Department at GIZ Head Office.
Financial planning, monitoring and accounting for GIZ-assisted projects.
Monitors income, expenditure and the monthly bank reconciliation.
Monitors real accounts (payables, receivables) and reports regularly to the officer responsible for the contract and cooperation and the accounting manager.
Checks the vouchers and receipts submitted by the projects/programmes for completeness and allocation to cost units and categories, and corrects these where necessary.
Advises on accounting aspects of projects.
Carries out internal controls in accordance with GIZ’s internal controlling manual.
Checking of vouchers, highlighting deficiencies and recommendations as per O+R in the form of monthly error sheets to projects.
Prepares Checklist A twice a year by compiling monthly error sheets.
Conducting Internal Control of projects and programmes by using Checklist C (at least) once in a year.

Finance Officer at GIZ
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • June 2007 to September 2013

1. Monthly closing of accounts on the basis of WINPACCS accounting software.
2. Income tax Calculations (salaries, Consultancies) and submission of Income tax returns on prescribed forms on monthly and annual basis
3. Is responsible for banking matters and all bank account operations
4. Maintaining electronic bank book for bank payments and fund receipts
5. Checking Logbooks and forwarding for approval
6. Handle correspondence, establish contacts and arrange meetings on request.
7. Be responsible for administrative and financial matters in the absence of Administrative Officer.
8. Advance payments for in-country travels and settlements thereafter
9. Managing of cost for Norwegian co-financing activities for NWFP
10. Payments of Workshop (Remunerations to Counterparts, Focal Person catering stationery and all other related payments in.
11. Preparation of quarterly budgets
12. Preparation and control of monthly project journal/financial reports
13. Salaries preparations and payments
14. preparing bank reconciliations sheets at the end of month
15. Managing of other costs of co-financing activities for KPK

Assistant Business Analyst at ICIL, Associates of Dun & Bradstreet (Moody’s International) in Pakistan.
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • June 2005 to May 2007

Conduct of Search Report
Charge Registration, Certification & Satisfaction
Preparation of Local Business Investigation Reports
Preparation of Cross Border Business Investigation Reports
Preparation of Local SME Credit Reports
Preparation of Income Estimation Reports

Accounts Officer at A.J. Textile Mills Limited
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • June 2004 to May 2005

Finalization of different vouchers i.e. Purchase vouchers, journal vouchers, cash payment and cash receipts vouchers, bank payment and bank receipt voucher, credit and debit notes manually and computerize accounting system.
Supervision of all books of account.
Preparation of cheques and then distribution or handling over of these cheques keeping in view the banks position.
Preparation of salary sheets and then distribution.
Preparation of income tax details at the time of assessment.
Preparation of bank reconciliation statement of seven different bank accounts.
Maintaining of manual and computerized cashbook with cash dealing.

Accounts In-charge at Affridi Oil Distribution Firm
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • January 2004 to May 2004

Book Keeping of Firm.
Preparation of All Types of Accounts.
Supervise & Maintain The Firm Accounts On Monthly Basis.
Finalize Accounts After Internal Audit.
Stock Taking and Record

Education

Master's degree, MBA (Finance)
  • at University of Peshawar
  • May 2004

Financial Management, Financial Analysis, Product Costing

Bachelor's degree, Accounting, Cost Accounting
  • at University of Peshawar
  • July 2001

Job Order Costing, Auditing, Branch Accounting

Diploma, Accounting, Audit
  • at Technical Board of Peshawar
  • June 1999

Cost Accounting,

Specialties & Skills

Bank Accounting
Banking Operations
Financial Accounting
Fund Accounting
Income Tax
Financial budgeting
Salaries
Book Keeping
Cost Control
Monthly Closing of Books of Accounts

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

SAP 2.2.1 (Training)
Training Institute:
GIZ Georgia
Date Attended:
June 2018
Internal Control (Training)
Training Institute:
GIZ-Bangkok Thailand
Date Attended:
October 2013
Local Subsidies (Training)
Training Institute:
GIZ-Germany
Date Attended:
February 2014
Advance Ms Excel Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Pakistan Institute of Management Lahore
Date Attended:
April 2009
Advance Taxation (Income/Sales, RGST, e-Filling) (Training)
Training Institute:
AM Education Services.
Date Attended:
April 2011
Activity Based Costing (Training)
Training Institute:
Pakistan Institute of Management Karachi
Date Attended:
October 2008
WINPACS 3.22 accounting software (Training)
Training Institute:
GIZ-Bangkok
Date Attended:
March 2010

Hobbies

  • Reading