Kashif Pirzada, Finance Manager

Kashif Pirzada

Finance Manager

Edge Global Consulting Limited

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
18 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 5 Months

Finance Manager at Edge Global Consulting Limited
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2020

● Own & drive the core financial processes and reporting for the business including Annual Operating Plans, Long Term Plans, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews.
● Manages and monitors corporate liquidity, investing activity, and cash flow projections.
● Manages and maintains relationships with the corporate banker.
● Reconcile the investment in subsidiaries to general ledger and maintains document files of all investment’s activity.
● Interaction with Private Equity, creating Business Plans and Financial Models for business acquisition.
● Communicating with Forex consultant and dealing in Forward Contracts to have predictable profitability and mitigation of foreign exchange risk.

Senior Accountant at ARCHIMEDIA
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2011 to December 2019

● Advised executive team on financial status of the company monthly and make recommendations for streamlining cost and optimizing revenue collection.
● Managed a 2-person team on all aspects of the company’s bookkeeping.
● Managed the accounting functions of a company that does 30 M in revenue annually.
● Collaborated with 8 peers to deliver 15 projects a year.
● Researched, selected, and implemented the company’s accounting software package.
● Trained sales team on set-up of client information in company accounting system.

Accountant at TULIP HOTEL APARTMENTS
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2008 to July 2011

● Managed company’s bookkeeping to ensure all tasks were completed on a timely basis.
● Worked with team to create accounting policies to guarantee proper input of client info that ensured timely payment of invoices.
● Prepared General ledger reconciliations and completed year-end closing processes.
● Generated monthly reports for 6-person executive management team using MS Excel.
● Handled 1, 000 monthly accounting transactions using IDS Software.

Accountant at IDRESS TEXTILE MILL LIMITED
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2005 to December 2007

● Recording journal voucher entries, performing bank reconciliation and managing personnel files for 70 employees.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at University of Karachi
  • January 2010

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Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at University of Karachi
  • January 2005

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Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Cash Flow Management
Financial Statements Analysis
Budgeting
Fixed Asset Management
BILLING SYSTEMS
CLOSING
FIXED ASSETS
GENERAL LEDGER
INVOICING
PROCESS ENGINEERING
YEAR END ACCOUNTS
BANK RECONCILIATION
MANAGEMENT

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Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020