KASHIF SHAHZAD

- Reporting to Group CEO and supervising finance team of 3 group companies:

Key Achievements: -
Getting rid of backlogs and finalizing 2017 audit before landers’ deadline
• Identification, investigation, reporting and recovery of fraudulent activity.

Responsibilities:
• Initializing financial data input, raising & resolving issues on SAP - Business by design
• Partnering with divisional heads for periodic budgets and cash flow plans, preparation and explanation of variance analysis reports to relevant stake holders, advising corrective actions plans.
• Preparing business plan including long-term cash-flows plan for getting long-loan from financial institutions
• Preparing interim financial statements; advising cost-cutting measures;
• Preparation of tax returns & successful reply to various tax audit notifications

o Companies Ordinance
o Bahrain

Served as Senior Accountant for Wafi Property LLC., a fully owned subsidiary of MKM Commercial Holdings engaged in investment in a diversified portfolio of properties. My responsibilities include assisting the Divisional Controller by ensuring the following using the Oracle Financials.
Responsibilities:
• Reviewing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements compliance with IFRS, recommending improvements and co-ordinating with various departments to incorporate recommendations.
• Providing relevant information with external auditors resolving issues with them for timely conduct of audit.
• Implementing document flow and supervising receivables and payables department by reviewing their output.
• Reviewing bank reconciliations and payroll; corresponding with banks for loans and interest rates.
• Preparing management accounts for various management decisions and preparing various ad-hoc reports.

AUDIT DEPARTMENT (2003 to 2007) - 4 Years:
I was involved in executions of statutory audits, internal audit, validation of financial reporting packages and other audit and consultancy engagements. The most significant corporate clients I was involved in include:


Manufacturing Industry:
Service Industry:
- The General Tyre and Rubber Company Limited - Aga Khan Hospital and Medical Foundation Limited
- Colgate - Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited - Wyeth Pharma Limited
- Pharmatec Pharmaceutical (Private) Limited
- Mohammad Farooq Textiles Mills Limited - Aga Khan University (Private) Limited
- Ray Shipping (Private) Limited
- Civil Aviation Authority - Provident Fund
- Pakistan International Airlines Corporation

TAX DEPARTMENT (2007 to 2011) - 4 Years:
I was involved in corporate tax \{Direct and Indirect (VAT)\} advisory services, income tax return preparation & submission, meeting various compliance deadlines, making appeals, coordinating wit Federal Board of Revenue, involvement in pre-budget, post-budget meeting and firm's tax summary. Major clients in which I was involved were:
- Al-Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited - Bank Al Falah (Private) Limited
- Merck (Private) Limited - Pakistan National Shipping Corporation