Khaliq Raza MBA   MS   CFE  AFA, Senior Accountant

Khaliq Raza MBA MS CFE AFA

Senior Accountant

ARCO TURNKEY SOLUTIONS CONTRACTING LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Banking and Finance
Experience
10 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 5 Months

Senior Accountant at ARCO TURNKEY SOLUTIONS CONTRACTING LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2022

Job Responsibilities:
Reporting to Finance Manager (FM), I am responsible for:
􀀀 Undertaking detailed analysis of running Projects.
􀀀 Financial Evaluation of the projects.
􀀀 Managing Cash Flow of all companies
􀀀 Working Capital Management (A/R & A/P)
􀀀 Liaison with Auditor
􀀀 Managing and Supervision of VAT
􀀀 Reporting of company wise financial summaries.
􀀀 Improve the Company work flow / SOP
􀀀 Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to
be met.
􀀀 Prepare the Budget and comparison with actual.
􀀀 Review overall Payroll od group and end of service benefits
􀀀 Dealing with Banks / Facilities OD/LC/TT
􀀀 Reconciliation of Banks / Vendors / Customers
􀀀 Saturation of ERP for the optimal use.

Finance Manager at Vertex Trading
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2018 to January 2022

Reporting to Chief Finance Officer (CFO), I am responsible for:
 Undertaking detailed analysis of various portfolios.
 Financial Evaluation of the projects by variance analysis.
 Managing Cash Flow of all companies.
 Managing and Supervision of VAT registration process.
 Reporting of company wise financial summaries to key management on monthly and quarterly basis.
 Developing long-term business plans based on the financial reports
 Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met.
 Liaison with auditors in respect of external and interim audit
 Preparing Ratio Analysis - Profitability, liquidity, efficiency, debt management ratios and ageing analysis.
 Working Capital management including Receivables and payables
 Proper evaluation of internal controls and business processes, identifying control deficiencies providing appropriate recommendations to management and devising key internal controls aiming to improve business efficiency
 Analyzing monthly business results, comparison of actual results with budgets and identifying the reasons variances.
 Coordinating as key person for the implementation of ERP for Accounts, Purchase & Inventory Modules
 Preparing procedures and SOP’s for ERP implementation.

Senior Accountant at Jordanian Speech Clinic for Speech Therapy & Learning Disabilities L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • April 2018 to September 2018

My responsibilities include but not limited to following activities for the JSC Group

•Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial Reports and Analysis
•Working Capital Management
•Group Annual Budgets - (Master Budgets)
•Variance analysis, inferences and feedback
•Prepare, update and implement Accounting Standard Operating Procedures
•Feasibility Reports for different opportunities
•Activity Wise Costing and Profitability Analysis
•To ensure the implementation of internal controls
•To ensure the consistency of accounting policies
•To ensure alignment of procedures as per company policy and standards
•Report to CEO

General Accountant at Jordanian Speech Clinic for Speech Therapy & Learning Disabilities L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • August 2016 to March 2018

• Promote the mission, values, and vision of the organization.
• Maintain specified clinic financial records; maintains and reconciles account ledgers; maintains and enters monthly journal entries, maintains and reconciles bank accounts.
• Analyzes accounts to trace discrepancies or errors
• Provides accurate and reliable information as needed for any other reports or audits as requested.
• Ensure timely and accurate recording of all financial transactions, and coordinate with accounts payable and accounts receivables sections regarding reconciliation of their corresponding figures.
• Maintain and reconcile the intercompany accounts.
• Ensure accurate recording of bank transactions and review reconciliations
• Managed the entire company's bank operation including the day to day banks transaction as long as maintained a good bank relation.
• Preparing billing reports and other documents to provide to state or federal government agencies as needed,
• Preparation of Clinic Wise Profitability Analysis on monthly basis for submission to the management.
• Establish and implement appropriate internal controls across the Clinics’ so as to improve the integrity and accuracy of the financial information
• Analyze and monitor financial data, trends, and indicators. This review and analysis is both on a standard, ongoing basis as well as on request.
• Assess financial effects of proposed services and programs and monitors financial cost/benefit of existing programs and services.
• Assist Management and Administrator with special projects reports as requested
• Complete working of Company staff gratuity and payroll along with other benefits.
• Reconciliation of all the ledgers (Payable, receivable, Banks Reconciliation )
• Proper audit of customer sessions and review logsheets.

Auditor cum Accountant at Methaq Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2015 to July 2016

 Expert in Health, Trading, Auditing, Service, Retail, and Logistics industries.
• Examining company accounts and financial control systems
• Obtain analyses and evaluate accounting documentation, previous reports, data, flowcharts etc.
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings
• Ensuring procedures, policies, legislation and regulations are correctly followed
• Undertaking reviews of wages.
• Conduct audit testing of specified area and identify reportable issues and dimension of risk
• Conducted detailed technical and analytical review of company's trial balance, insured that all required adjustments and provisions are properly recorded
• Prepare and present reports that reflect audit’s results and document process
• Extensive experience with Financial Statements audits, reviews, compilations, audit assistant.
• Banks, Vender and Customers reconciliation
• Issue checks for accounts payable.
• Analyze daily banking transactions and journal entries
• Managing petty cash transactions.
• Suggest ways to reduce costs, enhance revenues and improve profits
• Secure financial information by completing database backups
• Maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping financial information
Confidential

Finance Officer at Sialkot Dry Port Trust Sambrial (www.sdpt.org
  • Pakistan - Sialkot
  • February 2014 to March 2015

Port Trust was established in the private sector in 1984 by 52 reputed exporters/businessmen of Sialkot. Each of them contributed a non-returnable amount of Rs.10, 000/- at the time of its establishment. However, they have earned the perpetual, enviable and unique honor of being the pioneers in establishing the first ever Dry Port of Asia in the private sector. The main aim of this Dry Port was to provide the facility of Customs Clearance to the exporters and importers of this region at their door step.

Job Responsibilities:
Reporting to Manager Finance, I am responsible for:
•Timely reporting of financial summaries to key management on monthly and quarterly basis.
•Analyzing monthly business results, comparison of actual results with budgets and identifying the reasons variances.
•Provide complete project management techniques, evaluation for the initiation of all newly approved projects at Dry Port.
•Effective planning and co-ordination of work and efficient utilization of resources to meet specific deadlines.
•Preparing Ratio Analysis - Profitability, liquidity, efficiency, debt management ratios and ageing analysis.
•Reviewing all the types of Vouchers Like (Bank Payment/ Receipts Cash Payment / Receipts & Adjustment Vouchers)
•Coordination with external and internal auditors in the planning and finalization phase of audit.
•Complete working of Company staff gratuity and payroll along with other benefits.
•Reconciliation of all the ledgers (Payable, receivable, Banks Reconciliation and reconciliation of Subsidiary company with SDPT)
•Fixed Asset Management, Maintain Fixed Asset Register.
•To ensure recording of all transactions in the proper head of accounts.
•Preparation of Vendor Analysis Report
•Store and spares Reconciliation on monthly bases
•Preparation of final reports (Audit report, financial statements, management letter, feasibility reports, VAT and planning documents) for presenting to company partner.

Trainee at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
  • Pakistan
  • June 2013 to December 2013

Education

Master's degree, Banking and Finance
  • at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
  • February 2015

Master of Science in Banking and Finance - MS (B&F)

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
  • December 2012

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at University of the Punjab
  • August 2010

Bachelors in Commerce - B. Com

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Bookkeeping
QuickBooks
Finance
ACCOUNTANCY
BUDGETING
POLICY ANALYSIS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
RATIO ANALYSIS
FINANCIAL REPORTING
WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Reconciliation

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Membership
  • December 2016
Board of Honoury Global Advisers
  • GAFM USA” (http://gafm.org/board.html)
  • December 2016
Global Academy of Finance and Management, USA
  • Fellow
  • December 2016
www.bayt.com
  • Moderator
  • December 2017

Training and Certifications

Certified Fraud Examiner (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
AFA - Accredited Financial Analyst (USA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2016

Hobbies

  • Playing Card
  • Cricket