MUHAMMAD ISHAQ, MANAGER AUDIT AND ASSURANCE

MUHAMMAD ISHAQ

MANAGER AUDIT AND ASSURANCE

Grant Thornton Qatar (Dr. Sultan Al Dosari & Partners CAs)

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Associate Chartered Accountant (Financial Reporting, accountind and auditing)
Experience
18 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 10 Months

MANAGER AUDIT AND ASSURANCE at Grant Thornton Qatar (Dr. Sultan Al Dosari & Partners CAs)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since November 2021

Qatar -Doha)
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Dealing and maintaining healthy relationship with clients and seek further business opportunities.
• Setting revenue targets and actively work to achieve the targets.
• Team allocation for assignments.
• Planning and establishing the overall audit strategy including job budgeting, staff allocation and audit planning.
• Providing guidance to teams on audit and reporting matters.
• Overall review of assurance assignments.
• Reviewing financial statements, audit reports, board, and management letters to ensure compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and applicable statutory regulations.
• Managing a team of three Asstt. managers/managers and several other audit staff.
• Managing group reporting audits.

CLIENTS HANDLED
• Various trading, insurance, construction, software, services, real estate and rental entities including but not limited to: Al Jazira Group (real estate, construction, and automobile parts trading) o Dicotech Qatar, Dar AL Rokham Contracting, Draieh Contracting, Draya Contracting (Construction) o Al Khayarin (KG) Group (Construction, manufacturing, trading) o Al Rajhi Group Qatar (Real Estate) o Muehlhan Dehan Qatar (Construction related) o Ali Bin Ali Group (Trading, construction, real estate, services) o Ramez Hyper Market, Al Safeer Center, Al Dura Trading, (Retail and wholesale)
o Ibin Ajayan Group (Retail, automobile sale and service, trading) o Roland Berger, Ricardo Technical Consultancy (Consulting, services)
o BDP International, Bollore Logistics, LBC Express, JAS Worldwide (Logistics) o Medgulf Takaful Qatar Branch, Logistics Insurance QFC (Insurance) o Equiom Group (services) o Maaber for Logistics, Kuiper HR, Ducan and Ross Group (Manpower supply and outsourcing) o Dataselect, Qatar Marketing Company (re-sale, distribution)

MANAGER AUDIT AND ADVISORY at Jamal A. Nasir Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2016 to October 2021

Lead the assurance and corporate compliance department

Grants and Finance Manager at International Rescue Committee
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • February 2014 to October 2016

Lead finance and grants function of provincial office at Peshawar of Pakistan Reading Project and supervised a team of finance officers and grants officers.

Grants and Finance Manager at Winrock International
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2012 to February 2014

Lead finance and grants function in main office of Pakistan Agriculture and Cold Chain Development Project and supervised a team of finance officers and grants officers.

Assistant Manager Audit and Assurance Services at Rafaqat Babar & Co. Chartered Accountants
  • Afghanistan - Kabul
  • November 2009 to August 2012

 Working as Assistant Manager Audit & Assurance Services in Kabul office. Main responsibilities include:
 Planning, supervision and finalizing the audit and financial statements preparation;
 Helping partners in finalization of audit reports;
 Checking compliance of audit clients with USAID and other applicable regulations;
 Allocating and supervising staff to various assignments;
 Maintaining professional relationship with current and prospective clients;
 Performing and supervising pre-award assessments and financial reviews of USAID grantees

Supervisor Specialist Advisory Services at Anjum Asim Shahid Rahman Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2009 to October 2009

Worked as supervisor in Specialist Advisory Services.

Supervisor Audit and Assurance at Anjum Asim Shahid Rahman Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 2009 to June 2009

Worked as Supervisor Audit and Assurance Services, carrying out planning, supervision and finalization of audit assignments.

Supervisor audit and assurance services at Anjum asim Shahid Rahman Chartered accountants
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2005 to January 2009

Supervision of planning, execution and completion of audit and auurance related services.

Education

Master's degree, Associate Chartered Accountant (Financial Reporting, accountind and auditing)
  • at The Institute of Chartered Accountants Of Pakistan (ICAP)
  • August 2021

I am Qualified Chartered Accountant and associate member of ICAP.

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Reporting Analysis
Planning
Accounting Analysis
Preparation
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
MANAGEMENT
AUDITING
BUDGETING
CONSTRUCTION
CONSULTING
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
OUTSOURCING
Financial reporting, accounting, analysis and auditing
MS Office
Cost Accounting

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Articleship (Training)
Training Institute:
Grant Thornton Islamabad
Date Attended:
July 2005