Muzaffar Iqbal, Head of Billing / ERP Finance & Organization Development

Muzaffar Iqbal

Head of Billing / ERP Finance & Organization Development

ZIAS Group of Companies (Pvt) Ltd

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, Finance & Statistics
Experience
24 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 0 Months

Head of Billing / ERP Finance & Organization Development at ZIAS Group of Companies (Pvt) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2010 to August 2014

Successfully implemented the functional strategy in purview of corporate policy and Audit
Report.
• Supervised and monitored the generation of about 1500 tax invoices to 45 clients thru ERP.
• Prepared different reports for review and decision of Management and reconciliation of
Revenue.
• Successfully implemented the Location wise accounting in ERP.
• Responsible for Cash Management Of different PoS spread all over the country
• Managed Operation and project budget Rs 2, 100 million in PTCL
• Headed entire financial activities in Karachi of 32 Cost Centres In SAP (FI) environment
• Successfully managed around 500 transactions per month ensuring their completeness and
compliance to accounting principles and standard
• Successfully established team of finance comprising of 4 Managers and 16 support staff
• Managed Payroll and advances of more than 2, 500 employees
• Tender evaluation and negotiation
• Invoicing to 40, 000 PTCL customers
• Monitored heavy payments of Salary, Capital Bills and Advances worth PKR 80 million
• Analyzed financial performance of 30 different business sites (Telephone exchanges)








• Successfully established Revenue Office and established team with assigning of target
• Successfully implemented the IT transformation of Revenue and Billing on ERP which over all
improved performance by 38 %.
• Successfully implemented on ERP the “Profitability Review Analysis” which help the
management for quick decision which improved the profitability by 2%.
• Challenged unrealistic assumption in budget which reduced the expenses by 9%.
• Successfully implemented the supervision techniques of financial, accounting and projects
services.
• Controlled over CWIP By analyzing the physical and financial completion of WBSE/Projects
which helped in completion of project in time.
• Achieved highest target of Capitalization of Assets which were ready for revenue generation
worth PKR 1, 000 million in all over the organization (PTCL) which enhanced the revenue by 5%.
• In the early days of my career, Payroll of 300 employees of Regional Head Office was
computerized. This was very much appreciated by the upper management at that time. Same
was also replicated in other offices.

Manager-Revenue & Collection at Pakistan Telecom Company Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2008 to March 2010

- Revenue generation and its invoicing.
- Credit and Debit notes on over and under invoicing.
- Product wise assignment of Credit Limits to Customers.
- Product wise Risk Management.
- Implementation of Credit Management Policy.
- Proactive Identification of Customers going into Bad Debt and its recovery.
- Customer facilitation with regard to invoicing issues.
- Financial analysis of revenue and collection.

Senior Accounts Officer-Development at Pakistan telecom Company Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2005 to July 2008

- Executed financial control & analyzed projects, Sub Projects and CWIP
- Identified different funding solutions in development works with Stakeholders of Govt of Sindh & CDGK.
- Evaluated business plans' viability, capital structure.
- Assisted senior management in project planning & maintained the overall financial strategy at regional level (two provinces)
- Structured new project/corporate finance deals in telecom and IT sector
- Coordinated with financial, technical and legal advisors for technical and development projects
- Formulated strategic model to monitor and evaluate telecom projects
- Maintained, analyzed and physically verified the Fixed Assets Registers
- Had authorities for Payments of advances, Capital bills, Salaries & Wages etc up to Rs.80 million per month
- Managed to compile monthly accounts
- Liaison with the auditors
- Frequently traveled to Corporate Head Quarter (Islamabad), Commercial Accounts Directorate (Lahore) for attending meetings, seminars, conferences and courses etc.,
- Member of tender committee
- Prepared reports & documentations for higher management

Assistant General Manager-Finance & Accounts at Pakistan Telegraph & Telephone Department Govt of Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2004 to August 2005

- Analyzed financial performance of 30 different departments
- Handled different funding solutions to maintain telecom systems
- Maintained overall financing strategy to improve the telecom systems
- Handled maintenance plan and budgeting for telecom system,
- Overseen strategic model and monitoring on finance of telecom systems
- Maintained and analyzed Fixed Assets Registers
- Authorities for Payments of Advances, Purchases, Salaries & Wages, Medical etc up to Rs.70 Million per month.
- Managed to compile monthly accounts Liaison with technical and legal advisory.

Accounts officer- Budget at Pakistan Telecom Company Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 1998 to February 2004

- Prepared capital Budget of Region and thirty (30) telecom divisions.
- Prepared Revenue Budget of Region and thirty (30) telecom divisions.
- Allocation of Budget for thirty (30) different divisions.
- Monitored and control over expenditure for thirty (30) telecom divisions.
- Hired manpower through Telecom Foundation (the sister concern PTCL).
- Being a member of committee for opened and evaluated of tenders, Q-loan to employees / staff and welfare matters.
- Time to Time deputed to PTCL Head Quarter Islamabad or Director Accounts Lahore for the settlement of issues related with budget and accounts.

Budget Accountant at Pakistan Telegraph & Telephone Department, Govt of pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 1990 to July 1998

- Scrutinized, booking and finalized all types of advance/loans, after retirement pensioner’s benefits and other cases of Accounts &Finance according to company policies.
- Arranged and prepared computerized Pay Roll for PTCL staff of entire region.
- Handled all sorts of Income Tax matters of entire Region.
- Prepared financial accounts and various schedules for analysis.
- Dealt with Audits matters at Regional level.

Education

Master's degree, Finance & Statistics
  • at University of Sindh & University of Karachi
  • December 2001

- Done MBA Finance with 3.13 GPA - Done M.Sc Statistics with 2nd Division - Done B.Sc Honors with 2nd Division - Financial Management & Project Management at Institute of Communications Technology PTCL, Islamabad-Pakistan. - Financial Accounting, Elementary Costing, Internal Control and Computer Applications from ICMAP, Karachi-Pakistan. - SAP (FICO) GL, Receivables, Payables, Parking & Posting etc., - PTCL Karachi. - Project Management Course – PTCL Karachi. - Office Automation from PTCL Staff College, Haripur Hazara-Pakistan. - MS-Office & MS Access at National Post Graduate Institute of Telecom & Informatics, PTCL Islamabad-Pakistan. - Creativity and Ownership for Business Excellence – TerraBiz – Karachi. - Leadership DNA – PTCL Karachi. - The Service Leadership Workshop - Ron Kaufman - Analytical Skill – PTCL Karachi. - Completed In House Course on "Advance Excel" from SZS

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Risk Management
Financial Management
Process Management
Project Management

Languages

English
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