Noman Mustafa FCCA, Manager-Finance

Noman Mustafa FCCA

Manager-Finance

JS Investments Ltd

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

Manager-Finance at JS Investments Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since January 2014

• Review & preparation of financial statements (size of PKR 2 billion)
• Identify improvement in internal control environment, procedures & business processes.

Sara Marketing co at Sara Marketing co
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2018

• Costing of imports of array of products their payments/Letter of credit with banks and follow up with debtors.
• Responsible for maintaining stock records of wide-ranging products while ensuring that international shipments are accurately reflected in stock and ERP system.
• Prepare forecast for the GCC region on Monthly basis which provide basis for the budget preparation and compare it with actuals.
• Coordinate with warehouse staff to ensure that orders are dispatched and lead time is maintained.
• Ensure month end reports (MIS) are delivered accurately and on time, with explanations of key trends and variances.
• Provide meaningful and accurate budgets and forecasts, manage all product costing and forecast cycles. Annual review and update of standard costings.
• Preparation of VAT returns, financial statements (165 mn) and managing cash flows.

Manager at JS Investmenst Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2010 to March 2019

Financial Reporting
• Preparation of financial statements of the funds assigned and submitting the same to the CFO, Fund Accounting on timely basis
• Maintaining books of accounts on ERP system
• Preparation and announcement of NAV on daily basis
• Coordination with Trustee and banks for timely execution of payment settlement instructions
• Coordination with Internal/External auditors and resolution of their queries and reporting to the CFO for unresolved matters
• Preparation of daily fund position in timely manner for reference of senior management and Investment Department
• Verification of equity, debt securities and Bank profit rates before announcement of NAV
• Filing of statutory reports for Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and State Bank of Pakistan
• Review Transfer of Funds for equity and debt market instructions before sending to trustee

Senior Accountant at Dibba Trading Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Fujairah
  • April 2015 to December 2017

 Formulating the policies and procedures and internal controls for finance department and monitoring the implementation thereon with staff thereon.
 Preparing budgets for the entities and comparing it with the actual results and further investigations.
 Obtaining MOH approvals for annual licenses and coordination with municipality to ensure compliance.
 Finalize and review the monthly closing of accounts and preparation of accounts (AED 0.6 mn) thereon in accordance with IFRS.
 Liaison with banks to ensure that suppliers are paid on timely basis
 Cost analysis at factory site to ensure customers are priced accurately
Developing system for VAT

Associate at JS Investments Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2007 to September 2010

Internal Audit.-Areas

1) Finance and Reporting 2) Sales and Redemption of units 3) Investments
4) Portfolio Management 5) Fixed Assets
• Perform Risk based Audit as per Audit plan which covers the above mentioned functional areas based on their Risk Categorization
• Perform test, substantive procedures and analytical procedures in functional areas mentioned above and document the same

• Examine Net Asset Value and the valuation of underlying equity and debt portfolio to ensure accuracy.
• Cross check broker’s contracts, deal tickets with ledgers to ensure completeness
• Check the methodology of calculation of capital gain/loss for equity and debt instruments
• Check the process followed for Purchase and disposal of fixed assets and its disclosure in accounts
• Verify the figures of Trustee, Management and SECP remuneration as per constitutive documents
• Prepare agenda of Audit Committee meetings attended Audit Committee meetings, prepare minutes and circulate it to members
• Evaluating internal controls, identifying control deficiencies and making appropriate recommendations to the management.
• Assist Senior Manager in compiling the observations and preparing Audit report thereon and follow up of previous observations.

Compliance-Areas

1) Manuals of different departments 2) NBFC Regulations and related Circulars

• Prepare exposure-monitoring reports to identify regulatory breaches/risk in scrip’s and sectors
• Check the sales and redemption forms as required by the NBFC Regulations and Circulars
• Developed the system from scratch to ensure internal controls and regulatory limits are complied with

• Ensure compliance of Investment manuals, Investment plan Investment Committee minutes by coordinating with concerned fund managers.
• Liaison with IT department to develop exposure related reports in ERP system for MIS.

Semi senior at Anjum, Asim, shahid , Rehman Chartered Accountants
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2006 to March 2007

• Preparing system notes & drawing flow charts thereafter to enhance the understanding of system.
• Preparation of audit programs and application of the same by using necessary audit techniques as per International Standard on Auditing.
• Review of accounting and internal control systems and improving the system therefrom
• Verifying capital gain or loss on disposal of investment and unrealized gain/loss
• Examination of capital expenditures like acquisition & disposal and its cross checking with ledgers to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Verifying purchase and sales of investment and its disclosure in books of accounts.
• Analytical review of financial statements with Ratio analysis and reporting of variances

Accountant at Premier Financial services Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2006 to November 2006

Brokerage House at Karachi Stock Exchange
Accountant
• Preparation of projected cash flows. Monitoring cash inflows & out flows, maneuvering of funds to meet the delivery verses payment (DVP) requirements of corporate clients of equity brokerage division
• Preparing financial statements in accordance with IFRS and statutory requirements.
• Casting of ledgers and financial statements to ensure accuracy
• Preparing bank and dividend reconciliation statements.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Oxford Brookes University
  • August 2008

Upper Second class

Diploma, Financial Accounting , Financial reporting ,Financial Management,Cost & management accounting ,Audit
  • at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • June 2006
Master's degree, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, International Economics, Monetary Economics
  • at karachi University
  • November 2004

2nd Division 55%

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Excel
Team Management
Cash Flow Management
Financials
Reporting
MS,Office and Excel
Financial Statements

Languages

English
Intermediate

Memberships

ACCA
  • member
  • January 2010

Training and Certifications

Business Communication (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Business Administration
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
40 hours
Corporate Credit Risk Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
JCR-VIS Credit Rating Copany Limited
Date Attended:
July 2010
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading Proessional Journals
    Completing Continuing professional development hours