Subhanullah Matiullah  Fahimi, Branch Manager UK

Subhanullah Matiullah Fahimi

Branch Manager UK

Kabul Technical Services LTD

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Master's degree, Development Policies and Practices
Experience
17 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 7 Months

Branch Manager UK at Kabul Technical Services LTD
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since February 2020

• Formulate business strategy with others in the executive team, design policies that align with the overall strategy.
• Implement efficient processes and standards.
• Coordinate customer services operations and find ways to ensure customer retention.
• Ensure compliance with the local and international laws (e.g data protection)
• Oversee the implementation of technology solutions throughout the organization.
• Manage contracts and relations with customers, vendors, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate risk and lead quality assurance efforts.
• Oversee expenses and budgeting to help the organization optimize cost and benefits.
• Mentor and motivate team to achieve productivity and engagement.
• Report on operational performance and suggest improvements.
• Liaise with superior to make decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals.
• Plan and monitor the day-to-day running of business to ensure smooth progress.
• Supervise staff from different departments and provide constructive feedback.
• Evaluate regularly the efficiency of business procedures according to the organizational objectives and apply improvement.
• Manage procurement processes and coordinate materials and resources allocation.
• Review financial information and adjust operational budgets to promote profitability.
• Revise and/or formulate policies and promote their implementation.
• Evaluate overall performance by fathering, analyzing and interpreting data and metrics.
• Ensure that the company runs with legality and conformity to the established regulations.

Head Of Operations at Kabul Technical Services LLC Dubai UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2019 to February 2020

Brief Job Description
• Oversee and lead the overall operations and responsible for the effective and successful management of labor, productivity, quality control, safety measures, and contract management in accordance with the statutory requirements, policies and, guidelines of the company.
• Manage and oversee the company’s financial performance, investments, and other business ventures. Ensure compliance with government regulations, contractual obligations, and the best customer services.
Major Achievements:
• Assisted in increasing the company profitability by 24% through effectively minimizing the expenditure and leakage in the year 2019.
• Effectually managed more than 30 staff from the various sections.
• Negotiated, administered and managed hundreds of clients and contracts, we have achieved all this through operational efficiency, streamlining business processes and procedure and introducing new and cost-effective best practices.
• Successfully expanded the company operations by setting up a new branch office in the UK, London in line with the company’s expansion strategy.

Deputy Managing Director at Kanwal Group of Companies LLC Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2016 to April 2018

Brief Job Description
• Provide overall leadership support to strengthen the integrity of finance and administrative system of the KGC. ensure smooth financial operations for supporting and expanding company’s business operations in the UAE and worldwide.
• Ensure compliance with the established policies and guidelines and other statutory requirements
• Develop the company’s policies, strategies and leadership support in line with the company’s mission and vision, goals and, objectives.
• Lead, manage and supervise all units of the company including marketing, finance/operations, HR, etc to ensure profit maximization, company’s expansion, capacity building, research and, development.

Major Achievements:
• Successfully established company’s policies and long term strategies.
• Developed and implemented financial management manual.
• Developed an effective contract management system.
• Introduced and adopted a new effective performance management system and other achievements.

Director Medium Taxpayer Office (MTO) at Ministry of Finance
  • Afghanistan
  • February 2013 to June 2015

• Introduce a set of organizational changes and reforms that reflect a modern organizational model for the Medium Taxpayers Office.
• Develop and implement appropriate policies, procedures, standards and controls that demand from Ministry personnel the highest accountability in responding to a community desire for an honest, transparent and accountable tax administration.
• Adopt a transparent tax collection system that minimizes the costs of compliance for business, increases certainty about taxation, and results in improved business confidence. Leading subordinates according to the solution of financial complex problems of taxes on revenues.
• Organize officials for the implementation of a forecasted revenue plan according to the ANDS strategy.
Major Achievements:
• Assisted in establishing a modern and transparent tax administration system in the MTO.
• Improved average 15% government tax revenue year on year.
• Received best performance appreciation reward from the government.
• Established tax administration policies/manuals.
• Introduced and adopted amendments to the Income Tax Law and other government regulations.
• Supervised more than 200 staff and various units effectively.

Director Large Taxpayer Office at Ministry Of Finance Government of Afghanistan at Ministry of Finance
  • Afghanistan
  • January 2010 to January 2013

I was responsible to introduce a set of organizational changes and reforms that reflect a modern organizational model for the Medium Taxpayers Office. Develop and implement appropriate policies, procedures, standards and controls that demand from Ministry personnel the highest accountability in responding to a community desire for an honest, transparent and accountable tax administration.
Develop a tax collection system that minimizes the costs of compliance for business, increases certainty about taxation, and results in improved business confidence. Leading subordinates according to solution of financial complex problems of taxes on revenues.
Organizing officials for implementation of forecasting revenue plan according to ANDS.

Fiancial Management Specialist at World Bank IDA
  • Afghanistan
  • February 2008 to January 2010

Brief Job Description:
• Develop and ensure compliance with the financial management manuals.
• Develop, and implement an effective and responsive expenditure management system.
• Build financial management capacity of all World Bank projects and IPs.
• Introduce new accounting and financial management tools and established a web-based financial tracking system.
• Prepare the quarterly un-audited financial statements and reports etc, financial forecasting (budgeting), risk assessment, financial monitoring, audits and etc.
Major Achievements:
• Assisted the World Bank in achieving its mission in Afghanistan.
• Adopted an effective expenditure management system for the World Bank’s IPs.
• Built the financial management capacity of the World Bank’s partners including government and other partners.

Financial Management Consultant at United States Agency for International Development (USAID) MSH Program
  • Afghanistan
  • December 2006 to January 2008

• Oversee the financial management of the USAID funded PPG project, including senior-level representation.
• Oversee and participate in contract/grant negotiations.
• Supervise the PPG Financial Consultants reviews and reconciliation of the NGO quarterly financial reports, including budgets, expenditures, bank statements, cash books, and/or transaction listings. Organize, maintain and ensure the quality of finance and accounting files and database information in GCMU regarding NGO partner quarterly financial statements and documents (hard and soft copies).
• Conduct comparative cost analysis and other financial analyses on a quarterly basis of NGO partners and the PPG project as a whole.
• Develop, implement and supervise the utilization of management systems for monitoring of expenditures.
• Prepare necessary financial information for cash flow planning and contract/grant management.
Major Achievements:
• Established an effective, responsive and modern contract management and procurement system for the USAID grants.
• Successfully supervised and managed 13 partner NGOs provided BPHS/EPHS Health Services. Managed and monitoring and reported a budget of USD120 Million in the health sector year 2007.

Finance Officer at United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
  • Afghanistan
  • January 2006 to December 2006

Brief Job Description:
• Manage and supervise the payroll and expenditure management system according to the UNDP finance codes of conduct and charter.
• Oversee projects budget, financial reporting, financial monitoring and project financial supervision.
• Build the financial management capacity of Country Office staff and projects, ensuring that UNDP projects budgetary and contractual obligations are met.
• Maintain and monitor automated financial, accounting records and all required supporting documents.
• Supervising UNDP Finance department staff and other tasks assigned and required.
Major Achievement:
• Assisted UNDP Finance department in meeting its short term and long terms goals, managed and facilitated payments to various projects, suppliers, staff and other stakeholders.
• Assisted in improving performance, efficiency and, transparency of the UNDP Finance Department

Internal Auditor at The First Microfinance Bank
  • Afghanistan
  • May 2005 to January 2006

Brief Job Description
• Prepare the annual audit plan based on risk profile and past audit reports.
• conduct financial audits of the bank HQ office and branches in accordance with the international auditing standards. The audits cover commercial, MIS, treasury, microfinance, HR and procurement departments of the bank.
• Provide recommendations and follow up with the remediation, inform the relevant authorities in case deficiencies have not been addressed.
Major Achievements: Assisted the audit department in conducting the audit of the bank in accordance with the annual audit plan and audit plan.

Education

Master's degree, Development Policies and Practices
  • at University of Geneva
  • February 2014
Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Preston University Pakistan
  • April 2005

Gold Medalist award Completed Research Project on the HRD activities of Sarhad Rural Support Program.

Specialties & Skills

Finance Management
Capacity Building
Team Leadership
Project Management
Business Writing
Written/Spoken Communication
Teamwork
Ability to analyze quantitative data
Ability to sell and influence others
The ability to plan, organize and prioritize work
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Technical Management Skills in HR, Operations, Finance, Proposal Writing and Marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Persian
Expert
Pushto
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

IELTS Training Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
EURO Educational Institute
Date Attended:
December 2006
Duration:
120 hours
Operational Risk Management for Microfinance Institutions (Training)
Training Institute:
MISFA EDA and CGAP
Date Attended:
February 2006
Duration:
50 hours
Accelerated Learning (Training)
Training Institute:
GEM International
Date Attended:
July 2006
Duration:
40 hours
MCSE ( Microsoft Certified System Engineering) (Training)
Training Institute:
CORVIT System
Date Attended:
January 2008
Duration:
240 hours
Ethics in Public Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
United Nations Istitute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
60 hours
Financial Management of USAID awards (Training)
Training Institute:
Center for Public Management
Date Attended:
June 2008
Duration:
14 hours
Chemical Security Awareness Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
United States Department of States Chemical Security Program
Date Attended:
September 2016
Duration:
32 hours
UNITAR Hiroshima Fellowship For Afghanistan (Training)
Training Institute:
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Date Attended:
February 2012
Duration:
64 hours
Governance of Public Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Duration:
240 hours
Financial Programming and Policies (Training)
Training Institute:
IMF-Singapore Regiional Training Institute
Date Attended:
March 2011
Duration:
80 hours
Financial Programming and Policies (Training)
Training Institute:
IMF-Singapore Regiional Training Institute
Date Attended:
March 2011
Duration:
80 hours
ADB Trade and Investment Integration Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Office of Regional Economic Integration Course, Manila Philippines
Date Attended:
June 2010
Duration:
40 hours
Prince 2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006

Hobbies

  • Reading well-known books and articles, online research, teaching, and watching documentaries