Rashid Mehmood FCCA

Al Ghaith Industries (AGI) is subsidiary of Al Ghaith Group located in Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD1). AGI was established in 2006 with vision to become a leader in various chemical manufacturing in the GCC region.
• Successfully finalized accounts of 4 years for the caustic plant from 2013 till date from scratch.
• Identified operational and capital expenses from USD 66M total spending.
• Identify classify and prepared assets as WIP PPE of AED 400 million, reconcile with bank and related parties in group for more than AED 600 million of transactions.
• Reduced AR from 90 to 60 days. Sustain AP at 60 to 90 days.
• Also monitor for expansion of Caustic and CaCl2 plants as ongoing projects of worth AED 70 Million & 90 Million respectively.
• Manage for month end adjustments, including project progress billing for Asset Under Construction/ unearned revenue assessments, inventory valuations, provisions, etc.
• Financial Accounting, P&L Control, business profitability, working capital and operating cash flow of the Plant and projects through existing/new controlling tools, package & operations meeting, follow-up meetings and discussion with commercial management
• Make sure that monthly financial reports (including monthly analysis) will be prepared accurate and on timely manner through follow-up of the main tasks with involved departments/functions
• Manage the whole budgeting process through organization of the process, create and follow-up budget targets and challenge the packages, in coordination with the corporate requirements
• Control of CAPEX projects through analysis/review of CAPEX requests and follow-up review
• Supervision of Day to Day Banking activities; ensure compliance with group treasury guidelines
• Project Manager SAP ERP one cycle complete. Implemented & audited with FI/CO, MM, PP, QM, SD & HRM Modules. Integration of FI/CO Module with PP, SD, MM, HRM. VAT Configuration of SAP for F.12.

Organizational Profile:
QTCC has been actively involved in the execution of Civil and Telecom Projects of GSM Tower field as a Foreign Investor since 2002 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We have been successfully completing GSM Sites (Civil & Telecom works) for STC, MTC and MOBILY through their authorized contractors like MADAF, SNS, MOTOROLA, AL-MOZOON, NOOR COMMUNICATION, BTC, HICAP and AL-SHARQ
Work Description:
•Assisting the start-ups with the company organization & registration, 20 direct reports, Business plan preparation
•Managerial advisory services, Consulting in the turn-around strategy, IT products & services
•Prepare & analyze Commercial Bids, Assisting businesses in financing, Transfer pricing analysis
•Finance head overseeing all corporate financial accounting and reporting activities and ensuring that finance employees abide by regulations and laws when performing their duties.
•Implementation of accounting principles and to make sure that they are being adhered to.
•Financial reporting in accordance with the local laws and regulatory requirements.
•Preparation of budgets and other several ad hoc reports containing variance analysis, sensitivity and other analysis.
• Presentation to management of revenue reports, Cost Benefit analysis and several other reports.
•Head of Finance and Administration.
•Restructuring and Reorganizing of current organizational structure.
•Review all formal finance-, HR-, IT- and MS-related procedures, processes, and administration, recommending improvements to the systems in place and managing the systems going forward.
•Establishing new teams for different telecom and civil projects.
•Arranging Capital for existing and upcoming projects.
•Resources and Cost Optimization in Current scenario.

Organization Profile
Celeros is the finest, most professional & well equipped Telecom and Power Services Company. Celeros acts as catalyst of success in maintaining efficient telecom, energy, civil networks by providing RF, TI, O&M, CW, SA, CP, Site Survey, Network Optimization, Solar Installation and Managed Services.
Work Description:
•Partner with the Chairman/CEO on all operational and strategic issues as they arise; provide strategic recommendations to the board members based on financial analysis and projections, cost identification and allocation, and revenue/expense analysis.
•Participate in the ongoing strategic planning process as an integral member of the senior management team.
•Oversee long-term budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with Celeros’s strategic plan.
• Responsible for the administration and management of Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Technical, IT, and overall financial functions of the Celeros.
• Oversight of all functions of Finance & Accounting including:
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Cash Management
• Audits
• Development and management of the monthly/quarterly and annual departmental and Celeros budgets
Oversee $60 million in Project income and supervise Project Director and team.
• Supervision of all payments and monitoring of receivables.
• Develop financial and operational policies and internal control systems.
• Liaison to lending institutions and banks.
•Monitor purchasing procedures.
• Provide financial reports to the Executive Director and Board of Directors.
• Oversee Celeros networking, internet, accounting and software systems.
• Investigate and report on annual financial operating issues.
• Oversee and review of all Celeros agreements and contracts with operators, renters, outside vendors and contractors, as well as all legal matters.
• Oversee Human Resources functions of the Celeros including:
• Benefits
• Payroll administration and monitoring
• Personnel practices
• Supports the Director of Human Resources in negotiating employment contracts
• Provide support material and guidance as needed by the Executive Director.
•Oversee all staff in areas stated above; this includes hiring, training, supervising and evaluating the staff.
• Provide the assistance and supervision necessary for all department heads to have the tools
necessary for them to manage the financial aspects of their departments.
• Provide leadership to executive staff team on financial and administrative operations of the Celeros.
• Serve as part of the senior management of the Celeros by providing input to help guide the operations and direction of the project.
• Assist Project management staff with preparation of key operating statistics to monitor their areas of operations.
• Represent Celeros as TelecomOperators and Vendors Partner

Organization Profile
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust will continually strive to deliver excellent patient care, of which patients, the public and staff can be proud. They are a major hospitals trust based in north London, across two main hospital sites, providing general and specialist care to patients.
Work Description:
•Support the Financial Management Team in the provision of a comprehensive financial management service and administrative support to the Divisional Finance Manager(s), Divisional Directors, Clinical Directors, Business Managers and all budget holders within the Division(s).
•Production of Budget Reports
•Ensuring monthly budget reports are produced in line with the required timetable and reflect accurately the financial transactions processed in the month, including all necessary accruals for income and expenditure
•Investigates financial queries and analyses data to identify any error and discrepancies. Ensures corrective action identified and implemented where necessary
•Produces variance reports monthly requiring the interpretation of financial information, payments and receipts from a range of sources
•Processing complex recharges from internal service providers to services users, internal and external, requiring the use and setting up of complex spreadsheets, excel and databases to action Internal Service Level Agreements
•Input of complex financial data e.g. Budget, expenditure, income and accrual journals into the financial ledger and identification/correction of incorrect entries via journal input.
•Reconciling complex financial data to source documents e.g. Flexi bank expenditure, year end reconciliation of debtors and creditors
•Responsible for own workload and ensuring deadlines are met, with little direct supervision
•Provide a comprehensive and efficient administrative service across trust.
• Prepare and produce reports / spreadsheets, presentations and other documents as requested.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating all content on the department website
• Maintain effective information management systems, including databases and filing systems,
ensuring both accessibility and confidentiality
•Responsible for adapting and maintaining information systems, comprising both paper-based and computerized documents ensuring accessibility and confidentiality of information. To
include the use of databases.
•Undertake data entry where necessary.

Organization Profile
AKSA's expertise cover a wide range of in-house capabilities like Software applications development, embedded systems programming, Hardware design and development to board level designing. Our expertise is a result of a decade of versatile experience in providing these services. The value proposition that AKSA offers to its clients is made up of three elements: providing the most cost effective, the best in quality and the fastest solutions to the clients' information processing needs.
Work Description:
• Trend & Gap Analysis of Financial Statements/Information.
• Develop & managed complex Financial Models using MS Excel
• Analysis of available corporate financing options/opportunities and their impact on Capital Structure
• Analysis of Future Projections/feasibilities based on historical business and financial performance
• Conducting reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities.
• Analysis and interpretation of management accounts.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Preparation of budgets based on management’s estimates.
• Preparation of the Costing Sheets of different products.
• Managing the Inventory using the Customized Software and month End Stock take.
• Responsible for treasury functions & preparation of bank reconciliation on monthly basis.
• Preparation of reconciliation statements with major Suppliers and Customers.
• Handling the Fixed Assets Register.
• Preparation of documents for imports and exports.

Organization Profile
CARAVAN is a Sub National NGO, with head quarters in Swat District of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Pakistan. Caravan is a community awareness raising and advocacy ventures around needs. CARAVAN is engaged in a wide range of development activities through the following program components are Institution building at grassroots, Capital generation through regular savings, Productive Investment Schemes (Physical Infrastructure Development).
Work Description:
• Managing the accounts department to keep in line with company’s overall goals.
• Defining the Credit Policies & reviewing debtors ageing reports, implementing follow-up.
• Preparation of quarterly budgets.
• Ensuring the achievements of the organization budgeted plans.
• Preparation of budget reports and comments on the variances with the actual results.
• Managing Bank receipts & payments.
• Recording all business transactions up to trial balance.
• Preparation of financial & management reports.
• Computation of taxable income & profits of the company.
• Preparation of monthly return of Sale tax.
• Liaising with auditors for financial statements.
• Monthly Statement of Comprehensive Income & Financial Position.
• Monthly Bank Reconciliation Statements
• Petty Cash Management on Imprest System
• Daily Bank Position Report and Treasury Management
• Journal Vouchers, Receipt Vouchers, Payment Vouchers, Adjustment Vouchers and Daily GL summary

I was involved for the cause of poverty alleviation through social mobilization in different departments.
Work within Accounts and Credit departments’ using accounting and financial tools and techniques required to access the scenarios.
Train the loaners to optimally utilize the loan.
Ensure that there is no misuse of loans and that the loan is utilized for the purpose it was granted/sanctioned.
Recover amount outstanding.
Maintain and update records pertaining to micro-credit disbursement to community members.
Support communities in establishing micro and small enterprises at local level.

I have completed six weeks practical training in regional corporate branch in the department of General Banking/Advances/Bills/Remittances/Foreign Exchanges.
Duties Include serving customers, handle cash, open new accounts, make TT’s, make invoices and transfer cash from different branches.
Reconcile and analyze advances, banks, expenses and credit record.
My academic thesis was on the “Performance evaluation of Allied Bank of Pakistan after Privatization”