Senior Accountant
KORE
Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months
Ensuring IFRS, Saudi GAAP and VAT compliance.
Streamlining accounting processes and developing relevant SOPs.
Assessing various accounting softwares for best fit in a business and integrating it.
Team Lead - Finance and Accounts for Saudi Aramco.
Team Lead- R2R- Menat Algeria for GE
a) External Audit Assignment:
Askari Aviation Ltd. Sector: Aviation Services, Private limited
Type: Medium sized entity Year ended: 2012
•Developed Test of controls for Revenue and Direct Expenses
•Performed analytical and substantive procedures on:
•Statement of Financial performance: Administrative expenditures
•Statement of Financial Position: Cash and bank, Accounts receivable, Accounts payable, and Fixed Assets.
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Endowment fund
Year ended: 2012
•Developed Test of controls for Fund receipt and eventual disbursement to eligible students.
•Performed substantive procedures on Fixed Assets.
AA Exchange Sector: Money Exchange, Private limited
Type: Medium sized entity Year ended: 2013
•Performed analytical and substantive procedures on all Statement of Financial Position items.
•Based on all identified weaknesses, formulated a management letter.
Rail way construction (Pakistan) Limited Sector: Construction Services, Public
Type: Economic sized entity Year ended: 2014
•Developed checklist for Corporate Governance Compliance and highlighted key points for discussion with management.
Pakistan Accumulators (Pvt) Limited Sector: Battery manufacturing and distribution, Private limited
Type: Economic sized entity Year ended: 2014
• Co-developed test of controls for revenue, both export and local.
b) Appointed Job Incharge for external audit assignment:
Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering Sector: University, Trust
- Year ended: 2013 and 14
Centre for Advanced Research in Engineering Sector: Software Research, Private limited
- Year ended: 2013 and 14
Maroof International Hospital Sector: Healthcare, Partnership
- Year ended: 2015
A.C.P Oil Mills Sector: Cooking Oil Manufacturing and Sale, Private limited
Type: Medium sized entity Year ended: 2015
As a job in charge, I:
•Analyzed internal control processes and financial statements in conjunction with business analysis to identify high risk areas for audit execution.
•Determined team size and time limit after due discussion with Audit Manager.
•Mentored junior trainees to develop key IT, financial and audit skills.
c) Outsourced Internal Audit assignment for:
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF)'s 16 Partner Organizations: Sector: Not for profit company, Public-Private Partnership
Year ended: 2014
Partner Organisation :Mountain Institute of Educational Development (MIED)
•Ascertained extent of compliance by MIED with its agreement with PPAF.
• Developed test of controls for Fund receipt and its disbursement in the form of project and operational costs.
•Performed analytical and substantive testing on furniture, books, and training material acquisition, and personnel salaries.
•Identified irregularities and co-formulated model management letter.
For the remaining 15 Partner Organisations:
•Edited and ensured observations were appropriately linked with evidences.
•Prepared summary notes of all observations for presentation to Audit Manager.
•Proof read all final reports for final submission to client.
d) Forensic audit:
Pakistan Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Islamabad Sector: Cooperative Housing
Year ended: 2015
•Performed analytical procedures on receipt and expenditures account to highlight anomalies for further investigation.
•Developed checklist to ascertain extent of compliance with cooperative society act.
e) Financial Review (Sub award):
Gender Equity Program- USAID funded, collaborative project by ‘Aurat Foundation (AF) and The Asia Foundation (TAF). Sector: Not for Profit
Year ended: 2015
•Implemented test of controls on sub awarding process.
•Developed checklist for the agreement between AF and TAF, both pre and post transition to AF becoming a grant making entity.
•Translated their individual roles in the program into a flowchart.
•Co-formulated a management letter, highlighting areas for improvement and instances of non compliances.
f) Stock taking:
Organisation Year Ended
Cinnaworld Pakistan Private Limited (Cinnabon Franchise) 2015
Maroof International Hospital 2014 & 2015
Pakistan Accumulators Private Limited (Volta) 2015
Islamabad hotel ex-Holiday Inn 2015
For clients above, I was in charge of documenting, discussing with management and reporting all discrepancies found in their inventory managing processes.
g) Tax Liability calculation and filing
Organisation Year Ended
Askari Aviation 2013
CASE/CARE 2013 & 2014
Promoted to the role of a team leader, in addition to teaching, I’m now responsible for:
• Teacher performance evaluation.
• Mentoring and training newly recruited teachers.
• Assessing new material for development of business and accounts curriculum.
• Resolving complaints and conflicts related to students / teachers.
As an integral part of the committee, my responsibilities included:
• Analysing and verifying documentation of various school processes.
• Ascertaining possible gaps between highest rubric achievable for those processes and their current position.
• Suggesting and on approval, implementing possible solutions to fill in resultant gaps.
• Assessing and reporting on, the impact of implemented solutions
• Facilitating learning of business and accounts fundamentals to IGCSE and A-level students:
o employing methods such as PowerPoint presentations and videos to aid discussions.
o assessing annual business project for Grade 12 students, the topic being, 'financial statement analysis in business context'.
• Initiated and oversaw an annual competitive event, 'Young Entrepreneurs Festival'. This included assessing business plans for viability and ascertaining criteria for winners.
• Initiating contact with, and organising business trips to various national organisations.
Undertook periodically changing responsibilities in the mentioned below order:
• Four weeks on Accounting for claims raised as by the company and its customers.
• One week on Purchase accounting.
• Eight weeks as Head of Reconciliation Section (debtors: customers; creditors: Banks and Principals).
• Reporting to upper management on discrepancies arising from in and outflow of stocks for warehousing services provided to S.Abdulla (Tiles and furniture)
• Twenty eight weeks on standardizing procurement accounting process for distribution of PMCL ltd services & products which included: o Updating a net investment worksheet;
o Calculating commission rates applicable on every purchase and subsequent sale and;
o Weekly reporting to management of receipt/non receipt of stocks and invoices.
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) - 2003
• Secondary School Certificate (SSC) - 2001