Business Unit Lead
Arthur Lawrence
Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
As BU lead providing leadership on Financial & Non-Financial matters comprises of:
• Cash Flow Management of Business Unit (comprised of 12 entities)
• Preparing Cash Flow Statement on weekly basis
• Reviewing BU financials on weekly basis along with senior manager
• Monitoring Monthly Dividend Distribution process
• Vendor Management:
o Negotiating and rescheduling financial commitments with vendors
o Reviewing vendor reconciliation
o Reviewing unpaid bill report on daily basis
• Meetings with client management (EDs, VP & CFO ) based in US
• Monthly closing followed by Book review with client management
• Reviewing inter company reconciliation on monthly basis
• Reviewing & approving Bank reconciliation on daily basis
• Reviewing & approving Credit Card reconciliation on Monthly basis
• Resolving financials concerns of Executive Directors on monthly basis
• Ad-hoc reports
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Finalization of internal audit assignments of companies in financial sector like First Habib Bank Modaraba, BMA Asset Management as well as in non financial sector like Aziz Tabba Kidney Sector and Pakistan Fisher Fork Forum.
• Identify keys risk in the processes being audited, identify existing controls over the processes and suggest possible controls in case of gaps
• Review of entity and process level controls under the COSO framework of internal controls
• Review and appraisal of the soundness, adequacy and application of accounting, financial and operational controls
• Strategic audit planning - developing risk based internal audit plans/programs
• Execution of internal audit engagements, including planning, execution and finalization of audit fieldwork
• Review of audit working papers and discussing audit findings with the management
• Attending audit committee meetings as an internal audit team leader