SHAKEEL ASLAM, Senior Manager

SHAKEEL ASLAM

Senior Manager

JASB Associates

Location
Pakistan
Education
Doctorate, Finance ( In progress )
Experience
19 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months

Senior Manager at JASB Associates
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since March 2022

1. Developed and setup outsourcing department (BPO) to meet the requirements of foreign clients, including but not limited to US based Clients, operating in various sectors of economy, especially Texas Houston based SME clientele.

2. Setting up the SOPs for various BPO Tasks including client management, their bookkeeping, taxation and audit processes with the objective to enhance service delivery at minimum cost, without any compromise over the quality of outputs.

3. Coordinated and managed multiple geographically dispersed teams by effective use of latest communication technologies and employing high ethical standards of integrity, objectivity, professional competence, due care, confidentiality and professional behaviors.

4. Set up and maintained a hybrid fast-paced high quality work environment and inculcated a strong culture of performance, effectiveness and efficiency among teams that is tailored to ensures the protection of interests of all clients, their business models, their costs, their employed strategies, documentation and other related sensitive information.

5. Cost efficiently recruited and trained the local raw talent, upskilled them to work at high professional international standards while ensuring delivery of accounting and financial services for multiple USA based Clients under challenging deadlines.

6. In record time, Hired, Guided, Coached, Trained, Motivated, Engaged and successfully retained the young staffs to meet the challenges of extreme skill shortage posed by increasing clients work volume while maintaining continuous growth in revenue generation.

7. Constantly, reviewed and, where needed, revised the tasks performed by reporting staffs for US based companies, recommend and implemented appropriate changes to optimize quality of their record keeping, bookkeeping, accounting, payroll processing and audit services etc.

8. Timely and flawlessly managed bookkeeping and tax filings as per the requirement of about 1000 US based businesses, operating in multiple sectors, in accordance with the local US laws and international standards and as per the requirements and directions of USA based CPAs using Intuit’s QuickBooks Enterprise.

Senior Manager at Level-3-BOS Pvt. Limited.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2019 to April 2021

1. Supervise MIS & web development team for various operations of multiple client businesses.

2. Looks after financial and accounting operations of over 45 legal entities of USA based client of telecom conglomerate.

3. Directs finance team of professionals in achieving diverse financial objectives of clients.

4. Reviews financial / costing reports & advises necessary actions to meet strategic goals.

5. Implement supply chain and financial functional strategies in materializing revenue generation and cost optimization objectives of clients.

6. Advises strategies on cost reduction opportunities based on implementing IT solutions.

7. Handles exceptions in financial reporting prepared under IFRS / US-GAAP framework.

8. Analyze financial & liquidity risks and recommends mitigating strategies based on cutting edge researches published in prominent research journals.

9. Ensures adequacy of working capital across legal entities and coordinates with treasury department for timely actions to accommodate sustained business growth.

10. Prepares & recommends financial policies to take optimal advantage of fiscal and monetary policy changes.

11. Provides insights to directors by analyzing financial data using research software packages.

12. Ensure regulatory, taxation & audit compliances across entities for assigned entities.

Manager at Orient Automotive Industries Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2016 to July 2018

1. Pivotal role as management committee member to set and achieve overall business plan.

2. Initiated measures to optimize financial effects in sales and production functions.

3. Developed & negotiated credit terms, pricing policies in consultation with management.

4. Delivered optimal working capital policies implementation & ensure liquidity is maintained.

5. Reviewed and monitored internal controls for minimizing financial and non-financial risks.

6. Acted as functional head for successful implementation of ERP Microsoft AX dynamics.

7. Developed country wide dealership and implement sales and marketing policies.

8. Ensured analytical insights into financial data using latest statistical software packages.

9. Supervised team members to generate customized reports for senior leadership to keep an eye on sales and production targets, and financial feasibility of actionable decisions.

Financial Controller at Al Maysor General Trading LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2014 to June 2016

1. Looked into financial management, accounting systems, budgets & management accounts.

2. Liaised and negotiated with banks for debt finance, obtained AED-70 million.

3. Implemented budgets cross functionally and reduce overall variances.

4. Mitigated financial and operational risks by improving functional policy measures.

5. Reviewed internal control procedures for risk detection and plug leakages.

6. Formulated and submitted budgetary proposals to company directors for finalization.

7. Prepared financial statements in accordance with IFRS and regulatory framework.

8. Designed strategies to optimize working capital through regular review on cash position, stocks, payables and receivable.

9. Liaised with internal and external stakeholder auditors, bankers, solicitors, competitor, industry partners and government bodies to seek firm commitments.

10. Produced accurate financial reports on specific deadlines.

11. Coordinated with functional teams to sustain and grow revenues.

12. Delegated tasks and supervised finance team.

Manager at M.Y Trading In
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2009 to May 2014

1. Maintain accounting records as per requirement of relevant legal, professional and ethical standards.

2. Ensure quarterly and yearly closings of accounting records on timely basis.

3. Consolidate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.

4. Handle internal and external audits.

5. Analyze and prepare financial feasibility of various contracts and ventures.

6. Deal with FBR and other statutory bodies.

7. Prepare costing reports of various products and services.

Assistant Manager at Texona Chemicals
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2003 to August 2009

1. Recorded transactions in the ledger accounts.

2. Prepared invoices, accounts receivable and report aging and collections.

3. Handled customer’s billing and invoicing complains and account reconciliations.

4. Prepared stock register and look after logistics of raw and finished materials.

5. Gathered and synthesized information desirable by senior Management about various business functions.

6. Recorded banking transactions and active dealing with banking institutions.

7. Liaised with production supervisors to cut down redundant costs.

Education

Doctorate, Finance ( In progress )
  • at IQRA University
  • January 2024

Currently in Progress Research Publication : Kamran Mohy-Ud-din, M. A. H. U. H. S. A., 2021. Investigating determinants of localised corporate social responsibility: evidence from Pakistan. Social Responsibility Journal, 18(8), pp. 1646-1659.

Master's degree, Master of Business Administration - Finance
  • at Iqra University
  • April 2012
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Bachelor of Commerce
  • March 2000

Specialties & Skills

Tax Audits
Information Management
Accounting
Costing
Financial Management
OUTSOURCING
BUSINESS PROCESS
BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FINANCE
FINANCIAL
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
BANKING
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
INVOICING
LOGISTICS
ACCOUNTING AND BOOKKEPPING
AUDIT AND INTERNAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION
TAXTATION
ECONOMY
ACCOUNTING RECORDS
COMMUNICATIONS
INTERNAL CONTROLS

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
German
Beginner